Opposing Digits

WASHINGTON, April 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Generation Rescue, a national organization of parents of autistic children, today launched a Web site (http://www.PutChildrenFirst.org) and full- page ad detailing newly-released internal documents about the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) efforts to minimize or cover up the connection between child vaccines and autism. Many parents and scientists believe that autism and other developmental disorders are caused by the toxic metal mercury, a key ingredient in a vaccine preservative called Thimerosal.

Other nonprofits that support the ad include the National Autism Association, Autism One, NoMercury, Moms Against Mercury and A-CHAMP. Tomorrow autism organizations and parents will participate in the Mercury Generation March, a rally in Washington, D.C., to demand answers. This controversy has been recently fueled by high-profile figures publicly calling for similar answers from the CDC, such as Senators Joe Lieberman (D- CT) and John Kerry (D-MA); Representatives Dave Weldon (R-FL), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Dan Burton (R-IN); Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; and radio and television host Don Imus of MSNBC.

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