(Posted by Patrick Sullivan Jr.)
Mom's push mercury-autism link:
Amy Carson screamed into a megaphone as drivers rolled up their car windows and turned into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Jose Cordero, director of the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, says autism is probably caused by several factors. "Research is pointing to a combination of genetic and environmental factors," Cordero said. "Finding the cause is our highest priority."
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The Moms Against Mercury rally was one of the most significant protests to occur at the CDC since the HIV/AIDS protests in the 1980s. "The amount of mercury in multiple vaccines injected into children is causing significant neurological damage," Carson said. "What they're doing is criminal."
Interesting use of the word "significant" there. Wonder why they felt that?