"A statement of fact cannot be insolent." The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine, quackery, science, and pseudoscience (and anything else that interests him).

Category: Autism

I got the poison?

While I’m back on the subject of autism, I thought I’d post this video that Kevin Leitch created while I was on vacation and posted to YouTube. Let’s just say that it takes a rather dim view of autism “advocates,” particularly the autism=mercury poisoning crowd. I particularly love the picture of J. B. Handley that […]

Antivaccine nonsense Autism

I wonder how the anti-vaxers and mercury militia will explain this result

Post author By Orac
Post date September 6, 2006
58 Comments on I wonder how the anti-vaxers and mercury militia will explain this result

It’s been a while since I wrote about autism. Part of the reason is that I’ve been on vacation. Another part of the reason is that not much has been happening lately on the mercury/autism front. I like to think it’s because the evidence has been accumulating so rapidly that neither the MMR vaccine nor […]

Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

One year later: The CDC flubs it

Post author By Orac
Post date August 23, 2006

Note: One year ago today, an autistic boy, Abubakar Tariq Nadama, died of a cardiac arrest while undergoing chelation therapy to try to “cure” his autism. Today, as I am on vacation, I have scheduled several of my old posts on the topic to appear.The investigation into his death is ongoing regarding whether to file […]