Autism Linked to Childhood Vaccines?

By: Robin Thibault, KARK 4 NEWS

Updated: March 6, 2008

In whats being called a landmark decision by some, government officials rule childhood vaccines aggravated a rare disorder in a 8 year old girl and caused the symptoms of Autism. Its the first time the governments admitted the possibility of a link between vaccines and Autism, but they maintain that the data doesn’t prove vaccines cause Autism directly. The preservative Thimerasol is one of the key suspects in the Autism- vaccine debate -- and, thats been taken out from many vaccines.

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