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1、TobaccoScienceandtheThimerosalScandalbyRobertF.Kennedy,Jr.Mountingevidencesuggeststhatthimerosal,apreservativeinmanychildren’svaccinesthatbreaksdowntoreleaseneurotoxicethylmercury,mayberesponsiblefortheexponentialgrowthofautism,attentiondeficitdisorder(ADD),hyperactivity(ADHD),speechandl
2、anguagedelays,1andotherchildhoodneurologicaldisordersnowepidemicintheUnitedStates.Itisundisputedthatexposuretomercuryininfancyreducesachild’sintelligence,withboyssufferingthemostdramaticinjury(testosteronetendstoamplifymercury’sdamage,whileestrogenseemsto2moderateit).Somescientistsbeliev
3、ethatthimerosalinchildren’sinoculationsmayevenbethecauseofthe100-pointlossinscholasticaptitudescoresamongchildrenborninthe“ThimerosalGeneration”(between1989and2003).Criticsalsofretaboutapossiblelinkbetween1ImmunizationSafetyReview,Thimerosal-ContainingVaccinesandNeurodevelopmentalDisorde
4、r,IOM2001,pp.31-37viewedat:http://www.nap.edu/books/0309076366/html/andAutismA.L.A.R.M.bytheAAPandCDChttp://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/screening/Autism%20downloads/AutismAlarm.pdf.2RobertF.Kennedy,Jr.TelephoneInterviewwithBoydHaley,April9,2005.SeealsoLeoTrasande,Publichealthandeconomicconse
5、quencesofmethylmercurytoxicitytothedevelopingbrain,EnvironHealthPerspect113:590-596(2005)(TheresearchfoundtheIQlosseslinkedtomercuryrangefromone-fifthofanIQpointtoasmuchas24points.Thestudyshowedabout4percentofbabies,orabout180,000,areborneachyearwithbloodmercurylevelsbetween7.13and15micr
6、ogramsperliter.Thatlevelofmercury,theresearchersconcluded,causesalossof1.6IQpoints.Thestudyfoundthatbetween316,588and637,233childreneachyearhavecordbloodmercurylevels>5.8µg/L,alevelassociatedwithlossofIQ.Theresultinglossofintelligencecausesdiminishedeconomicproductivitythatpersistsoverth
7、eentirelifetimeofthesechildren.Thislostproductivityamountsto$8.7billionannually(range,$2.2-43.8billion;allcostsarein2000US$).SeealsoGrandjeanP,Cognitivedeficitin7-year-oldchildrenwithprenatalexposuretomethylmercury,NeurotoxicolTeratol.19(6):417-28(1997)(“[m]ercury-related
