The striking documentary ‘Trace Amounts’ investigates the correlation between autism and environmental mercury.
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“Trace Amounts” is an exceptionally well-made documentary regarding the purported correlation between the use of mercury as a preservative in vaccinations and the rise in autism from 1 in 10,000 children in the 1950s to 1 in 68 children currently.
“Science” is not based on correlations; “Science” seeks to prove causality in order to accurately predict future outcomes.
For example, the fact that the lunar cycle, the tidal cycle, and the human menstrual cycle all happen to be 29.5 days would be considered to be a correlation by scientists who have not yet discovered what energies from the moon could be causing water molecules on earth and in female bodies to act in a particular manner.
Since 1979 when high fructose corn syrup replaced sugar in many soft drinks and foods we have witnessed an epidemic in Diabetes type 2. Again, this is a merecorrelation and no causality between the rise in Diabetes type 2 and the use of high fructose corn syrup has been proven yet.
For me the most damning non-evidence adduced by the film is the comparison between the general American population and the Amish: our autism rate is 1 in 68 children while theirs is non-existent.
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“Trace Amounts” does not prove any type of causality between the rise of mercury used as a preservative in vaccines and the rise of autism. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, whose mandate is to protect the general public, goes to great lengths in the film to systematically and scientifically prove that mercury does NOT cause autism.
Last month a Monsanto representative claimed that Monsanto pesticide Round-up was safe to drink but freaked out when offered some to drink. Similarly, in “Trace Amounts,” when Congressman Dan Burton asks a member of the Food and Drug Administration, who claims that thimerosal (the mercury based preservative used in vaccines) is safe to accept a shot that has the same amount of mercury that existed in an average baby’s vaccinations in the 1990s, the representative declines.
“Trace Amounts” is one of the most compelling documentaries I have seen in the last decade. I appreciated the film’s investigative approach and thought that it shed new light on the current vaccination debate: apparently the vaccines are not the problem; the mercury used as a preservative in vaccines may be the problem. And vaccinations without mercury seem to be widely available in the United States.
For me the most damning non-evidence adduced by the film is the comparison between the general American population and the Amish: our autism rate is 1 in 68 children while theirs (according to the Amish doctors interviewed in the film) is non-existent. What’s the difference between how we raise children and how the Amish raise children? If you want to know the answer, then watch this provocative film at TraceAmounts.com.
So naive! Amish may seem to have less autism because their lifestyle makes them less conspicuous! Investigate any sizable Amish community, and you’ll find plenty of hidden autism. Modern life is incredibly difficult for the autistic mind.
This is simply a plug for a greedy attempt to cash-in on the recent anti-vax movement. How did this end up on GMP? Also, for the love of humanity, can people (writers in particular) stop saying “science can’t explain [x]”. The fact that no answer exists does not mean that it cannot be explained but has not yet been explained due to either a lack of effort to solve the problem, or insufficient background theory to piece together an explanation. (The writer of this would actually know that if he had a scientific background, a good pre-requisite for attempting to… Read more »
So, just one of the blatant failures in truth we have here is the claim that the Amish population has a non-existent rate of Autism. Given that even the active proponents of a link between vaccines and autism acknowledge that the Amish simply have lower rates of Autism than the rest of the American population, casting that as ‘non-existent’, goes from the usual misrepresentation of fact to outright lying. Seriously, I’d have to write an article about twice as long as the one above just to explore all of the misrepresentations, false statements, and outright lies that the ‘documentary’ and… Read more »