The Thimerosal found in vaccines causes autism

My opponent continues to ignore the possible corruption by the meat industry. Billions of dollars at stake. I find it very interesting that Mercola is promoting both a low-carb diet and anti-vaccine at the same time. "A prime argument often used for the justification and support of today's highly aggressive mandatory vaccination programs in the U.S. and around the world is the alleged success of the polio vaccine. Wild type polio was declared eradicated in the US in 1979 and in the western hemisphere in 1994." Mercola "A low-carb diet and a Mediterranean-style diet both helped people lose more weight than a traditional low-fat diet in one of the longest and largest studies to compare the various weight-loss techniques." Mercola As seen above the processed meat industry is worth over half a trillion dollars. There is no logical reason to eat meat with the possible exception of fish and omega's 3s: 0. detrimental to health 1. huge negative impact on the environment 2. animal cruelty 3. costs more 0. Health For health fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and excess animal protein have been shown to be unhealthy. Meanwhile antioxidants, fiber, and leafy greens have been proven to be healthy. "Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods." FoK "It took a study comparing meat-eaters to vegans to show that higher IGF-1 levels were only associated with animal protein intake. In fact, plant protein seemed to decrease IGF-1 levels. Animal protein appears to send a much different signal to our livers than most plant proteins. Even vegans eating the same amount of protein as meateaters still had lower levels of the IGF-1" Michael Greger, MD 1. Environment "Many fishing practices are extremely destructive to delicate habitats - particularly vital fish breeding grounds like coral reefs and seagrass meadows." wwf.org "The cattle sector in the Brazilian Amazon is the largest driver of deforestation in the world, responsible for one in every eight hectares destroyed globally. Efforts to halt global deforestation emissions must tackle this sector. " greenpeace 2. Animal Cruelty "In order to maintain uninterrupted milk production, cows are forced year after year to go through an endless cycle of pregnancy and birth, only to have their calves immediately taken from them. Cows and calves cry out for each other as they are separated. All forms of dairy farming involve forcibly impregnating cows. This involves a person inserting his arm far into the cow"s rectum in order to position the uterus, and then forcing an instrument into her vagina. The restraining apparatus used is commonly called a "rape rack." humanemyth.org 3. Economy This table from a peer reviewed journal here shows that grains are the cheapest food. http://ajcn.nutrition.org... As for the mercury "Since trace elements provide nutritional value, they are sometimes referred to as micronutrients. It may come as a surprise to some people, however, that certain heavy metals are included as a sub-class of this family. This includes materials such as mercury, lead, cadmium, and even arsenic, which can be found in vitamin supplements manufactured for human consumption. While these are, in fact, necessary for proper nutrition in nearly microscopic amounts, too much can be toxic. "wisegeek In other words the poison is in the dose. Just like water small amounts are healthy and large amounts can kill you. Yes your source is more reputable, yet that doesn't automatically make you correct. "These include essential elements, such as iodine and zinc, probably essential elements, such as manganese and silicon, and potentially toxic elements, such as fluoride, lead, cadmium and mercury, which may also have some essential functions at low levels. " who.int Even if there is no healthy benefits of mercury "Jan. 7, 2008 -- Autism rates continue to go up despite removal of thimerosal, which contains a form of mercury, from nearly all child vaccines, California data show." WebMd. Though I think you stated some other preservative replaced the thimerosal. "You can't produce a vaccine without putting in some toxic chemicals as a preservative. If they don't put in Thimerosal, then they add formaldehyde or aluminium. All these poisonous chemicals have roughly the same effect, which is autism, cancer and general nervous system damage of one variety or another." Pro Lol, found this on my first search "Our results show that: (i) children from countries with the highest ASD prevalence appear to have the highest exposure to Al from vaccines" J Inorg Biochem. 2011 Nov;105(11):1489-99. doi: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2011.08.008. Epub 2011 Aug 23. Do aluminum vaccine adjuvants contribute to the rising prevalence of autism? As you can see aluminum causes ASD, autism spectral disorder and not autism. Couldn't find anything on formaldehyde. I did find this though "Babies exposed to air pollution in the womb are more likely to have autism than those whose mothers spend pregnancy in clean air, according to a new study." Kathleen Miles Finally consider this. Even if I'm 100% wrong about vaccine preservatives not causing autism opportunistic people may exploit this opportunity to promote low carb diets. Wow, this person saved me from the evil vaccines, now I will buy lots and lots of products from him or her. Just because a person is right in one category doesn't mean he or she is correct in another. I have to take a break for a while. Was fun. Hopefully I'll be back in a few weeks. :) Sources: http://vaccines.mercola.com... http://articles.mercola.com... http://articles.mercola.com... http://www.foodmanufacturing.com... http://www.forksoverknives.com... http://nutritionfacts.org... http://wwf.panda.org... http://www.greenpeace.org... http://www.humanemyth.org... http://ajcn.nutrition.org... http://www.wisegeek.org... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... http://www.huffingtonpost.com...