There are lots of causes to Cerebral Palsy, Mark.

Methyl-mercury, usually from contaminated food, is very dangerous to
pregnant women. Methyl-mercury causes profound mental retardation,
cerebral palsy, seizures, spasticity, tremors, and incoordination,
along with eye and hearing damage in the unborn baby as a result of
the mother's exposure. Organic mercury passes into the breast milk as
well.

http://www.calpoison.org/public/mercury.html

On May 4, 11:50 pm, Kevysmom <bluebun...@gmail.com> wrote:

Cerebral palsy has nothing to do with mercury in any form.
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Simply not true.

http://www.calpoison.org/public/mercury.html

Methyl-mercury, usually from contaminated food, is very dangerous to
pregnant women. Methyl-mercury causes profound mental retardation, cerebral
palsy, seizures, spasticity, tremors, and incoordination, along with eye and
hearing damage in the unborn baby as a result of the mother's exposure.
Organic mercury passes into the breast milk as well.

http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/July2001/AutismUniqueMercPoison.htm

h. Physical Presentations
There is a much higher rate of autism among children with cerebral palsy
than would be expected by chance (Nordin and Gillberg, 1996). Many autistic
children have abnormal muscle tone including hyper- and hypotonia, and many
are incontinent or have difficulty being toilet trained (Filipek et al,
1999; Church and Coplan, 1995). Several of the infants which Teitelbaum and
colleagues (1998) observed showed decreased arm strength, and Schuler (1995)
describes greater muscle weakness in the upper than the lower body.
Impairments in oral-motor function, including problems chewing and
swallowing, are common, as noted previously.

These impairments are seen in mercurialism as well. In the Iraqi and
Japanese epidemics, many children developed clinical cerebral palsy
(Amin-Zaki, 1979; Myers & Davidson, 1998; Gilbert & Grant-Webster 1995;
Dale, 1972). Amin-Zaki et al (1978) reported muscle wasting and lack of
motor power and control in most cases, complete paralysis in several cases,
and athetotic movements in 2 cases, of postnatally exposed children. In the
Iraqi babies and children, some had increased muscle tone, while others had
decreased muscle tone. Abnormal reflexes, spasticity, and weakness were
common. One child said "my hands are weak and do not obey me" (Amin-Zaki et
al, 1974 and 1978). The 12 year old who inhaled mercury vapor exhibited
weakness and decreased muscle strength (Fagala and Wigg, 1992). As in
autism, muscle weakness from mercury poisoning is most prominent in the
upper body (Adams et al, 1983). Acrodynia, for example, is marked by poor
muscle tone in general and loss of arm strength in particular (Farnesworth,
1997). Finally, difficulty in chewing and swallowing, salivation, and
drooling are common in children as well as adults; incontinence was observed
in children in the Iraqi Hg-crisis (Amin-Zaki, 1974 and 1978; Pierce et al,
1972; Snyder, 1972; Joselow et al, 1972; Smith, 1977).

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