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Some parents, politicians and a few fringe researchers cite a [[mercury]] preservative used in vaccines, thimerosal, as the cause of injury in many recipients, including a cause of increase in autism rates. Thimerosal is a inorganic form of mercury that was widely used as a preservative, but since FDA and CDC action in 1999 and 2000 thimerosal usage in vaccines has been either removed or lessened to around 0.01% in vaccines that still use it, including influenza and DT vaccines. This translates to around 25 [[micrograms]] per a 0.5mL dose. Humans in the US generally absorb between 3.9 and 21 micrograms of mecury per day. It has been generally accepted that there is no connection between vaccines and autism. <ref>http://www.fda.gov/Cber/vaccine/thimerosal.htm#t3</ref><ref>http://enhs.umn.edu/hazards/hazardssite/mercury/mercdose.html</ref><ref>http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/vaccines.htm</ref>

Some parents, politicians and a few fringe researchers cite a [[mercury]] preservative used in vaccines, thimerosal, as the cause of injury in many recipients, including a cause of increase in autism rates. Thimerosal is a inorganic form of mercury that was widely used as a preservative, but since FDA and CDC action in 1999 and 2000 thimerosal usage in vaccines has been either removed or lessened to around 0.01% in vaccines that still use it, including influenza and DT vaccines. This translates to around 25 [[micrograms]] per a 0.5mL dose. Humans in the US generally absorb between 3.9 and 21 micrograms of mecury per day. It has been generally accepted that there is no connection between vaccines and autism. <ref>http://www.fda.gov/Cber/vaccine/thimerosal.htm#t3</ref><ref>http://enhs.umn.edu/hazards/hazardssite/mercury/mercdose.html</ref><ref>http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/vaccines.htm</ref>

Autism is a spectrum disorder which means there is a range in how it affects different people. There is the fragile x syndrome, Asperger's syndrome, pdd nos, mild autism, moderate autism, severe autism, and some [[idiot savants]].  Autistic children will not all act like the character portrayed in the movie ''[[Rain Man]]''.  Nor are all autistic children uncaring or unable to show emotion, in fact many are very caring.

Autism is a spectrum disorder which means there is a range in how it affects different people. There is the fragile x syndrome, Asperger's syndrome, pdd nos, mild autism, moderate autism, severe autism, and some [[idiot savants]].  Autistic children will not all act like the character portrayed in the movie ''[[Rain Man]]''.  Nor are all autistic children uncaring or unable to show emotion, in fact many are very caring.