Well, Alex Berenson can think what he wants, but until he himself is directly affected by having a child with autism, he needs to step back & listen to those of us who are. Our son was given the MMR vaccine at 10 months old. Too early, according to the official schedule, but I didn’t know at that time. Our pediatrician knew I was vaccine hesitant, & he coerced me to let him get the MMR while I was in his office for a baby well check. It’s the only one he ever received, & it caused a big spike in temperature, a few hours afterwards. That night, our baby was screaming in pain. He rarely ever cried before. We took him to the hospital & they gave him Tylenol, & observed him for several hours before sending us home. Over the next few days, he began having seizures & we took him back to his pediatrician. I was scared & frustrated & told him I know this was a bad reaction to the MMR Vaccine & the doctor quietly agreed, but did not educate me on what to do for him, nor offer to report to VAERS. I didn’t know about VAERS at that time. I was young, in my 20’s. I did not receive Informed Consent. The pediatrician sent us to a Neurologist who confirmed the seizures & also agreed it was most likely from the vaccine he was recently given. Neither doctor wanted to have anything to do with us after this. We were essentially ghosted. And left to deal with the consequences on our own. We ended up paying tens of thousands of dollars, out of pocket, for different therapies throughout his early childhood. Our son was left with high functioning Aspergers Syndrome, which at 27 years old, he still deals with to this day. There are millions of us who had perfectly healthy, happy, normal developing babies before a trip to the pediatrician’s office, & a whole different child after vaccination. We don’t have to be “expert virologists or immunologists” to know this was caused by these vaccines. Same for the other vaccines. They’re all dangerous. They have toxic ingredients including endotoxins, DNA contamination, mercury, aluminum, & who knows what else. They’re all bio weapons, paid for by divisions of the government, as well as, billionaire “philanthropists” who want to play God & make money in the process. I’ve done my own research, & I now know this to be true. Perhaps, Alex B. should have a chat with Dr. Geoff Pain. Or check out his Substack. There’s lots of other, good, well studied, well researched doctors & scientists who have proof that vaccines have always been a bio weapons/population control for-profit industry. No doubt in my mind. Cognitive dissonance is a terrible thing to have Alex. Go back to the drawing board & figure this out. You ain’t there yet!
Berenson was also duped by the Ukraine propaganda. I used to follow his writings during the Covid fiasco, but once he showed how gullible he was to propaganda on other subjects it became fairly evident that he is not a broad truth seeker like you JB. He just coincidentally got part of the Covid scam correct, but has not been accurate on anything else. Fantastic rebuttal JB. Also your book, How to End the Autism epidemic is THE BEST out there. I have bought several copies and spread them around to people how can think logically, but have not had the chance to see the real data.
DTP-HIB and our lives have been utterly destroyed. I didn’t know about metals, vaccine injury, the vaccine injury fund, or that the pharmaceutical companies had legal immunity. I was only 24 at the time of his shot - naive, compliant, obedient. The guilt of not knowing has never left, but in reality we didn’t have true informed consent. Our consent was based on a lie. Since the pharmaceutical companies have immunity, the appropriate class action is against the government who gave them the immunity and the CDC, who sponsored the lie.
JB I really enjoyed your article and have sent it to a friend who's son has been diagnosed with Asd. She and her husband said he wasn't the same after his jabs. And an Australian MP Russell Broadbent who is calling out our Govt policy of "no jab no play no pay". Australian parents are coerced into vaccination otherwise they miss out on childcare and tax benefits. At least vaccination is not required to attend school.
Sadly I've only woken up after covid so my kids have had most.
Question...is there evidence that vaccines cause adhd and aspergers even if there's no severe reaction, seizures, etc? My son has had no language delay, high IQ, but was diagnosed with aspergers and adhd. Confounded by adverse reactions to an Ssri at 8. Then put on ritalin for 2 years. Off ritalin for last year. He's not doing well.
Obviously I feel completely f**ked around by the entire medical community. Zero informed consent.
I'm disgusted at my own naivete and trust. That really gets me down.
We are trying to detox from metals with a zeolyte spray. Ensure his minerals are balanced. Considering oxygen therapy.
I also used to go along with all the jabs (including flu shots) for my boys, naively believing that decades of use would have “fixed” any problems. I was skeptical about the covid jabs being rushed through - looking into this finally alerted me to the massive doubts about all jabs. Luckily my boys don’t have any apparent serious maladies, but I sure feel guilty wondering if their minor maladies are a consequence of my gullibility.
Amen, thank you for writing this! I love Alex too but felt he was out of line saying he didn’t want to get into the vaccine-autism debate but then throw out that crappy study as an argument against the vaccine-autism link. He has no clue on this topic!
You are absolutely right. This oft-heard phrase "many studies have shown that there is no link" is false. This idea of "scientific consensus" must be corrected, just like you do. There is a lot of bias in the study cited on the MMR vaccine. Most people probably know this book, which covers all of this very well: Turtles All The Way Down: Vaccine Science and Myth.
Concerning Verstraeten, as one of my friend recently told me: the link is studied between autism and doses of mercury received, ok. But in fact it is between autism and doses of vaccines, right? It is said in the Simpsonwood conference report p. 50:
"Finally, and this may be th toughest one of all, how do we know that it is a Thimerosal effect? Since all vaccines are Thimerosal containing, how do we know that it's not something else in the vaccines such as aluminum or the antigens?"
His denial is hurting our kids. My son was injured and thankfully your book came out a few years later so I could find peace knowing exactly what happened. Can people compartmentalize and deny truths for self-preservation? Absolutely. Berenson's awakening is a mile marker toward a greater awakening. Maybe he's not going to swim toward the shore of truth but at least the tide will carry him in. Fewer and fewer parents are taking the risks that the industry wants us to and your work JB has reached so many people. Thanking you for attacking this pernicious lie head on with all your might.
And now they try to get the HPV into most kids before they are even teenagers, starting at age 9. And they try to entice them with the idea that if they get it at age 9, they only have to have 2 shots to complete the series, but they'll need 3 if they start later. Plus, they use a technique called motivational interviewing to change the minds of parents who decline - which is extremely unethical. Apparently they also used this psychological technique on veterans with the covid shots.
Great article JB . I bought 2 of your first books . I kept one and gave the other to a co- worker whose son is Autistic but in denial it was vaccine related . I loved watching you on the Doctors episode!
I worked in health care for 36 yrs . I tried my hardest to convince parents not to give their newborns the HepB . I was forever getting called to the principals office ( HR) . About Alex I used to follow him and have a couple of his books but when he said Ivermectin didn’t work he lost me ! Thanks again for the detailed article !
I’m so glad you’re publishing again, JB! Your voice has been missed!! I hope Alex listens to you. I had hoped early on that he would be a powerful ally but he has disappointed on many occasions, this being one. ~Jill Hines
1. Dr. Jon Poling et al's article on "Developmental Regression and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in a Child With Autism". This describe Hanna Poling's well documented regression into what was described as "autism-like" situation. (Here's a link https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2536523/ )
2. Info about Child Neurologist, Dr. Andrew Zimmerman's statement that "“... in a subset of children, vaccine-induced fever and immune stimulation did cause regressive brain disease with features of autism spectrum disorder”. (Here's a link with some info https://www.icnapedia.org/speakers/3860-3860).
Brilliant and thorough as always JB. Always appreciate your hard won thoughts and insights. The battle against deeply ingrained propaganda is amazingly long and difficult. Thank you for continuing to soldier on and be a voice of reason!
JB, just like you I loved his work during the Covid lockdowns but every time he opens his mouth about medical marijuana, garbage comes out, in a very similar manner as you described here so I unfollowed him.
Andrew Hall Cutler, PhD, my mentor, was a chemistry PhD with his degree from Princeton. He got chronic mercury poisoning from some dental work, and using his knowledge of pharmacokinetics, figured out a protocol for detoxing mercury. He is author of the books, "Amalgam Illness, Diagnosis and Treatment," "Hair Test Interpretation, Finding Hidden Toxicities," and (co-authored with me), "The Mercury Detoxification Manual." Robert Kennedy, Jr. gives him an honorary mention in the dedication to his book, "The Real Anthony Fauci."
I had worked with Andy for several years and still hadn't understood 100% about the childhood vaccines. Then my granddaughter wound up intubated in the PICU with HIb pneumonia. I had to ask myself what caused this to happen to a radiantly healthy, breast fed baby. (The doctors were of course of the opinion that "shit happens." ) At the same time, there were hearings going on in Montpelier, VT about removing the philosophical exemption and I went down to participate. (I have to mention the uneducated, rural couple, the wife with no teeth, whom I met there. Their only child became autistic after the MMR and they were left on their own to deal with it.)
Someone at the State House loaned me a vaccine book and I looked up the Hib vaccine. The author advised to be careful to keep your child at home for three weeks after one of these because they, for some reason, make the child particularly susceptible to getting Hib. My granddaughter had had two of these jabs and the docs were saying that is why she got sick. You need three to be immune.
I called Andy on the phone and he told me, "The doctors are lying to you." "But why, Andy. Why would they do that?" Good question. Andy talked about a "child sacrificing religion."
Andy Cutler did not think that aluminum was the main cause of autism. He noted that no matter what the aluminum level, the children get better when you chelate them for mercury. He maintained that aluminum is retained in the presence of mercury and comes down on its own once the mercury comes down. And mercury explains why these kids have so many other things wrong with them. The aluminum may mess with their brains, but the mercury messes with the entire endocrine system.
We none of us know for sure where the children are still getting so much exposure to mercury. Was it really removed from the pediatric schedule? The pediatric schedule is only under age 8. And mercury is apparently used in the manufacturing process then filtered out. And of course there is the vaccinating of pregnant women that started, I read, in 2013.
Andy postulated that since doctors are taught to believe that Thimerosal was only removed from this schedule through "an excess of caution" that they are giving children adult product to save money. "There is no particular control over which kind of vaccine doctors give children. There is no public accounting of how many doses of mercury free vaccines are used, compared to how many children were vaccinated."
He also had this to say, " What we do know is autism continues apace, children continue to be vaccinated a lot, there is no particular change in the character of autism compared to the 1990s. Also, any infant receives far more aluminum in their water, any formula they receive, foods, mother's milk, medications, etc. than they do from vaccinations. The aluminum exposure has not changed much since the 1980's, well before the autism epidemic."
But the most convincing argument I find that we are still dealing with mercury, is that no matter what the aluminum level we see on a hair test, the children get better when you chelate them for mercury. We consider a high aluminum bar on a hair test to be suspicious for mercury and aluminum bar will go down on subsequent hair tests when the child (or adult for that matter) has chelated for mercury. None of the chelating agents we use touch aluminum, by the way.
I hope that the parents of injured children who I see posting here will take the time to learn about the Andy Cutler protocol for detoxing heavy metals. In my opinion, and from seeing and reading thousands of cases, the main offender is still mercury. The second big problem is lead. Aluminum is synergistic with these and makes things worse, but it is retained in the presence of mercury and comes down on its own when the mercury burden is lowered.
Well, Alex Berenson can think what he wants, but until he himself is directly affected by having a child with autism, he needs to step back & listen to those of us who are. Our son was given the MMR vaccine at 10 months old. Too early, according to the official schedule, but I didn’t know at that time. Our pediatrician knew I was vaccine hesitant, & he coerced me to let him get the MMR while I was in his office for a baby well check. It’s the only one he ever received, & it caused a big spike in temperature, a few hours afterwards. That night, our baby was screaming in pain. He rarely ever cried before. We took him to the hospital & they gave him Tylenol, & observed him for several hours before sending us home. Over the next few days, he began having seizures & we took him back to his pediatrician. I was scared & frustrated & told him I know this was a bad reaction to the MMR Vaccine & the doctor quietly agreed, but did not educate me on what to do for him, nor offer to report to VAERS. I didn’t know about VAERS at that time. I was young, in my 20’s. I did not receive Informed Consent. The pediatrician sent us to a Neurologist who confirmed the seizures & also agreed it was most likely from the vaccine he was recently given. Neither doctor wanted to have anything to do with us after this. We were essentially ghosted. And left to deal with the consequences on our own. We ended up paying tens of thousands of dollars, out of pocket, for different therapies throughout his early childhood. Our son was left with high functioning Aspergers Syndrome, which at 27 years old, he still deals with to this day. There are millions of us who had perfectly healthy, happy, normal developing babies before a trip to the pediatrician’s office, & a whole different child after vaccination. We don’t have to be “expert virologists or immunologists” to know this was caused by these vaccines. Same for the other vaccines. They’re all dangerous. They have toxic ingredients including endotoxins, DNA contamination, mercury, aluminum, & who knows what else. They’re all bio weapons, paid for by divisions of the government, as well as, billionaire “philanthropists” who want to play God & make money in the process. I’ve done my own research, & I now know this to be true. Perhaps, Alex B. should have a chat with Dr. Geoff Pain. Or check out his Substack. There’s lots of other, good, well studied, well researched doctors & scientists who have proof that vaccines have always been a bio weapons/population control for-profit industry. No doubt in my mind. Cognitive dissonance is a terrible thing to have Alex. Go back to the drawing board & figure this out. You ain’t there yet!
Perfectly stated I'm in the same club that neither of us asked to join
Berenson was also duped by the Ukraine propaganda. I used to follow his writings during the Covid fiasco, but once he showed how gullible he was to propaganda on other subjects it became fairly evident that he is not a broad truth seeker like you JB. He just coincidentally got part of the Covid scam correct, but has not been accurate on anything else. Fantastic rebuttal JB. Also your book, How to End the Autism epidemic is THE BEST out there. I have bought several copies and spread them around to people how can think logically, but have not had the chance to see the real data.
DTP-HIB and our lives have been utterly destroyed. I didn’t know about metals, vaccine injury, the vaccine injury fund, or that the pharmaceutical companies had legal immunity. I was only 24 at the time of his shot - naive, compliant, obedient. The guilt of not knowing has never left, but in reality we didn’t have true informed consent. Our consent was based on a lie. Since the pharmaceutical companies have immunity, the appropriate class action is against the government who gave them the immunity and the CDC, who sponsored the lie.
JB, you, NOT Alex, are one of my heroes.
JB I really enjoyed your article and have sent it to a friend who's son has been diagnosed with Asd. She and her husband said he wasn't the same after his jabs. And an Australian MP Russell Broadbent who is calling out our Govt policy of "no jab no play no pay". Australian parents are coerced into vaccination otherwise they miss out on childcare and tax benefits. At least vaccination is not required to attend school.
Sadly I've only woken up after covid so my kids have had most.
Question...is there evidence that vaccines cause adhd and aspergers even if there's no severe reaction, seizures, etc? My son has had no language delay, high IQ, but was diagnosed with aspergers and adhd. Confounded by adverse reactions to an Ssri at 8. Then put on ritalin for 2 years. Off ritalin for last year. He's not doing well.
Obviously I feel completely f**ked around by the entire medical community. Zero informed consent.
I'm disgusted at my own naivete and trust. That really gets me down.
We are trying to detox from metals with a zeolyte spray. Ensure his minerals are balanced. Considering oxygen therapy.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks for your work on this.
I also used to go along with all the jabs (including flu shots) for my boys, naively believing that decades of use would have “fixed” any problems. I was skeptical about the covid jabs being rushed through - looking into this finally alerted me to the massive doubts about all jabs. Luckily my boys don’t have any apparent serious maladies, but I sure feel guilty wondering if their minor maladies are a consequence of my gullibility.
Please look in to the Andy Cutler protocol for detoxing metals.
Amen, thank you for writing this! I love Alex too but felt he was out of line saying he didn’t want to get into the vaccine-autism debate but then throw out that crappy study as an argument against the vaccine-autism link. He has no clue on this topic!
You are absolutely right. This oft-heard phrase "many studies have shown that there is no link" is false. This idea of "scientific consensus" must be corrected, just like you do. There is a lot of bias in the study cited on the MMR vaccine. Most people probably know this book, which covers all of this very well: Turtles All The Way Down: Vaccine Science and Myth.
Concerning Verstraeten, as one of my friend recently told me: the link is studied between autism and doses of mercury received, ok. But in fact it is between autism and doses of vaccines, right? It is said in the Simpsonwood conference report p. 50:
"Finally, and this may be th toughest one of all, how do we know that it is a Thimerosal effect? Since all vaccines are Thimerosal containing, how do we know that it's not something else in the vaccines such as aluminum or the antigens?"
https://www.autismhelpforyou.com/HG%20IN%20VACCINES%20-%20Simpsonwood%20-%20Internet%20File.pdf
His denial is hurting our kids. My son was injured and thankfully your book came out a few years later so I could find peace knowing exactly what happened. Can people compartmentalize and deny truths for self-preservation? Absolutely. Berenson's awakening is a mile marker toward a greater awakening. Maybe he's not going to swim toward the shore of truth but at least the tide will carry him in. Fewer and fewer parents are taking the risks that the industry wants us to and your work JB has reached so many people. Thanking you for attacking this pernicious lie head on with all your might.
And now they try to get the HPV into most kids before they are even teenagers, starting at age 9. And they try to entice them with the idea that if they get it at age 9, they only have to have 2 shots to complete the series, but they'll need 3 if they start later. Plus, they use a technique called motivational interviewing to change the minds of parents who decline - which is extremely unethical. Apparently they also used this psychological technique on veterans with the covid shots.
When was it that you said the same thing on the television show The Doctors, J.B.? Over a decade ago, I think.
One ingredient, one vaccine.
And they STILL haven't produced any new evidence since then!
2009
Great article JB . I bought 2 of your first books . I kept one and gave the other to a co- worker whose son is Autistic but in denial it was vaccine related . I loved watching you on the Doctors episode!
I worked in health care for 36 yrs . I tried my hardest to convince parents not to give their newborns the HepB . I was forever getting called to the principals office ( HR) . About Alex I used to follow him and have a couple of his books but when he said Ivermectin didn’t work he lost me ! Thanks again for the detailed article !
I have found the BEST way to convince people, is tell
them we can detox a child with autism using holistic means.
I wrote up a protocol, with 3 doctors who healed their sons protocols too.
Here it is:
Autism Spectrum and Vaccine Injury Healing Information
Natural Detox Methods for heavy metals from vaccines*
Build a strong gastro-intestinal and immune system
Consume – Organic only, Raw dairy, grass fed meats, fermented foods, bone
broth (minerals), veggies, fruits. Ketogenic Diet, GAPS plan, Microbiome gut
health. Vitamin supplements and probiotics
Eliminate – Genetically modified organisms (glyphosate exposure and autism
rates show a nearly 100% correspondence and glyphosate kills good gut
bacteria), white flour, white sugar, white pasta, white rice. No antibiotics,
vaccines, Tylenol (reduces glutathione in liver that makes it difficult to
detox). No silver (mercury) fillings.
Drink spring water only, best brands for detoxing are Volvic/Fiji due to high
silica. No fluoride water/toothpaste
Replace household laundry and cleaning products with natural non-toxic, no
synthetic scents alternatives.
Create a sleep sanctuary free from WIFI, its non-thermal pulsed radiation.
Get a guard for modem and smart meter. www.smartmeterguard.com
Cleanse
Baths – Detox in bath as a therapeutic environment with Epsom, Dead Sea or
Himalayan salts, baking soda, borax, essential oils
Foot baths – IonCleanse detoxifying foot baths.
Sunshine and lots of exercise, sweat releases toxins
Far Infrared Sauna – Infrared light penetrates deep into the body and
stimulates detoxification pathways.
Form a healthy spinal structure. Utilize chiropractic care to create a healthy
spinal structure and allow for proper innervation of all the organs, tissues
and muscles of the body. This will stimulate the body’s healing and
detoxification potential.
Stimulate the body’s ability to generate healthy cells, immune function and
detoxification pathways using Homeopathic Treatment.
8. Parasite cleanse. Many autistic children have parasites that excrete their waste
in gas form (inside the body) similar to morphine, ammonia and histamine.
Healing the symptoms known as Autism, 2nd edition Kerri Rivera
9. CBD or medical cannabis for autism and more:
https://oxfordrecoverycenter.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=230&v=XbH1gpz4Yxw
10. Gut Health Restore product by Dr Zach Bush
11. Mercury Detox Method Dr Rashid Buttar www.autismdefined.net
12. Dr Carrie Madaj: https://carriemadej.com/general-recommendations-
for-detoxing/
I’m so glad you’re publishing again, JB! Your voice has been missed!! I hope Alex listens to you. I had hoped early on that he would be a powerful ally but he has disappointed on many occasions, this being one. ~Jill Hines
Berenson would do well to read:
1. Dr. Jon Poling et al's article on "Developmental Regression and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in a Child With Autism". This describe Hanna Poling's well documented regression into what was described as "autism-like" situation. (Here's a link https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2536523/ )
2. Info about Child Neurologist, Dr. Andrew Zimmerman's statement that "“... in a subset of children, vaccine-induced fever and immune stimulation did cause regressive brain disease with features of autism spectrum disorder”. (Here's a link with some info https://www.icnapedia.org/speakers/3860-3860).
Brilliant and thorough as always JB. Always appreciate your hard won thoughts and insights. The battle against deeply ingrained propaganda is amazingly long and difficult. Thank you for continuing to soldier on and be a voice of reason!
I recall Alex mentioning his wife is a psychiatrist, that pretty much explains it.
i thought she was a medical doctor?
JB, just like you I loved his work during the Covid lockdowns but every time he opens his mouth about medical marijuana, garbage comes out, in a very similar manner as you described here so I unfollowed him.
Andrew Hall Cutler, PhD, my mentor, was a chemistry PhD with his degree from Princeton. He got chronic mercury poisoning from some dental work, and using his knowledge of pharmacokinetics, figured out a protocol for detoxing mercury. He is author of the books, "Amalgam Illness, Diagnosis and Treatment," "Hair Test Interpretation, Finding Hidden Toxicities," and (co-authored with me), "The Mercury Detoxification Manual." Robert Kennedy, Jr. gives him an honorary mention in the dedication to his book, "The Real Anthony Fauci."
I had worked with Andy for several years and still hadn't understood 100% about the childhood vaccines. Then my granddaughter wound up intubated in the PICU with HIb pneumonia. I had to ask myself what caused this to happen to a radiantly healthy, breast fed baby. (The doctors were of course of the opinion that "shit happens." ) At the same time, there were hearings going on in Montpelier, VT about removing the philosophical exemption and I went down to participate. (I have to mention the uneducated, rural couple, the wife with no teeth, whom I met there. Their only child became autistic after the MMR and they were left on their own to deal with it.)
Someone at the State House loaned me a vaccine book and I looked up the Hib vaccine. The author advised to be careful to keep your child at home for three weeks after one of these because they, for some reason, make the child particularly susceptible to getting Hib. My granddaughter had had two of these jabs and the docs were saying that is why she got sick. You need three to be immune.
I called Andy on the phone and he told me, "The doctors are lying to you." "But why, Andy. Why would they do that?" Good question. Andy talked about a "child sacrificing religion."
Andy Cutler did not think that aluminum was the main cause of autism. He noted that no matter what the aluminum level, the children get better when you chelate them for mercury. He maintained that aluminum is retained in the presence of mercury and comes down on its own once the mercury comes down. And mercury explains why these kids have so many other things wrong with them. The aluminum may mess with their brains, but the mercury messes with the entire endocrine system.
We none of us know for sure where the children are still getting so much exposure to mercury. Was it really removed from the pediatric schedule? The pediatric schedule is only under age 8. And mercury is apparently used in the manufacturing process then filtered out. And of course there is the vaccinating of pregnant women that started, I read, in 2013.
Andy postulated that since doctors are taught to believe that Thimerosal was only removed from this schedule through "an excess of caution" that they are giving children adult product to save money. "There is no particular control over which kind of vaccine doctors give children. There is no public accounting of how many doses of mercury free vaccines are used, compared to how many children were vaccinated."
He also had this to say, " What we do know is autism continues apace, children continue to be vaccinated a lot, there is no particular change in the character of autism compared to the 1990s. Also, any infant receives far more aluminum in their water, any formula they receive, foods, mother's milk, medications, etc. than they do from vaccinations. The aluminum exposure has not changed much since the 1980's, well before the autism epidemic."
But the most convincing argument I find that we are still dealing with mercury, is that no matter what the aluminum level we see on a hair test, the children get better when you chelate them for mercury. We consider a high aluminum bar on a hair test to be suspicious for mercury and aluminum bar will go down on subsequent hair tests when the child (or adult for that matter) has chelated for mercury. None of the chelating agents we use touch aluminum, by the way.
I hope that the parents of injured children who I see posting here will take the time to learn about the Andy Cutler protocol for detoxing heavy metals. In my opinion, and from seeing and reading thousands of cases, the main offender is still mercury. The second big problem is lead. Aluminum is synergistic with these and makes things worse, but it is retained in the presence of mercury and comes down on its own when the mercury burden is lowered.