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\*\*Complied by many truly wonderful friends of mine. Please share to help combat ignorance! \*\* * * * Albizzati, A., Moré, L., Di Candia, D., Saccani, M., Lenti, C. Normal concentrations of heavy metals in autistic spectrum disorders. Minerva Pediatrica. 2012. Feb;64(1):27-31 [Normal concentrations of heavy metals in autistic spectrum disorders - PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22350041) Afzal, MA., Ozoemena, LC., O’Hare, A., Kidger, KA., Bentley, ML., Minor, PD. Absence of detectable measles virus genome sequence in blood of autistic children who have had their MMR vaccination during the routine childhood immunization schedule of UK. Journal Medical Virology. 2006 May;78(5):623-30. [Absence of detectable measles virus genome sequence in blood of autistic children who have had their MMR vaccination during the routine childhood immunization schedule of UK - PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16555271) Andrews, N., Miller, E., Grant, A., Stowe, J., Osborn, V., & Taylor, B. (2004). Thimerosal exposure in infants and developmental disorders: a retrospective cohort study in the United Kingdom does not support a causal association. Pediatrics, 114, 584-591. [Thimerosal exposure in infants and developmental disorders: a retrospective cohort study in the United kingdom does not support a causal association - PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15342825) Asif Doja, A., & Roberts, W. (2006). Immunizations and autism: A review of the literature. The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 33(4), 341-346. [Immunizations and autism: a review of the literature - PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17168158) Baird, G., Pickles, A., Simonoff, E., Charman, T., Sullivan, P., Chandler, S., Loucas, T., Meldrum, D., Afzal, M., Thomas, B., Jin, L., Brown, D. Measles vaccination and antibody response in autism spectrum disorders. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2008 Oct;93(10):832-7. doi: 10.1136/adc.2007.122937. Epub 2008 Feb 5. [Measles vaccination and antibody response in autism spectrum disorders - PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18252754) Berger, BE., Navar-Boggan, AM., Omer, SB. Congenital rubella syndrome and autism spectrum disorder prevented by rubella vaccination–United States, 2001-2010. BMC Public Health. 2011 May 19;11:340. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-340. [Congenital rubella syndrome and autism spectrum disorder prevented by rubella vaccination--United States, 2001-2010 - PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21592401) Bower, H. New research demolishes link between MMR vaccine and autism. British Medical Journal. 1999. Jun 19;318(7199):1643. [New research demolishes link between MMR vaccine and autism - PMC](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1116011/) Chen, W., Landau, S., Sham, P., & Fombonne, E. (2004). No evidence for links between autism, MMR and measles virus. Psychological Medicine, 34(3), 543-553. [No evidence for links between autism, MMR and measles virus - PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15259839) Christie, B. Scottish expert group finds no link between MMR and autism. British Medical Journal, 2002. May 11;324(7346):1118. [Scottish expert group finds no link between MMR and autism - PMC](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1172158/) Dales, L., Hammer, S. J., & Smith, N. J. (2001). Time trends in autism and in MMR immunization coverage in California. JAMA, 285(9), 1183-1185. [Time trends in autism and in MMR immunization coverage in California - PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11231748) DeWilde, S., Carey, IM., Richards, N., Hilton, SR., Cook, DG. Do children who become autistic consult more often after MMR vaccination? British Journal of General Practice. 2001 Mar;51(464):226-7. [Do children who become autistic consult more often after MMR vaccination? - PMC](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1313956/) Demicheli, V., Jefferson, T., Rivetti, A., & Price, D. (2005). Vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 4. (a review of 31 studies) [Vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella in children - PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22336803) DeStefano, F., Bhasin, T. K., Thompson, W. W., Yeargin-Allsopp, M., & Boyle, C. (2004). Age at first measles-mumps-rubella vaccination in children with autism and school-matched control subjects: a population-based study in metropolitan Atlanta. Pediatrics, 113(2), 259-266. [Age at first measles-mumps-rubella vaccination in children with autism and school-matched control subjects: a population-based study in metropolitan atlanta - PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14754936) DeStefano F., Price CS., Weintraub, ES. Increasing exposure to antibody-stimulating proteins and polysaccharides in vaccines is not associated with risk of autism. Journal of Pediatrics. 2013 Aug;163(2):561-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.02.001. Epub 2013 Mar 30. [Increasing exposure to antibody-stimulating proteins and polysaccharides in vaccines is not associated with risk of autism - PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23545349) DeStefano F., Thompson, WW. MMR vaccine and autism: an update of the scientific evidence. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2004 Feb;3(1):19-22. [MMR vaccine and autism: an update of the scientific evidence - PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14761240) DeStefano F., Thompson, WW. MMR vaccination and autism: is there a link? Expert Opinion on Drug Safety. 2002 Jul;1(2):115-20. [MMR vaccination and autism: is there a link? - PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12904145) DeStefano, F. Chen, RT. Negative association between MMR and autism. Lancet. 1999 Jun 12;353(9169):1987-8. [http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(99)00160-9/fulltext](http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(99)00160-9/fulltext) DeStefano, F., Chen, RT. Autism and measles-mumps-rubella vaccination: controversy laid to rest? CNS Drugs. 2001. 2001;15(11):831-7. [Autism and measles-mumps-rubella vaccination: controversy laid to rest? - PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11700148) D’Souza J., Todd T. Measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and the development of autism or inflammatory bowel disease: the controversy should end. Journal of Pedatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 2003 Jul;8(3):187-99. doi: 10.5863/1551-6776-8.3.187. [Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine and the Development of Autism or Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The Controversy Should End - PMC](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3469143/) D’Souza, Y., Fombonne, E., Ward, BJ. No evidence of persisting measles virus in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from children with autism spectrum disorder. Pediatrics. 2006 Oct;118(4):1664-75. [No evidence of persisting measles virus in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from children with autism spectrum disorder - PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17015560) Farrington, C., Miller, E., & Taylor, B. (2001). MMR and autism: further evidence against a causal association. Vaccine, 19(27), 3632-3635. [MMR and autism: further evidence against a causal association - PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11395196) Fombonne, E., & Chakrabarti, S. (2001). No evidence for a new variant of measles-mumps-rubella–induced autism. Pediatrics, 108(4), e58-e58. 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[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16865547](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16865547) Uno, Y., Uchiyama, T., Kurosawa, M., Aleksic, B., & Ozaki, N. The combined measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines and the total number of vaccines are not associated with development of autism spectrum disorder: first case–control study in Asia. 2012. Vaccine, 30(28), 4292-4298. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22521285](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22521285) Verstraeten T., Davis, RL., DeStefano, F., Lieu, TA., Rhodes, PH., Black, SB., Shinefield, H., Chen RT. Safety of thimerosal-containing vaccines: a two-phased study of computerized health maintenance organization databases. Pediatrics. 2003 Nov;112(5):1039-48. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14595043](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14595043) Weisser, K., Bauer, K., Volkers, P., Keller-Stanislawski, B. Thimerosal and immunizations - evidence does not support the hypothesis of a potential relationship between neurodevelopmental disorders and thiomersal-containing vaccines. 2004. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. Dec;47(12):1165-74. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15583887](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15583887) MMR vaccine is not linked to Crohn’s disease or autism. Commun Dis Rep CDR Weekly. 1998 Mar 27;8(13):113. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9592960](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9592960) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145/2 "2014-03-07T21:10:04Z")
Cite? … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145/3 "2014-03-07T21:13:37Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Cite? … 😃 Smacks poster with wet double blind study. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145/4 "2014-03-07T21:41:07Z")
Thank you all for your work! (Really, this board needs a Like button. Instead, you get these 18 extra words.) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145/5 "2014-03-07T21:44:39Z")
Despite my approval of the OP, I feel like I just opened up the back pages of the SDMB and hit some random bibliography. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145/6 "2014-03-07T21:48:22Z")
Yeah, but Jenny McCarthy is a parent and she knows her own child. A mother’s love is a more powerful etiological tool than studies backed by Big Vaccine. (Poe’s law disclaimer: Not serious) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145/7 "2014-03-07T22:01:14Z")
Good try but I still say there is no way in hell a lion would ever beat a tiger in a fight. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145/8 "2014-03-07T22:05:51Z")
Are there any studies that do show a connection, aside from Wakefield’s now completely discredited one? ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145/9 "2014-03-07T22:14:51Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > Are there any studies that do show a connection, aside from Wakefield’s now completely discredited one? Not to my knowledge. FYI, it should be noted that the original article states, “We did not prove an association with the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and the syndrome described.” So in the original study they admit there is no connection. Those are Wakefield’s words not mine. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145/10 "2014-03-07T23:06:08Z")
Bravo! I have no dog in this fight but everything I have ever read on this tells me that the anti-vaccine nut jobs are on the wrong side of history. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145/11 "2014-03-07T23:21:55Z")
Sorry **LavenderBlue** , you can link to all the studies you want and repeat that science stuff until you’re (lavender) blue in the face, but the truth of the matter is the Thinking Mommies have awoken, and [there’s gonna be hell to pay](http://thinkingmomsrevolution.com/youve-awoken-mommies/). ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145/12 "2014-03-08T00:09:24Z")
Those studies are funded by big mercury. ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145/13 "2014-03-08T03:20:42Z")
Good work, but [it won’t help](http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/03/03/effective_messages_in_vaccine_promotion_when_it_comes_to_anti_vaxxers_there.html). Can’t reason someone out etc. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145/14 "2014-03-08T08:07:12Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > Yeah, but Jenny McCarthy is a parent and she knows her own child. A mother’s love is a more powerful etiological tool than studies backed by Big Vaccine. Plus she showed the world her whisker biscuit in Playboy. Gotta give points for that. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RLcOz4EKrxg?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145/15 "2014-03-08T09:33:54Z")
We should stickie this. We should have a forum with stickies of information collected on frequent topics, like the 911 questions or the JFK stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145/16 "2014-03-08T23:57:42Z")
We are updating the list as we go, and there’s a working link [here](https://www.facebook.com/YourBabysBestShot/posts/466508276808095). It’s up to 94 studies and/or reviews, with others coming. Our idea is that it will be regularly updated and that people can just link to the note when they encounter the “vaccines cause autism” canard. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145/17 "2014-03-09T17:33:58Z")
I keep saying we need a “Debunking” forum. This post would be a perfect first Sticky. ---
**Author:** ![CatherineZeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145/18 "2014-03-09T18:49:28Z")
There is currently a measles outbreak where I live- not sure if it’s related to anti-vaxxers or not. [http://nypost.com/2014/03/07/nyc-officials-warn-of-measles-outbreak/](http://nypost.com/2014/03/07/nyc-officials-warn-of-measles-outbreak/) I’ll have to find out if the vaccinations I got as a child are still effective. I work with food and with the public therefore cannot go to work if I have something contagious. I would be beyond furious if I became sick from exposure to an un-vaccinated child (who was old enough to be vaccinated. I would have a lot of sympathy for a baby who became ill after being exposed to a child who was old enough to have been vaccinated but the parents chose not to). ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145/19 "2014-03-09T21:05:33Z")
> [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](#): > > Good work, but [it won’t help](http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/03/03/effective_messages_in_vaccine_promotion_when_it_comes_to_anti_vaxxers_there.html). What a depressing article. As for the OP, good work, but all that is needed is to recite “why do you believe the Big Pharma propaganda?” 94 times. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145/20 "2014-03-09T21:21:17Z")
> [@CatherineZeta](#): > > There is currently a measles outbreak where I live- not sure if it’s related to anti-vaxxers or not. [http://nypost.com/2014/03/07/nyc-officials-warn-of-measles-outbreak/](http://nypost.com/2014/03/07/nyc-officials-warn-of-measles-outbreak/) > I’ll have to find out if the vaccinations I got as a child are still effective. I work with food and with the public therefore cannot go to work if I have something contagious. I would be beyond furious if I became sick from exposure to an un-vaccinated child (who was old enough to be vaccinated. I would have a lot of sympathy for a baby who became ill after being exposed to a child who was old enough to have been vaccinated but the parents chose not to). A single measles shot provides about 98% protection. The series of three shots provides over 99% protection. Measles vaccination will protect you against measles for the rest of your life. It’s a really great vax. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/75-studies-that-show-no-link-between-vaccines-and-autism/683145.md?page=2)