Honorable Chairman and distinguished committee members

Honorable Chairman and distinguished committee members,

Thank you for allowing me to enter my testimony into congressional record. First let me begin by saying thank-you for everything that Congressman Dan Burton and this committee has done to help those with autism and their families. I would like to disclose that I am not anti-vaccine but want to ensure safe vaccines and policies. I want to alert the Chairman and committee that my testimony was sent over-night on Friday to Congressman Dan Burton's Office. It will arrive Monday by 12:00 in a white box with writing all over it. It contains a book and CD set.

The Contents of this opening statement, the contents of this notebook, and CD is my testimony and the many individual's testimonies, and research into Autism and vaccines comparison, causes and effects. These individuals worked many sleepless nights and worked very hard to make sure the information gathered we believed to be accurate. It is our belief that once you see the names you will know how creditable the material is.

The title of the Book and CD requested to also be entered into testimony is: Vaccine Summary Comparison Reports and Charts©: Autism, Alzheimer's, Aluminum, Mercury, Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Thallium, Iron, and Formaldehyde.

In older studies we found that it was once believed that aluminum was not so toxic. In our studies we found that this is not quite the case. In our studies and chart we show how aluminum mirrors mercury and more then ten folds the effect of mercury. We will explain many other metals and how they compare. I want you to understand that with aluminum mirroring mercury if we take mercury out, would not the aluminum still do the same thing? This is what we wanted to find out and why we began this research and studies. I will refer you to this chart in the Book and CD: Summary Comparison of Characteristics of Autism, Aluminum, & Mercury Poisoning© In this chart we illustrate what we found in common between the three, they go across the chart for, Autism, Mercury, and ALUMINUM. SO for instance one cause's brain damage, they all across the charts were found to have the same problem.

We also found this of Arsenic and Iron in separate charts in the book. You can look across the chart with autism almost line for line. This is scary folks that in essence now means that Thimerosal, Aluminum, Arsenic, and Autism all mirror. I wish I could say that it stopped there but when Jan Brohart worked on Alzheimer's in collaboration with our team we found that autism also mirrored Alzheimer's. I personally have been working on Iron theories on Iron for a few years about the same year Kathy Blanco began hers. Our surveys were much the same so we have shared information on these findings and I must say that Iron also plays a large role in autism.
In our findings with this we also noted that we were running into Alzheimer's and many other mirror type illnesses which we explain in these reports.

With the help of all the individuals involved in these studies we were able to also find over 25 illnesses that also seem to mirror many to all of the same effects from aluminum and mercury.

We also found more conflicts of interest you will also find those in the book and CD.

These issues listed above and in the outlines book and CD you will see why this information was so critical to get to you before the hearing as the team and I, may not be able to attend the hearing, but would like to submit the information requested and this opening letter as testimony in the December 10, 2002 Autism Hearing.

We felt compelled due to the nature of our findings to hurry and put this together for the Honorable Dan Burton as well as write two new petitions (one has 119 signatures since Late Friday) and resolutions. We have only begun to receive response to these petitions.

Autism and Aluminum Exposure From Vaccines©

Many studies have been done on Autism and Thimersol (AKA Mercury) cause and effect. In many of these research papers, abstracts, and especially noted by Boyd Haley is aluminum is toxic when mixed with mercury. In this paper I will explain this connection. I will show that individuals with autism show to much aluminum in their system and show different amounts that we know are going into their bodies and show amounts. I will explain what the experts say and quote research that I have studied. These are my opinions and reflect my research into this area, allowing you the reader to make more informed decisions.
In my opinion after researching the connection of autism, aluminum, and aluminum/mercury combined theories, I have concluded that aluminum should be removed from all vaccines. Thimersol has been removed from some vaccines, only reduced in others, and some still remain such as flu. Aluminum EDF Suspected - cardiovascular or blood toxicant, neurotoxicant, respiratory toxicant. More hazardous than most chemicals in 2 out of 6 ranking systems. On at least 2 federal regulatory lists. Aluminum phosphate - aluminum salt which is corrosive to tissues. Regarded to be harmless at one time, Aluminum is now related to serious bone and brain disorders. A high intake of aluminum affects the absorption and use of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, selenium and fluoride. It might also lead to the development of bone deterioration. Aluminum is just as dangerous as Mercury and when combined may intensify symptoms.. Aluminum poisoning shows many of the same symptoms as Mercury poisoning, Autism, and many other illness detailed below.

Vaccine Aluminum Exposure from Birth- 2 years

Name/    Shots to 24 mo old X mg/      Lowest MG Of Al by 24 mo/ Highest MG of AL by 24 mo
Heb B                               4 X .45mg                       1.80   mg                              1.80 mg
DTaP                                5X   .33mg                       1.65   mg       5X ,85mg       4.25 mg
Hib                                   4X .225mg - 225. 0 mg      3.69   mg/                        900.00 mg
Pneumococcal                  5X .125mg                        .625 mg                                .625 mg
HepA                                1X    .45mg                      2.80   mg                               2.80   mg
             Total Aluminum exposure amount        10.565 mg                          909.475 mg

Not Added
Varicella                           2X
MMR                                2X
Polio                                 4X

This amount of aluminum is given in one day and by APA and CDC standards multiple shots are given in one day increasing exposure total in the one given day,.

Aluminum National Secondary Drinking Water Regulation:

National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations (NSDWRs or secondary standards) are non-enforceable guidelines regulating contaminants that may cause cosmetic effects (such as skin or tooth discoloration) or aesthetic effects (such as taste, odor, or color) in drinking water. EPA recommends secondary standards to water systems but does not require systems to comply. However, states may choose to adopt them as enforceable standards. http://www.epa.gov/safewater/mcl.html

Contaminant Secondary Standard
Aluminum 0.05 to 0.2 mg/L

Inorganic Chemicals MCLG1
(mg/L)2
MCL or TT1
(mg/L)2
Potential Health Effects from Ingestion of Water Sources of Contaminant in Drinking Water
Mercury (inorganic) 0.002 0.002 Kidney damage Erosion of natural deposits; discharge from refineries and factories; runoff from landfills and croplands
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/mcl.html
If an estimated 2 L (liters) is being consumed daily by adults, a corresponding 0.08 mg to 0.224 mg of aluminum is taken in per day. When broken down into 2 years increments it would represent the below chart.   Figures were extracted from 7.0 HUMAN EXPOSURE http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/htdocs/Chem_Background/ExecSumm/aluminum/Aluminum(7).htm
Amount of Time            2 Liters daily          Aluminum intake             Total 2 years
(2 Years) 730 days               1                               0.08   mg                       58.4 mg
(2 Years) 730 days               1                               0.224 mg                       81.76 mg

EPA recommends that the concentration of aluminum in drinking water not exceed 0.2 parts of aluminum per million parts of water (0.2 ppm) because of aesthetic effects, such as taste and odor problems. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). 1999

Conclusion:
Vaccine Exposure to aluminum per any given shot far exceeds the Nation Secondary Drinking Water Level of Safety even at the lowest MG of AL. In My Opinion and many experts Aluminum should be removed from all vaccines due to toxic safety levels.

Aluminum: A fourth toxic metal (is also an additive to promote antibody response) aluminum hydroxide (allows the vaccine to stay in the body longer, stimulating the immune system for long periods, which places a strain on the immune system. Adjuvants - such as aluminum hydroxide or aluminum phosphate, are added to increase the ability of the vaccine to trigger, enhance, or prolong an immune response. Aluminum gels (or salts of aluminum) have been added to a wide range of vaccines since its discovery in 1926.

Alzheimer's and Aluminum: For years, researchers have puzzled over the surprisingly high levels of aluminum that turn up in the shriveled brains of Alzheimer's disease victims. While a growing number of investigators say that aluminum may play a central role in causing the disease that afflicts mostly elderly people. The latest evidence of a link emerged when Australian scientists reported that aluminum used to purify water accumulated in the brains of laboratory rats. The Australian study focused new interest on the issue at a time when Ottawa's environmental health directorate is preparing to propose Canada's first national guidelines for aluminum levels in drinking water. The Australian study was important, said the directorate's chief: DR BARRY THOMAS

Quote: Boyd Haley: 2nd OPTION REGARDING VACCINES WITH MERCURY PRESERVATIVES Boyd Haley: An aluminum compound was also found in many of the vaccines. Aluminum at doses of 10 micromolar will kill all these same necessary enzymes, plus do neurological damage. How much aluminum is in a vaccine? 17,500 micromolar. How can we expect our bodies, and those of babies, to survive a blast of 17,500 when 10 has already done more than enough damage. But, the worst is yet to come. The combination of mercury plus aluminum is far worse than the sum of the two toxicities added together. Many of the manufacturers have agreed to stop using thimerosal, but not until they sell the millions of vaccine doses they currently have in stock. Aluminum will have to wait for another flurry of neurological problems before it will be removed from vaccines.

Include in this the toxic effects of high levels of aluminum and formaldehyde contained in some vaccines, and the synergist toxicity could be increased to unknown levels. Further, it is very well known that infants do not produce significant levels of bile or have adult renal capacity for several months after birth. Bilary transport is the major biochemical route by which mercury is removed from the body, and infants cannot do this very well. They also do not possess the renal (kidney) capacity to remove aluminum. Additionally, mercury is a well-known inhibitor of kidney function

Further, combining thimerosal with the millimolar levels of aluminum cation plus significant levels of formaldehyde, also found in these vaccines, would make the vaccine mixture of even greater risk as a neurotoxic solution. The synergistic effects of mercury toxicity in the presence of other heavy metalS (Pb, Cd, Zn) is well established in the literature

Then, in November 1973, the company's legal division suggested adding the statement: "Do not use when aluminum may come in contact with treated skin". Aluminum is a compound added to many vaccines as a catalyst. But even with this warning, the government committees did nothing. Haley said any good biochemist knows that thimerosal and aluminum react dangerously when combined together

Boyd Haley states believes that the combination of thimerosal and aluminum in vaccines with oral antibiotics could inhibit brain development, and could be dangerous to infants in the amounts present in thimerosal-containing childhood vaccines.

For each committee member, hearing attendees, and for the general public Autism Awakening has sponsored and developed a separate website that will be linked to their main site on December 10, 2002 to alert the general public of our findings as well as put it in the online Autism In Focus free newspaper, but would like to share the link with you below. This link is also included in the book and CD. We feel some of the things in the content of those pages and website will show connections many have not yet seen, some you may be aware of.

These findings have compelled us to continue our research into other heavy metals and vaccine ingredients to find out what else we may find. We will link those findings also to this site for your convenience.

VOSI/Childscreen is polling all ACIP members on the following 4 questions and will present the results of the survey to Dan Burton with a copy to Senator Tom Harkin in order that his Government Reform Committee insures that the ACIP accepts the V50.3A standard to delay vaccinating hyper IgE newborns who have a compromised immune system.

The results of this survey will be tabulated with only the ACIP assigned
member numbers used in order to protect the identity of the responders to
all persons except the survey and VOSI chairmen: Kathy Blanco Childscreen
chairman www.childscreen.org and Donald Meserlian, VOSI Chairman,
www.voicesofsafety.com . LD Wedewer, US Autism Ambassador www.autismawakening.com , Congressman Dan Burton, http://www.house.gov/burton/ , Senator Tom Harkin, http://harkin.senate.gov/

It is my belief not only as a professional but as a parent of a child with autism that mercury or aluminum, let alone combined has more then a causal link to autism. To many papers, studies, research, abstracts, and etc. have been written showing in many ways that autism is linked to vaccine injuries. I would like to show you a few inserts from the Simpsonwood Meeting which was a meeting of 51 individuals were put together by the CDC to discuss behind closed doors the connections related to autism. These topics of discussion included Aluminum and Thimerosal, showing more then a causal link.

To give you a little bit of background I want to first establish that the quotes you are about to read are established in the Simpsonwood Meeting to be experts in their fields as quoted by Walter Orenstein, M.D. CDC's director, National Immunization Program. He states that He is Impressed with quality of expertise of the 51 Leading Most outstanding Leaders in Multiple Fields.

Below are some of the TRANSCRIPT EXCERPTS quotes that were contained in this shocking behind closed door meeting. During this meeting they were asked to keep silence of this meeting and issues brought up, the next paragraph is extracted from the Simpsonwood Meeting held in 2000.
Roger Bernier, Ph.D., CDC's associate director for science, pg. 113: "We have asked you to keep this information confidential. We do have a plan for discussing these data at the upcoming meeting of the Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices on June 21 and June 22. At that time CDC plans to make a public release of this information, so I think it would serve all of our interests best if we could continue to consider these data. The ACIP work group will be considering also. If we could consider these data in a certain protected environment. So we are asking people who have a great job protecting this information up until now, to continue to do that until the time of the ACIP meeting. So to basically consider this embargoed information. That would help all of us to use the machinery that we have in place for considering these data and for arriving at policy recommendations.

Inside the Simpsomwood Report you will see that the also knew about the dangers of the Aluminum Connections in vaccines. Please pay close attention to the parts in bold to see these connections in the Simpsonwood Meeting. Before we begin you may want to know who these quotes were from this way as you read through the quotes it will be easy for you to refer back to who they where and their connections. Please remember that many of these individuals make vaccine policy and more.

Excerpts from SImpsonwood:

Dr. Johnston, pg. 14-15 & 19-20: Thimerosal is in many vaccine because it is a preservative and it lowers the rate of bacterial and fungal contamination that may occur during the manufacturing process, packaging and the use of vaccines in the field. It is particularly a concern in multi-dose vials because of the issue of re-entry multiple times in the vials, and it is also important in the manufacturing process for a number of vaccine including inactivated influenza and some of the earlier DPT vaccine, and is a constituent of all DPT vaccines, but not all DTAP vaccines.
There are three licensed preservative in the United States, Thimerosal, ethyl and phenol. We won't talk about the other two today, but I thought I should mention them. Thimerosal is the most active and it has been utilized in vaccines since the 1930's.
Thimerosal functions as an anti-microbial after it is cleaved into ethylmercury and thiosalicylate, which is inactive. It is the ethylmercury which is bacterial at acidic PH and fungistatic at neutral and alkaline PH. It has no activity against spore forming organisms.
There is a very limited pharmacokinetic data concerning ethylmercury. There is very limited data on its blood levels. There is no data on its excretion. It is recognized to both cross placenta and the blood-brain barrier.
The data on its toxicity, ethylmercury, is sparse. It is primarily recognized as a cause of hypersensitivity. Acutely, it can cause neurologic and renal toxicity, including death, from overdose
Dr. Halsey made a very impassioned plea that we do carefully controlled studies to in fact address the issues specifically, and that such studies be conducted neurodevelopmentalists and environmental scientists employing specific endpoints of their study
Finally I would like to mention one more issue. As you know, the National Vaccine Program Office has sponsored two conferences on metals and vaccines. I have just recounted a summary of the mercury, the Thimerosal I vaccines. We just recently had another meeting that some of you were able to attend dealing with aluminum in vaccines. I would like to just say one or two words about that before I conclude.
We learned at that meeting a number of important things about aluminum, and I think they also are important in our considerations today. First aluminum salts, and there a number of different salts that are utilized, reduce the amount of antigen and the number of injections required for primary immunization.
Aluminum salts are important I the formulating process of vaccines, both in antigen stabilization and absorption of endotoxin.
Aluminum salts have a very wide margin of safety. Aluminum and mercury are often simultaneously administered to infants, both at the same site and at different sites.
However, we also learned that there is absolutely no data, including animal data, about the potential for synergy, additivity or antagonism, all of which can occur in binary metal mixtures that relate and allow us to draw any conclusions from the simultaneous exposure to these two salts in vaccines

Dr. Weil, pg. 24: One, up until this last discussion we have been talking about chronic exposure. I think its clear to me anyway that we are talking about a problem that is probably more related to bolus acute exposures, and we also need to know that the migration problems and some of the other developmental problems in the central nervous system go on for quite a period after birth. But from all of the other studies of toxic substances, the earlier you work with the central nervous system, the more likely you are to run into a sensitive period for one of these effects, so that moving from one month or one day of birth to six months of birth changes enormously the potential for toxicity. There are just a host of neurodevelopmental data that would suggest that weve got a serious problem. The earlier we go, the more serious the problem.
The second point I could make is that in relationship to aluminum, being a nephrologist for a long time, the potential for aluminum and central nervous system toxicity was established by dialysis data. To think there isnt some possible problem here is unreal.

Dr. Egan, pg. 77: "Could you do this calculation for aluminum?"

Dr. Verstraeten, pg. 77: "I did it for aluminum Actually the results were almost identical to ethylmercury because the amount of aluminum goes along almost exactly with the mercury one."

Dr. Johnson, pg. 198: "This association leads me to favor a recommendation that infants up to two years old not be immunized with Thimerosal containing vaccines if suitable alternative preparations are available. I do not believe the diagnoses justifies compensation in the Vaccine Compensation Program at this point. I deal with causality, it seems pretty clear to me that the data are not sufficient one way or the other. My gut feeling? It worries me enough. Forgive this personal comment, but I got called out a eight o'clock for an emergency call and my daughter-in-law delivered a son by C-section. Our first male in the line of the next generation, and I do not want that grandson to get a Thimerosal containing vaccine until we know better what is going on. It will probably take a long time. In the meantime, and I know there are probably implications for this internationally, but in the meantime I think I want that grandson to only be given Thimerosal-free vaccines."
Dr. Weil, pg. 207: "The number of dose related relationships are linear and statistically significant. You can play with this all you want. They are linear. They are statistically significant. The positive relationships are those that one might expect from the Faroe Islands studies. They are also related to those data we do have on experimental animal data and similar to the neurodevelopmental tox data on other substances, so that I think you can't accept that this is out of the ordinary. It isn't out of the ordinary."
Dr. Weil, pg. 208: "The rise in the frequency of neurobehavioral disorders whether it is ascertainment or real, is not too bad. It is much too graphic. We don't see that kind of genetic change in 30 years."
Dr. Brent, pg. 229: "The medical/legal findings in this study, causal or not, are horrendous and therefore, it is important that the suggested epidemiological, pharmokinetic, and animal studies be performed. If an allegation was made that a child's neurobehavioral findings were caused by Thimerosal containing vaccines, you could readily find junk scientist who would support the claim with "a reasonable degree of certainty". But you will not find a scientist with any integrity who would say the reverse with the data that is available. And that is true. So we are in a bad position from the standpoint of defending any lawsuits if they were initiated and I am concerned."
Dr. Meyers, pg. 231: "Can I go back to the core issue about the research? My own concern, and a couple of you said it, there is an association between vaccines and outcome that worries both parents and pediatricians. We dont really know what that outcome is, but it is one that worries us and there is an association with vaccines. We keep jumping back to Thimerosal, but a number of us are concerned that Thimerosal may be less likely than some of the potential associations that have been made. Some of the potential associations are number of injections, number of antigens, other additives. We mentioned aluminum and I mentioned yesterday aluminum and mercury. Antipyretics and analgesics are better utilized when vaccines are given. And then every body mentioned all of the ones that we can't think about in this quick time period that are a part of this association, and yet all of the questions I hear we are asking have to do with Thimerosal. My concern is we need to ask the questions about the other potential associations, because we are going to the Thimerosal-free vaccine. If many of us don't think that this is a plausible association because of the levels and so on, then we are missing looking for the association that may be the important one."
Dr. Caserta, pg. 234: "One of the things I learned at the Aluminum Conference in Puerto Rico that was tied into the metal lines in biology and medicine that I never really understood before, is the interactive effect of different metals when they are together in the same organism. It is not the same as when they are alone, and I think it would be foolish for us not to include aluminum as part of our thinking with this."

Dr. Clements, pg 247- 249 "My mandate as I sit here in this group is to make sure at the end of the day the 100,000,000 are immunized with DTP, Hepatitis B and if possible Hib, this year, next year and for many years to come, and that will have to be with Thimerosal containing vaccines unless a miracle occurs and an alternative is found quickly and is tried and found to be safe."

Dr. Bernier, pg. 256: "As difficult as science is, there are two other equally tricky, complex challenges. The policy crafting has to take into consideration some very diverse and complex issues. There is another group that will deal with that, and then we have the communication and how we handle this, which I think I am no expert at, but seems equally daunting to me as the scientific and the policy issue."
"I don't think we can set a rule here because some people have gotten these documents. For example, some of the manufacturers were privileged to receive this information. It has been important for them to share it within the company with the experts there, so they can review it. Some of you may have questions. You may have given a copy, but I think if we will all just consider this embargoed information, if I can use that term, and very highly protected information, I think that was the best I can offer."

To see 262 pages of the Simpsomwood Meeting go online to:
http://autismawakeninginia.bizland.com/autismandaluminumvaccineexposurecomparisionstudy/index.html

In Conclusion while we begin to chart a new course for the future, we need to ensure that the aluminum connection is researched fully from the new findings in the report requested to be entered into testimony. We further request that the aluminum/mercury combined cause and effects as well as safety reports and measures of responsible standards of best practices of vaccine policy, vaccine standards, testing, and funding. We need to ensure the public that when they go to bed at night they know their children and loved ones will be safe from all harm including those in vaccines. Below are a few suggestions that we believe that should be a part of charting our future.
To ensure public safety we need to remove mandatoriums of potentially deadly, vaccination of largely uninformed and non-consenting school children, new parents, college students, health workers, military personnel, and even newborn infants,

NOW WE THE PEOPLE REQUEST RESOLUTION SPONSORSHIP AND MANDITORIUM TO:

1. Government and Manufactors responsibility, accountability,and mandatory full disclosure under penility of law for non complience regarding, all CDC/NIH/APA/reports vaccine risks and injuries assoiciated with autism, Thimerisol, Aluminum, and other vaccine additives and diseases that causes or caused potiencial harm. Uphold the Right to a fair day in court, with legal and compensation funding provided to all vaccine injured individuals within no more then 1-2 months from the time the judge has ruled. Without penalty of court and hearing records being conceal.

2. 2003 SENATORIAL AUTISM HEARINGS

3. Philosophical Exemptions For vaccines In All States The right to refuse vaccinations without persecution, threatened access to schools and workplaces, or loss of jobs. Which allows children to be exempted from the immunization requirement if one parent or guardian objects in writing to the Department of Public Health, physician, minister, or school administrator because of philosophical beliefs (in addition to the already available medical and religious exemptions). For written objections based on philosophical beliefs, a notarized statement must be provided to the school administrator annuallyalong with a Vaccination Exemption Card provided by the Department of Public Health in each city and state.

4. Legislation Protecting the Rights of Due Process, Hearing, or Sealing of any information related to vaccine injured to ensure that the rights of all Americans are upheld.

5. Mandatory prescreening for all infants before vaccination for immune system errors or problems for at risk allowing or vaccine delays utilizing VOSI Standards, Child Screen Team, and other set safe standards duration in between vaccines, and new vaccine standards.

6. Requiring the removal and Immediate Recall of Aluminum or Thimersol containing vaccines

7. Increased Reseach Funding for all vaccine connections. Grant made Available to all researchers and Doctors in this field including but not limited to: Boyd Haley, Andrew Wakefield, William Walsh, Vijendra Singh, Woody McGinnis, Child Screen Team, and VOSI.
8. Iimmediate Removal of sections 1714-1717 of the Homeland Security Bill

NOW We The People therefore respectfully petition you to initiate, expedite, and/or support these investigations not only by the Congressional Government Reform but Also by a committee to be initiated in 2003 Senatorial Autism Hearings, We would like Senator Tom Harkin being of integrity, honor, fair justice, and overall humanitarian to Chair the committee. We need to enact legislation to limit toxic vaccine additives, research vaccine safety, research biological and chemical exposures of the American people, ensure fair treatment, the population safety, and welfare.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to my testimony and the words of other concerned individuals today and for entering our information into testimony. God Bless and keep up the great work!!