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BumRushDaShow

(156,458 posts)
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 04:31 AM 21 hrs ago

Study finds no link between aluminum in vaccines and autism, asthma

Source: NBC News

July 14, 2025, 5:01 PM EDT


Aluminum in childhood vaccines is a target of vaccine skeptics, who blame the ingredient on myriad health concerns. But a study of more than 1 million people, published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, found no link between aluminum in vaccines and an increased risk of 50 chronic conditions, including autoimmune diseases, allergies and autism.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has spread vaccine misinformation for years, said on a podcast in 2024 that aluminum in vaccines is “extremely neurotoxic.” (An HHS spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.)

Senior study author Anders Hviid said that, as a parent, he understood the concerns about vaccine safety.

“Our study addresses many of these concerns and provides clear and robust evidence for the safety of childhood vaccines. This is evidence that parents need to make the best choices for the health of their children,” said Hviid, who is a professor and the head of epidemiology research at Statens Serum Institut, a sector of the Danish Ministry of Health focused on combating and preventing infectious diseases.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/study-finds-no-link-aluminum-vaccines-autism-asthma-rcna218682



Link to STUDY - Aluminum-Adsorbed Vaccines and Chronic Diseases in Childhood: A Nationwide Cohort Study
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Study finds no link between aluminum in vaccines and autism, asthma (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago OP
It is too early to start up with how I feel about RFK Jr., so I'll just laud the study... hlthe2b 20 hrs ago #1
This weirdo? wolfie001 18 hrs ago #2
There's a fad craze hype now about methylene blue. That's probably it. But could be anything in a blue carrier. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 16 hrs ago #4
Yes, I looked that up wolfie001 15 hrs ago #7
RFK Jr. developed methylmercury toxicity from unbelievable levels of tuna ingestion in 2000... hlthe2b 8 hrs ago #14
I wish someone would study whether there is a connection between chemicals in food and autism. Lonestarblue 18 hrs ago #3
I've been saying the same thing for decades, Lonestar! slightlv 11 hrs ago #13
Studies? The brain-diseased heroin addict with no medical background knows everything!11!11!!!1! PSPS 16 hrs ago #5
The biggest health hazard in this country is the vaccine skeptics who go around spreading lies FakeNoose 16 hrs ago #6
Duh Blasphemer 15 hrs ago #8
I thought the fuss was over thimerosal. murielm99 14 hrs ago #9
Thimerosol was taken out of most vaccines yrs ago except it was still in some flu vaccines womanofthehills 14 hrs ago #11
So - what about all the studies linking Alzheimer's to aluminum? womanofthehills 14 hrs ago #10
I expect the microscopic amount of Al from an injection that might be 0.5 ml total BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago #12
Correlation is not causation. I have suspected for some time that Al accumulation is a symptom, not a cause. eppur_se_muova 7 hrs ago #15

hlthe2b

(110,629 posts)
1. It is too early to start up with how I feel about RFK Jr., so I'll just laud the study...
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 05:51 AM
20 hrs ago

While I have not yet had a chance to read it, I was aware this study was underway, have read some of the authors' prior studies and believe they are cautious researchers.

wolfie001

(5,681 posts)
2. This weirdo?
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 07:17 AM
18 hrs ago

Last edited Tue Jul 15, 2025, 10:50 AM - Edit history (1)

Jackass was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, has the best health care on the planet and is now in his '70s. He thinks it's because he's such a health guru when really, it's just because he's wealthy. And vain as f6ck. Stupid pig.

Bernardo de La Paz

(57,015 posts)
4. There's a fad craze hype now about methylene blue. That's probably it. But could be anything in a blue carrier. . . . nt
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 09:55 AM
16 hrs ago

wolfie001

(5,681 posts)
7. Yes, I looked that up
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 10:45 AM
15 hrs ago

One of his anti-vax scammer buddies prolly owns the company. He's maybe getting some lucre every time a sale is made. That's how these creeps get all their extra play-around money for their mistresses.

hlthe2b

(110,629 posts)
14. RFK Jr. developed methylmercury toxicity from unbelievable levels of tuna ingestion in 2000...
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 06:03 PM
8 hrs ago

(a trend that quite a few weight-builders followed). Ignoring his neurocysticercosis from a pork tapeworm for the moment (which occurred later), he had a severe cognitive disorder and thus received chelation therapy. However, methylene blue is known to bind with methyl mercury so I suspect that may be why he's using it--perhaps this is a "tell" as to his current cognitive status or at least his perception of same... (Not an accepted treatment, mind you, but it would not surprise me if "Dr. Google" hadn't given him the idea...

Lonestarblue

(12,802 posts)
3. I wish someone would study whether there is a connection between chemicals in food and autism.
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 07:37 AM
18 hrs ago

We have some of the unhealthiest food imaginable for a developed country, thanks to too much sugar, too much salt, and multiple chemicals that other countries forbid. Autism rates in the US have nearly tripled over the past decade. Some of that may be attributable to better diagnostic tools, but not all. Using data from 2021, World Population Review ranks the US as #9 in the world with the rate of autism at 1050 per 100,000. Compare that with the rate of Greece at 809, a country with meals focused on the Mediterranean diet with fresh vegetables and with EU regulations banning several chemicals that the US allows. Here’s a list of US foods containing harmful chemicals.

https://foodrevolution.org/blog/banned-ingredients-in-other-countries/

slightlv

(6,094 posts)
13. I've been saying the same thing for decades, Lonestar!
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 02:16 PM
11 hrs ago

but everyone always says I'm hyperbolic. I'm also very concerned about all the chemicals spewed out into the air we breathe as catalysts for many illnesses, such as some autoimmune diseases. But that would hit the R's biggest donors, so that is never truly investigated, and when such studies are done - well, the results rarely ever make it to press.

PSPS

(14,711 posts)
5. Studies? The brain-diseased heroin addict with no medical background knows everything!11!11!!!1!
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 10:04 AM
16 hrs ago

The next thing you know, people will insist on going to a judge for medical directions. Oh, wait...

FakeNoose

(37,811 posts)
6. The biggest health hazard in this country is the vaccine skeptics who go around spreading lies
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 10:14 AM
16 hrs ago

... about vaccines. Bob Kennedy Jr. will you please raise your hand?



Blasphemer

(3,451 posts)
8. Duh
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 10:45 AM
15 hrs ago

It's sad that energy had to be wasted doing this study when it's been quite apparent based on decades of research that there was never any link to autism. Meanwhile, these folks probably drive around with their windows down when air pollution IS linked to a whole host of health conditions.

womanofthehills

(9,995 posts)
11. Thimerosol was taken out of most vaccines yrs ago except it was still in some flu vaccines
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 12:13 PM
14 hrs ago

Multidose flu vaccines have thermasol to kill bacteria as vial is used more than once.

Live vaccines like MMR don’t have aluminum but many other childhood vaccines do - like DTap and Hep A and B, HPV, Men B, pneumonia etc

Some people are concerned that there is no testing of the vaccines combined aluminum amts.

womanofthehills

(9,995 posts)
10. So - what about all the studies linking Alzheimer's to aluminum?
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 12:02 PM
14 hrs ago

Alzheimer’s Disease Linked to Exposure to Aluminum

“A new study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (JAD) on January 13, 2020, supports a growing body of research that links human exposure to aluminum with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Researchers found significant amounts of aluminum content in brain tissue from donors with familial AD. The study also found a high degree of co-location with the amyloid-beta protein, which leads to the early onset of the disease.”
https://scitechdaily.com/alzheimers-disease-linked-to-exposure-to-aluminum/

Science Daily - Aluminum is intricately associated with the neuropathology of familial Alzheimer's disease
Date:
April 9, 2021


“A new study continues to support a growing body of evidence that aluminum contributes to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Researchers found aluminum co-located with phosphorylated tau protein, which is an early initiator of AD.“.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210409124748.htm




A new study demonstrates that aluminum is co-located with phosphorylated tau protein, present as tangles within neurons in the brains of early-onset or familial Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

“The presence of these tangles is associated with neuronal cell death, and observations of aluminum in these tangles may highlight a role for aluminum in their formation,” explained lead investigator Matthew John Mold, PhD, Birchall Centre, Lennard-Jones Laboratories, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.

A new study demonstrates that aluminum is co-located with phosphorylated tau protein, present as tangles within neurons in the brains of early-onset or familial Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

Neuroscience News:
“The presence of these tangles is associated with neuronal cell death, and observations of aluminum in these tangles may highlight a role for aluminum in their formation,” explained lead investigator Matthew John Mold, PhD, Birchall Centre, Lennard-Jones Laboratories, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.

https://neurosciencenews.com/aluminum-genetic-alzheimers-18204/

BumRushDaShow

(156,458 posts)
12. I expect the microscopic amount of Al from an injection that might be 0.5 ml total
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 01:36 PM
12 hrs ago

is nowhere near what one might be exposed to that might potentially be leached from non-anodized aluminum cookware as an example (especially if acidic foods like tomatoes/tomato sauce are cooked in them) - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1383571820301674

eppur_se_muova

(39,408 posts)
15. Correlation is not causation. I have suspected for some time that Al accumulation is a symptom, not a cause.
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 06:36 PM
7 hrs ago

The presence of Al in these tangled proteins may simply reflect the chemical properties of these proteins, one of those being that they bond more strongly to Al than other tissues do. Thus accumulation of Al may well be an indicator that these proteins are present, but not at all necessarily a cause -- just as certain types of tissues bind strongly to certain dyes, facilitating their detection by microscopy.


Aluminum is the third most abundant element in the Earth's crust, more common than iron, calcium, sodium, potassium, or magnesium. It is present in all natural water, but usually at very low concentration, unless the pH reaches extreme values -- either high acidity or alkalinity increases the solubility of Al. It seems unlikely that any organism on Earth could have survived the pressures of natural selection if it was vulnerable to traces of something so ubiquitous.

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