Re: Parents use religion to avoid vaccines
amana
a few years ago I was involved in global environmental initiatives including RoHS/WEEE , prop65 etc. I think I had written it back then, one of the findings that EPA made was for USA, in silicon valley area.
PBD and PBDE are fire retardents used for plastics, they are required for safety standards to limit flammability.
now with electronics and all being tossed in landfills, then imapcting streams, vegetations and livestock..they accumluate.
The found traces of PBD and PBDE in the milk of nursing mothers in that area.
so this is the problem we are living with.
working with manufacturers tryign to get ISO social responsibility certs, we looked at supply chains and saw how the cancer rate at the areas where suppliers were based were very high, I cant get into specifics but it was high tech component manufacturing involving lcd screens.
point being. these environmental issues impact us on a daily basis. and they impact children even more since their neurological systems are still developing. if we can find links between aluminium and alzheiemers, surely there is a link between something else and autism.
people can choose to be dismissive and move on, probably due to lack of knowledge, but the fact is that it is a real and growing issue, and something that needs to be tackled.
our food supply, medication, water supply, air it all needs be be guarded.