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December 4, 2012

Congress Holds an Anti-Vaccine Hearing

Steven Salzberg, Field of Science


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I was in my car yesterday listening to C-SPAN (yes, I do that sometimes), when to my stunned surprise I heard Congressman Dan Burton launch into a diatribe on how mercury in vaccines causes autism. No, this was not a replay of a recording from a decade ago.  The hearing was held just a few days ago by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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TAGGED: anti-vaccine, autism, Republicans, politicians, Congress

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