Reviews

Evidence of Harm: Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic: A Medical Controversy by David Kirby

meaghancolleen's review against another edition

5.0

Really compelling, thorough and surprisingly easy to understand - discusses the evidence linking the use of mercury based preservatives in childhood vaccines to the increased diagnosis of autism in young children. This book definitely makes you think - though the theory is a bit controversial (some discard it as farfetched), the symptoms of mercury poisoning and autism are disturbingly similar, and certainly the levels of mercury present in these vaccinations is cause for concern. (FYI, you can now request vaccines free of thimerosal, the mercury based preservative)

geek_mama's review against another edition

1.0

No.

raehink's review

3.0

The way this book is written reminds me of A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr. It is very readable non-fiction--especially if you are interested in the topic. Kirby does give a lot of details and that can bog the reader down a bit. I feel like he tried his best to be objective regarding this controversial subject matter.

The jury is still out for me regarding a connection between autism and thimerosal. I definitely think more studies and research needs to be done. And no matter what conclusions I reach after studying the topic a bit more, it IS a reality that powerful men in high places used their influence to make money and block information from being released to the public. Power and money can sure tempt people to do dirty deeds.

All in all, a well-written book that attempts to give both sides of the story.