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DAVID KIRBY TO SPEAK AT HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT

Briefing by Journalist Who Covers Vaccine-Autism Debate is Sponsored

By Lord Robin Granville Hodgson, Baron Hodgson of Shropshire

U.S. Journalist David Kirby, author of the award winning book "Evidence of
Harm, Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic - A Medical  Controversy,"
will give a special briefing on this debate at the Houses of Parliament in
London, on Wednesday, 4 June.

Mr. Kirby will speak about recent legal, political and scientific
developments in the United States in the ongoing vaccine-autism controversy.
The briefing is open to Peers in the House of Lords, Members of Parliament,
their Staff, members of the Media, and Invited Guests.

The briefing will take place on Wednesday, 4 June at 3:30PM at the Houses of
Parliament, Palace of Westminster, Committee Room 4. It is being sponsored
by His Lordship Robin Hodgson, Baron Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, Shropshire.

In addition to his Parliament briefing, Mr. Kirby will also give a free
public lecture on Wednesday 4th June, 6:30-10PM at Regent Hall, 275 Oxford
Street, London.

In addition, Mr. Kirby will attend an informal reading, book signing and Q&A
on Friday 6th June, 4:00-7:00PM at Gudrun Jonsson, 2 Napier Road,
Kensington, London.

Among the subjects to be addressed by Mr. Kirby are:

<!--[if !supportLists]-->1)      <!--[endif]-->A recent case in the US
Vaccine Court in which the federal government conceded that vaccines induced
autism in one little girl - and updates on other cases in the court.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->2)      <!--[endif]-->Growing evidence of a link
between mitochondrial dysfunction and autistic regression, and case studies
of several ASD children with mitochondrial issues.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->3)      <!--[endif]-->State-of-the-art research
underway at top universities on the connection between environmental toxins,
mitochondrial function, oxidative stress, glutathione depletion,
neuro-inflammation and autistic encephalopathy.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->4)      <!--[endif]-->Declarations by all 3 US
Presidential candidates that autism is epidemic and calling for more
research into vaccines and mercury as possible causes.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->5)      <!--[endif]--> Recent studies linking ASD
risk with heavy metals and other contaminants in air pollution.

The visit is sponsored by US autism organizations Generation Rescue, Autism
Research Institute, National Autism Association, Coalition for SAFE MINDS,
and Talk About Curing Autism.

David Kirby is a former contributor to The New York Times and a writer for
the popular blog, The Huffington Post. "Evidence of Harm," debuted on The
New York Times bestseller list in 2005, and is still widely read today. It
won the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award in 2005 for Best Book.
Kirby has appeared on NBC's Meet the Press, CNN's Larry King Live, NBC's The
Today Show, MSNBC's Imus in the Morning, CNN Headline News, Air America, and
many others.

More information about Evidence of Harm is available at
www.evidenceofharm.com

Mr. Kirby's essays at Huffington Post can be viewed at
www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby