“You’ve had a definitive test as far as I’m concerned regarding Thimerosal safety. I mean, that study that Bill Thompson performed at the CDC in 2007. It was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.[It] was a wonderful study. I think that stands as a definitive study.”
—DR. PAUL A. OFFIT, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,
interview in the film Trace Amounts
“I don’t know why they still give it [flu shots with Thimerosal] to pregnant women—that’s the last person I would give mercury to . . . Thimerosal causes tics . . . do you think a pregnant mother would take a vaccine that they knew caused tics? . . . Absolutely not! I would never give my wife a vaccine that I thought caused tics.”
—DR. WILLIAM THOMPSON, CDC senior scientist, author of multiple studies used to claim Thimerosal is safe, recorded phone conversation with Dr. Brian Hooker, May 8, 2014
“Now, we all know that vaccines can occasionally cause fevers in kids. So if a child was immunized, got a fever, had other complications from the vaccines. And if you’re predisposed with the mitochondrial disorder, it can certainly set off some damage. Some of the symptoms can be symptoms that have characteristics of autism.”
—DR. JULIE GERBERDING, CDC director (2001–2009), president, Merck Vaccines (2009–present), interview with Sanjay Gupta on CNN, March 29, 2008
“The CDC can’t solve a problem they helped start. It’s too risky to admit they have been wrong about mercury/Thimerosal. They are corrupt.”
—JIM CARREY, actor, via Twitter
“It’s hard to defend any of these actions [described by Dr. William Thompson about the internal workings of the CDC] and I am troubled because I worked hard with distinguished partners over six years to significantly increase the effectiveness of CDC vaccine safety. My efforts were rejected by both Bush and Obama [administrations]. The Thompson material is an incident and without support from his old or current colleagues will not motivate the CDC [to] reevaluate its program. I will continue to follow developments. We all know that the child vaccine program has significantly increased and that there are some children who will be affected. Predicting who is the ongoing challenge for the CDC and FDA.”
—BOB WRIGHT, cofounder and chairman of the board of Autism

Kevin Barry, Esq. is the father of three sons, one with regressive autism. After receiving his JD from the Hofstra University School of Law, he worked at the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York in the civil division. Mr. Barry is currently copresident of the Elizabeth Birt Center for Autism Law & Advocacy. He is also the president of First Freedoms, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the freedoms guaranteed by the first amendment of the Constitution. Mr. Barry is the former president of Generation Rescue. He lives in New York, NY.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., JD, LLM, is senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper, and president of Waterkeeper Alliance. He was named one of Time magazine’s “Heroes for the Planet” for his success in helping restore the Hudson River, and he continues to fight for environmental issues across the Americas. He is the bestselling author of Crimes Against Nature and Thimerosal. He lives in Bedford, New York.
Dr. Boyd E. Haley is the former chairman of the chemistry department at the University of Kentucky, where he taught chemistry and biochemistry. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky.