There's some thought that maybe just the accumulation of that may have some affect on autism.

I've been a strong supporter of that, and we put the money in this year to continue that again.

That's very informative. I appreciate that. We will be following that.

Okay, that's good information, that's good information.

It seems to me that you really ought to be really pushing the envelope on this to try to find these kind of patterns and getting more scientists involved and getting more grants.

I thought it was a well-known fact that mercury in the bloodstream does affect the brain.

One other area I want to cover with you, Dr. Schwartz, before I leave you here is, you didn't cover it in your thing, and I want to know if your Institute covers this--noise.

So, will this be publicized?

it doesn't smell right, there's something wrong there.

I thought that was an odd situation, that someone from NIH would be so heavily involved in trying to choose one over the other.

Not me, that's the Inspector General of the Department of Education said that, and we've been looking into it.

That's good. That is good news. So that is what is going to be happening in the future.

I urge Congress to provide: --$100 million to expand and improve in-home coaching programs like those that would be supported under the Education Begins as Home Act (S. 667).

NIH does not stand for the National Institute of basic research. It's called the National Institute of Health for a reason.

That's still pretty high, not quite as bad as 1 in 4.

But I'm not talking about thimerosal. I'm just talking about the combined effects of all those vaccines on a small body that may be genetically predisposed anyway?

It seems to cry out for that kind of support.

So, we do know. I'm going to make a statement, I don't know if it's scientifically sound or not, but everyone I've ever talked to says that it is factual that, the earlier you get to a kid with autism, and you provide interventions and…