The Age of Autism: Mercury, Medicine and a Manmade Epidemic
For centuries, medicine has made reckless use of mercury, one of the earth’s most toxic substances, with the tragic consequences often ignored. Today environmental pollution, including global emissions of mercury as well as other toxicants, is also of great concern. We connect mercury exposures to the first cases of autism diagnosed in the 1940s. By exposing the roots and rise of The Age of Autism, our book attempts to point the way out – to a safer future for our children and the planet.
Mark Blaxill, MBA
Mark Blaxill is the father of a daughter diagnosed with autism, Editor-at-Large for Age of Autism, a director of SafeMinds and a frequent speaker at autism conferences. He has published several peer-reviewed scientific papers on autism and writes often on autism, science and public policy issues for Age of Autism. He received degrees from Princeton University and Harvard Business School and has recently co-authored a book on autism, The Age of Autism: Mercury, Medicine and a Man-made Epidemic.
Dan Olmsted
Editor, AgeOfAutism.com, and co-author with Mark Blaxill of The Age of Autism -- Mercury, Medicine and a Man-made Epidemic, published in 2010 by Thomas Dunne Books and due out in paperback this September.
