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Court says thimerosal did not cause autism

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Court says thimerosal did not cause autism Court says thimerosal did not cause autism The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, #xa special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection.

christmas decorations While expressing sympathy for the parents involved in the emotionally charged cases, the court concluded they had failed to show a connection between the mercury-containing preservative and autism.

“Such families must cope every day with tremendous challenges in caring for their autistic *****ren, and all are deserving of sympathy and admiration,登车桥,” special master George Hastings Jr., wrote.

But, he added, Congress designed the victim compensation program only for families whose injuries or deaths can be shown to be linked to a vaccine and that has not been done in this case.#x

The ruling came in the socalled vaccine court, a special branch of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims established to handle claims of injury from vaccines. It can be appealed in federal court.christmas decorations

Friday’s decision that autism is not caused by thimerosal alone follows a parallel ruling in 2009 that autism is not caused by the combination of vaccines with thimerosal and other vaccines.

The new ruling was welcomed by Dr. Paul Offit of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, who said the autism theory had “already had its day in science court and failed to hold up.”

But the controversy has cast a pall over vaccines, causing some parents to avoid them, he noted, “it’s very hard to unscare people after you have scared them.”

Meanwhile, christmas decorationsin reaction to the concerns of parents, #xthimerosal has been removed from most vaccines in the United States. 相关的主题文章：