The Age of Autism

Mercury, Medicine, and as Man-Made Epidemic

De: Dan Olmsted, Mark Blaxil

Narrado por: Paul Boehmer

A groundbreaking book, The Age of Autism explores how mankind has unwittingly poisoned itself for half a millennium.

For centuries, medicine has made reckless use of one of earth's most toxic substances: mercury - and the consequences, often invisible or ignored, continue to be tragic. Today, background pollution levels, including global emissions of mercury as well as other toxicants, make us all more vulnerable to its effects. From the worst cases of syphilis to Sigmund Freud's first cases of hysteria, from baffling new disorders in 19th century Britain to the modern scourge of autism, The Age of Autism traces the long overlooked history of mercury poisoning.

Now, for the first time, authors Dan Olmsted and Mark Blaxill uncover that history. Within this context, they present startling findings: investigating the first cases of autism diagnosed in the 1940s revealed an unsuspected link to a new form of mercury in seed disinfectants, lumber fungicides and vaccines.

In the tradition of Silent Spring and An Inconvenient Truth, Olmsted and Blaxill demonstrate with clarity how chemical and environmental clues may have been missed as medical "experts," many of them blinded by decades of systemic bias, instead placed blamed on parental behavior or children's biology. By exposing the roots and rise of The Age of Autism, this book attempts to point the way out - to a safer future for our children and the planet.

©2010 Dan Olmsted and Mark Blaxil (P)2013 Audible Inc.

A very thorough scientific journey of the harmful uses of mercury in medicine

What a fantastically researched and documented book about the medical uses of mercury in medicine throughout history including the uses of amalgams in dentistry now Krigen to be harmful to fetus's and the harmful affects of mercury in vaccines and currently flu shots given to pregnant women who's mercury content still exists.

Authoritative and Thorough

The author does an amazingly thorough research on the history of mercury use from ancient days to modern times, as well as the description and research of autism and other diseases. At times he goes into way more detail than I was interested in hearing. It is fascinating and heartbreaking to learn of the blunders of the medical field and the total lack of environmental concern that our government has for the safety of it's citizens. Worse, is the way science is politicized and controlled by the highest bidder. It is so important for people to make informed choices. Knowledge is power to enable one to make good health choices.