In yet another peer-reviewed study (the fifth in a little over a month), “Study of Some Biomarkers in Hair of Children with Autism” published in the journal of Middle East Current Psychiatry 2011, 18:6-10 by investigators from the Departments of Psychiatry, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt, describes a significant link between mercury and autism.  These investigators then reported [emphasis added], “Geier et al. [11] suggested that emerging evidence supports the theory that some ASDs may result from a combination of genetic biochemical susceptibility, specifically reduced ability to excrete mercury, and exposure to mercury at critical developmental periods. They also pointed the role played by protective factors (e.g. estrogen, glutathione, selenium, and vitamins) and exacerbating factors (e.g. antibiotics, concurrent heavy metal exposure, such as lead, arsenic, and androgens).

Theoretical aspects of autism: Causes—A review -Helen V. Ratajczak.

Excerpts: The incidence and prevalence data indicate the timing of introduction of vaccines and changes in the type and increasing number of vaccines given at one time implicate vaccines as a cause of autism.

Autism in the United States spiked dramatically between 1983 and 1990 from 4–5/10,000 to 1/500. In 1988, two doses of MMR II were recommended to immunize those individuals who did not respond to the first injection. A spike of incidence of autism accompanied the addition of the second dose of MMR II. Also, in 1988, MMR II was used in the United Kingdom, which reported a dramatic increase in prevalence of autism to 1/64 (noted above). DOWNLOAD PDF STUDY, JOURNAL OF IMMUNOTOXICOLOGY