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Dr. Amy's Issues


The federal government now says it's OK for pregnant women and young children to be
injected with mercury in the H1N1 vaccine.
However, if there were more mercury-free vaccine available, they would recommend that pregnant women and young children get that instead.
Don't be fooled!  Thimerosal is a form of mercury!
Autism rates dropping in California—is phase-out of thimerosal the reason? [from 2005]
Current thinking is that only genetically vulnerable babies will be affected by the thimerosol . . . maybe even as low as 1 out of 200 or 0.5%.
But if it's your child, it's 100%.  Read this mother's story about her children's recovery from mercury-related autism.

Here's some more information for the mom whose husband was frightened by what Dr. Amy says.

Consider the following:

  1. Dr. Amy is no longer licensed as a physician.  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine reports that her license expired in 2003.
  2. Dr. Amy implies that episiotomies are beneficial, despite the overwhelming research to the contrary.

    3.  
Understanding Birth Better addresses the concerns Dr. Amy has written about.

This Web page is referenced from another page containing related information about Parents Share Information About Homebirth

 


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