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9780312547097

The Age of Autism Mercury, Medicine, and a Man-Made Epidemic

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  • ISBN13:

    9780312547097

  • ISBN10:

    0312547099

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-09-13
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

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Much of the public discussion about autism has missed the point about the possible causes. To solve this question, two writers began digging into the history of other degenerative neurological disorders. Their research led them to discover incredible and previously unacknowledged links between a strain of syphilis which left suffers raving mad, the spike in incidence of schizophrenia during the Industrial Revolution, and the hidden commonalities between the parents of the first children diagnosed with autism in the 1930s. The Age of Autism connects these dots to form a startling new thesis: behind each of these disorders and many more was exposure to mercury, the most toxic non-radioactive substance known to man.

Author Biography

Mark Blaxill, was a senior partner at The Boston Consulting Group and is now a managing partner at 3LP Advisors. The father of a child diagnosed with autism, he has been involved in autism advocacy for more than a decade and has written widely on the scientific controversies surrounding autism. Dan Olmsted is the editor of the Web newspaper Age of Autism (ageofautism.com). He has been a journalist for thirty-five years. He was ah original staff member of USA Today and senior editor of USA WEEKEND and United Press International. He lives in Fails Church City, Virginia, and is a member of the National Press Club.

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“A devastating account... autistic children are the canaries in the coal mine.” —Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
"Anyone concerned with environmental health owes it to themselves to read this book."
--David Kirby, author of Evidence of Harm
"Make sure your doctor sees a copy of this timely book."--Dierdre Imus

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