June 28, 2005

Private: The Simpsonwood Transcript: Thimerosal and Autism


Wampum publishes a lengthy transcript of an interview of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. by Joe Scarborough on the growing controversy over the possible linkage between the mercury-based preservative Thimerosal and the sharp increase in the number of cases of autism being diagnosed in recent years.
On his website RFK, Jr. has posted a 66-page analysis of the issue. In his analysis Kennedy details a secret meeting of top public health regulators and pharmaceutical industry executives at the Simpsonwood conference center in suburban Atlanta at which the matter was discussed.