Dan Burton: “for the past 2 or 3 years, I have held hearings on the issue of autism in America. We used to have one out of 10,000…”

“for the past 2 or 3 years, I have held hearings on the issue of autism in America. We used to have one out of 10,000 children that were autistic. That is where they will not focus on things, they will not talk, they yell, they stamp their feet, they have chronic diarrhea and constipation, they have all kinds of physical problems; and their parents lose either complete control over them or they cannot communicate with them, and it hurts these children for the rest of their lives, and ultimately they are going to be a burden on the taxpayers of this country. It used to be one out of 10,000. Now it is one out of 150. We have an absolute epidemic of autism in America. Many scientists who appeared before my committee believe and have substantial evidence that the mercury that is in vaccinations is a major contributing cause of this autism. It used to be you only got one or two vaccinations. When I was a kid, if you had measles or mumps or anything like that, they would quarantine the house. Now they give vaccinations for all of that, and these vaccinations can contain a substance called Thimerosal. Thimerosal is 50 percent mercury, and children who are going to school get as many as 25 to 30 vaccinations before the school will let them enter the front door. The mercury has a cumulative effect. Once it gets in the brain, it starts destroying brain tissue and causes all kinds of neurological problems including autism.”