Originally Posted by u-Bob

It's not the vaccines that cause autism, it's the preservatives they put in the vaccines.

Before 2000 a lot of big pharma companies used to use Thiomersal (sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate) (49% mercury) as a preservative for some of their vaccines. In 1999, after rapports from the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics linking the use of Thiomersal to allergies, autism, neurological disorders etc Thiomersal was banned from the American, Canadian and European markets. Most existing stockpiles of vaccines containing Thiomersal were later dumped on the South American market or sold to NGO's who used them in vaccination campaigns in sub-Saharan Africa.