Comments on: Another thimerisol negative http://EBDBlog.com/2006/07/07/another-thimerisol-negative/ News, commentary, resources, and more about Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:49:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: JohnL http://EBDBlog.com/2006/07/07/another-thimerisol-negative/#comment-3100 JohnL Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:47:29 +0000 http://johnl.edschool.virginia.edu/blogs/ebdblog/2006/07/07/another-thimerisol-negative/#comment-3100 Duane, if you didn't catch the entry I recently posted at http://EBDBlog.com/2006/07/10/autism-thimerosal-expert-not/ you might want to review it. It gives a jurist's view of the expertise of one of the people advocating that there is a connection between autism and thimerosal. Judge James Beaty thoroughly discredits Dr. Geier as having expertise for the purposes of the case before the judge's court. Duane, if you didn’t catch the entry I recently posted at

http://EBDBlog.com/2006/07/10/autism-thimerosal-expert-not/

you might want to review it. It gives a jurist’s view of the expertise of one of the people advocating that there is a connection between autism and thimerosal. Judge James Beaty thoroughly discredits Dr. Geier as having expertise for the purposes of the case before the judge’s court.

]]> By: Duane Gran http://EBDBlog.com/2006/07/07/another-thimerisol-negative/#comment-3086 Duane Gran Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:23:28 +0000 http://johnl.edschool.virginia.edu/blogs/ebdblog/2006/07/07/another-thimerisol-negative/#comment-3086 Thank you for sharing this new research. As a new parent, this issue has been on the forefront of my mind lately. My goal is let the research direct my steps, but there are conflicting signs. For example, the following research (published in 2004) paints an opposing view where reduction of thimerisol yields lower rates of autism: http://www.generationrescue.org/pdf/news/geier.pdf I'm curious how a parent goes about making an informed decision in the midst of differing signals. Can someone more familiar with the both research papers shed light on this? Thank you for sharing this new research. As a new parent, this issue has been on the forefront of my mind lately. My goal is let the research direct my steps, but there are conflicting signs. For example, the following research (published in 2004) paints an opposing view where reduction of thimerisol yields lower rates of autism:

http://www.generationrescue.org/pdf/news/geier.pdf

I’m curious how a parent goes about making an informed decision in the midst of differing signals. Can someone more familiar with the both research papers shed light on this?

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