Note To Medical Professionals...

March 2005

Our son was 7 1/2 years old when he reached his “toxic tipping point” with mercury after he received two doses of Thimerosal-containing  influenza vaccine in November 2002 and December 2002  (approximately 30 days apart per the ACIP/CDC guidelines).  Within a matter of weeks he experienced dramatic changes...he suffered severe neurodevelopmental changes, neurobehavioral symptoms, exacerbated allergies, asthma, eczema, etc.

Within 10 months, he was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder.  Only when we identified mercury as the culprit and started to remove the heavy metal from his system, did he begin to recover.

As a "mainstream" physician for 30 years this seemed to go against all my "conventional" training and was outside the realm of my previous standard of practice.  I sought additional training with heavy emphasis on environmental medicine and spent many hours speaking with researchers and clinicians familiar with mercury toxicity and its biomedical symptoms.  I shared this knowledge and research with my son's health care team (pediatrician and endocrinologist) and we implemented these new modalities into his treatment protocol.  As I stated previously, only then did my son begin to improve.

If it was not mercury causing his problems then explain with medical certainty why he only improved when we addressed the mercury issue.   Do not make the mistake of thinking there is “no credible scientific evidence” of how and why this is true.  There is a plethora of peer-reviewed scientific studies published over the last 50 years that mercury and specifically, Thimerosal (49.6% ethyl mercury by weight) is genotoxic (damages DNA), nephrotoxic (damages kidneys), immunotoxic (damages the immune system), cytotoxic (causes cell death), cardiotoxic (damages the heart),  thyrotoxic (damages the thyroid) and neurotoxic (damages the neurological system).

Many of the biological mechanisms for the damage caused by Thimerosal have been identified.  Thanks to numerous studies published within the last few years, we have a better understanding of why some children are more susceptible than others.  Thanks to several studies published this year we can better understand why and how these new treatment protocols help many of these children achieve dramatic improvements, for example the use of methylcobolamin injections (also known as methyl B12).  This is no longer a scientific debate…just check Pub Med.  The studies are there much to the dismay of public health officials and vaccine manufacturers.  They continue to hope that denial will make this public relations nightmare go away.  It won’t work forever but at least for now some gullible people (like you) will continue to accept their denial dogma rather than take the time to research the issue and make an informed decision.  How sad…especially if you have children who could pay the price for your blissful ignorance.

Until October 2003, I, too, was “blissfully ignorant” of the acute toxicity of Thimerosal much like you are right now.  We were never told our son’s vaccines contained mercury, a known neurotoxin, in levels that exceeded EPA safety guidelines.  It never occurred to us to ask.  Because of my medical background, I thought physicians could trust the CDC, the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry.  I no longer have that luxury since it cost my son and our family horrendous suffering.  I hope your epiphany does not come at so high a price.

Alan D. Clark, M.D.
aclark@nomercury.org