1.0 link 4133 <![CDATA[Autism, Mercury and the California Numbers]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby/autism-mercury-and-the-ca_b_4133.html For months now, a mantra of the thimerosal defenders has been as follows: “Mercury was removed from vaccines years ago, and we have not seen a drop in autism rates.”

It looks like they might have to find a new slogan.

Freshly reported numbers out of California show that new cases entering that state’s disability system (children who are three-to-four years old and newly diagnosed with autism) have indeed dropped since 2002, marking the first decline in new autism cases since California...

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