thimerosal causes autism?

thimerosal causing autism?

Autism rates have skyrocketed in recent years up some 1,000 percent over the last decade or so. According to the Centers for Disease Control, one in 150 children are diagnosed on the autism spectrum today. Why the increase?

In the second part of our week long series on autism, we try to answer that question.

Doctors diagnosed Charlottesville's Blair Sherman with autism in the mid 1990's. They told his mother he was a rare one in 5,000 children born with the genetic disorder.

Some parents say the problem could be from a mercury preservative compound once used in vaccines called thimerosal. Our bodies are designed to naturally flush out in about a week.