|
|
|
|
|
The Asheville Tribune Defending The People's Right To Know December 18, 2003 Moms Put Up Thimerosal Billboards Story Filed by Clint Parker for the Tribune "You want a billboard for Christmas?" That's what the response that two mothers of autistic children received when they told friends and family members that all they wanted for Christmas was a billboard. Moms Amy Carson of Asheville, NC, and Angela Medlin of Cary, NC sacrificed their Christmas so they can raise awareness of the meed for safer vaccines. In lieu of personal Christmas presents, Angela and Amy told their families and friends they would like to have a billboard for Christmas. "The greatest gift we could receive this year would be to give to others the gift of knowledge, so other families would not have endure this very preventable tragedy," says Amy. Both Amy and Angela have sons who have neurodevelopmental disabilities that they believe were caused by a mercury based preservative, Thimerosal, which is found in numerous vaccines including the flu shot. The mothers say their children's futures are uncertain, but they are certain they cannot allow this to continue to happen any longer. Great efforts have been made by parents of injured children to have the use of Thimerosal banned and to have other unnecessary poisons in vaccines removed. The Homeland Security Bill once held a provision to protect Eli-Lilly, the maker of Thimerosal, from any litigation resulting in injuries from their product. Many of the parents have nowhere to turn for help. The cost of raising their injured children is putting most of them into bankruptcy due to many insurance companies not paying for their desperately needed and very costly medical care and therapies. "Mainstream medicine will not accept any responsibility for this devastating epidemic of autistic-like mercury toxicity, therefore they ignore the true nature of our children's injuries and refuse to treat them properly, forcing us to go to extreme lengths to treat our children with very expensive therapies that are not covered by our insurance companies," says Angela. "If doctors and pharmaceutical companies aren't going to tell the truth about poisonous vaccine ingredients, then we will," states Amy. "We are tired of the truth being buried and no one helping us with our injured children. There are thousands and thousands of us. This country as a whole has turned their backs on us. It seems everyone is afraid to go up against the pharmaceutical companies. Well, I tell you, we can fight the pharmaceutical companies because there is one thing more powerful than money and that's knowledge. If we have to tell one American at a time that they are being poisoned unnecessarily then, by God, that is what we will do. There is power in the people." Their first billboard went up on December 5th in Asheville. There will be one to follow on January 20th in the Raleigh/Durham area. Amy says the day her son, Kit, was born he was vaccinated. Amy says that according to the EPA guidelines, Kit received 56 times the amount of mercury deemed safe by their standards at birth. At less than 2 months Amy says it was 93 times, 4 months - 42 times, 6 months - 36 times, 9 months - 16 times, and one year - 55 times. And this is using their (EPA) guide of .1 mcg per kilogram of weight. The same standard they are using for the tuna. Kit's complete chart is on their website. The billboards have already had an effect as demonstrated by the emails Carson has received. Here are a few: My son had an HHE (hypotonic-hyporesponsive episode) at age 2 months. By four months, I knew he was not typically responding, but the doctor said it was "new mother jitters". After constant ear infections and not walking at 15 months, a friend suggested he was allergic to milk. He began walking within a week. I often wonder if that is why he is only mildly autistic, as milk peptides hinder mercury clearance in the body...or something like that. ANYHOW...I hope to be able to see the billboard somehow on our way home for Christmas. We may make a trip out of the way...I wonder what the address is. I LOVE YOU FOR YOUR GUTS. God Bless you each and every day of your lives. I wish there could be a billboard in every city in America!!! Rose Walker, Columbia, SC Thank you both along with your families for sharing your Christmas Billboards with ALL our children who have been poisoned by Mercury put in vaccines.! Having a son with Mercury Poison this Billboard we hope will provide the education & validation in "BOLD LETTERS" of what "we know" to be facts to future or new Parents...Beyond a doubt Mercury has/was/is allowed to continue in our children's vaccines with full knowledge of the outcome at all levels of our Government & of course the Pharmas who continue to harm & profit off adding Mercury to vaccines as well as products of many types unless we as individuals "JUST SAY NO MORE." Thanks for paving the way & sharing your Billboards For Christmas.! Teresa Hodge, Bonner Springs, Ks I have two sons with autism disorders. One is mild to moderate and the other is Aspergers. People need to be informed about the additives in vaccines (as well as ear drops, eye drops, and other things we add to our bodies-these things also contain Thimerosal) and that heavy metals and preservatives used to embalm dead bodies don't belong in our kids! I know that genetics play a huge role in this too, but without the "trigger" of the vaccines and their additives, my kids would've been just fine! Lori,GA USA My son has mercury-induced autism. I tell everyone I know about what happened to my son. I don't want another family to go through what we have and especially see another child injured. Keep up the good work. Michelle Mitchell, IN Also take a look at mercury poisoning in other news stories from around the country in the national news section. |
|