SafeMinds

SafeMinds

The Coalition for SafeMinds (Sensible Action For Ending Mercury-Induced Neurological Disorders) is a non-profit organization dedicated to investigating the risks of exposure to mercury from medical products. SafeMinds was founded in 2000 and is led by the parents of autistic children. The organization contends that mercury in vaccines, in the form of thiomersal, is related to the development of autism, though medical authorities have not found evidence to support this conclusion.cite journal |author= Rutter M |title= Incidence of autism spectrum disorders: changes over time and their meaning |journal= Acta Paediatr |volume=94 |issue=1 |date=2005 |pages=2–15 |pmid=15858952 |doi= 10.1080/08035250410023124]

Principals

Lyn Redwood, the president and co-founder of SafeMinds, is a nurse practitioner specializing in pediatrics and women's health care. Her son Will was diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), not otherwise specified. Redwood is co-author of "Autism: A Novel Form of Mercury Poisoning", and has testified before the United States House of Representatives Government Reform Committee, where she presented "Mercury in Medicine: Are We Taking Unnecessary Risks?"Fact|date=July 2008

Sallie Bernard, based in Summit, New Jersey, is the executive director and co-founder of SafeMinds, and a co-author of research papers on the links between vaccines and neurodevelopmental disorders.Fact|date=July 2008 Her son Bill was diagnosed with autism in 1993.

Mark Blaxill, a board member of SafeMinds, has a daughter who has been diagnosed with autism. As a Director of SafeMinds, Blaxill has testified before the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and published articles in a number of peer-reviewed scientific journals.Fact|date=July 2008

"Evidence of Harm"

Several members of SafeMinds are discussed in the book "Evidence of Harm" (2004), by David Kirby

ee also

* Controversies in autism
* List of autism-related topics

References

External links

* [http://www.safeminds.org/ SafeMinds.org] - The Coalition for SafeMinds homepage


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