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Age of Autism: Mercury, Medicine, and a Man-Made Epidemic
Contributor(s): Olmsted, Dan (Author), Blaxill, Mark (Author), Kirby, David (Foreword by)
ISBN: 0312547099     ISBN-13: 9780312547097
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
OUR PRICE:   $25.19  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Psychopathology - Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Medical | History
- Medical | Psychiatry - General
Dewey: 616.858
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.8" W x 8.8" (1.10 lbs) 448 pages
 
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Much of the public discussion about autism has missed the point about the possible causes. To solve this question, two writers began digging into the history of other degenerative neurological disorders. Their research led them to discover incredible and previously unacknowledged links between a strain of syphilis which left suffers raving mad, the spike in incidence of schizophrenia during the Industrial Revolution, and the hidden commonalities between the parents of the first children diagnosed with autism in the 1930s.

The Age of Autism connects these dots to form a startling new thesis: behind each of these disorders - and many more - was exposure to mercury, the most toxic non-radioactive substance known to man.

Contributor Bio(s): Olmsted, Dan: - Dan Olmsted is Editor of the blog Age of Autism. He has been a journalist for 35 years and was an original staff member of USA Today and Senior Editor of USA WEEKEND and United Press International. He lives in Falls Church City, Virginia and is a member of the National Press Club.Blaxill, Mark: - Mark Blaxill was a senior partner at The Boston Consulting Group and is now a managing partner at 3LP Advisors. The father of a child diagnosed with autism, he has been involved in autism advocacy for over a decade and has written widely on the scientific controversies surrounding autism.Kirby, David: - DAVID KIRBY is the author of Evidence of Harm, which was a New York Times bestseller, winner of the 2005 Investigative Reporters and Editors award for best book, and a finalist for the New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism; Animal Factory, an acclaimed investigation into the environmental impact of factory farms; and Death at SeaWorld, a scientific thriller about the lives of killer whales in captivity and the people who fought for their liberation. He lives in New York City.