Autism's False Prophets Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure

Name: Autism's False Prophets Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure
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ISBN: 9780231146371

ISBN-10: 023114637X

ISBN-13: 9780231146371

Edition: 2010

Authors: Paul Offit

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A London researcher was the first to assert that the combination measles-mumps-rubella vaccine known as MMR caused autism in children. Following this "discovery," a handful of parents declared that a mercury-containing preservative in several vaccines was responsible for the disease. If mercury caused autism, they reasoned, eliminating it from a child's system should treat the disorder. Consequently, a number of untested alternative therapies arose, and, most tragically, in one such treatment, a doctor injected a five-year-old autistic boy with a chemical in an effort to cleanse him of mercury, which stopped his heart instead.Children with autism have been placed on stringent diets,…

Book details

List price: $14.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 4/20/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.90" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



Preface to the Paperback Edition


Prologue


Introduction



The Tinderbox



Lighting the Fuse



The Implosion



A Precautionary Tale



Mercury Rising



Mercury Falling



Behind the Mercury Curtain



Science in Court



Science and the Media



Science and Society



A Place for Autism


Epilogue: “Next, on Oprah”


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index