What's Goin' On: Science finds a link between Mercury and Autism

This debate has been raging for awhile now -- some of you won't be surprised at all by this 'discovery'. I sure wasn't. Moms have been saying this for years.

Read about the landmark information here.

My concern with Mercury and Autism isn't cut and dry in terms of whether Mercury is the causative factor -- obviously there are some children that get vaccines, for instance, and are just fine. But as with many health issues in modern life (and by that I mean since the industrial era), some of us are more sensitive and some of us aren't. Some of us will smoke and never get cancer, some will. Some will eat wheat and feel ill, many won't. Some of us will get vaccines, and react to either the mercury, the high levels of additives, or just the overwhelm to our immune systems. And some won't.

The issue at hand, in my mind, is more so one of EDUCATION and AWARENESS. This means honest dealings from our corporations and government who make or support the use of the products and vaccines, food and what-not that we all consume. So that we know and decide for ourselves what is best for our family, for one another. As always, the bottom line?

Trust your instincts, mama's!

What's Goin on: Vaccines

Wow. This is fascinating. I'm wondering if this will hit the media, and if this is a well-done study. The numbers are startling, however I'm not surprised. I am wondering if the areas that the surveys were done in were chosen to best reflect one another (meaning, to keep the results from being skewed due to environment, etc. If you survey children on say toxic levels in the city compared to in the country, I'd expect different responses).

http://www.generationrescue.org/survey.html

Blessings,
MsThistle
(thanks, Janine, for sharing this!)

What's Goin' On?: picky picky

Good Morning,

I want this blog to be a place that offers all kinds of information pertaining to the holistic health and well being of you. Keeping that goal in mind, here are some tidbits I came across worth checking out, from inspiring to educational:

Some educational information:
Scroll down to read about Drugs ads on TV; fascinating but not surprising who is in who's back pocket (say that five times fast!):
http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/

This is scary, for those of you who question vaccinating your children. I'm constantly amazed at how ignorant and presumptuous society can be about vaccines:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/13/AR2007111301408.html

Some lovely herbal inspiration/education:
A wonderful blog about mugwort, also known as dreamwort.
http://plantjourneys.blogspot.com/2007/10/dreamwort.html

More later!
Green Blessings,
MsThistle