Dr. Richard Moskowitz - Hidden in Plain Sight
I received my B.A. from Harvard in 1959, and my M.D. from New York University in 1963. After a Graduate Fellowship in Philosophy at the University of Colorado, I completed my internship at St. Anthony's Hospital in Denver, and have practiced general family medicine since obtaining my license in 1967. I became interested in natural therapies in 1970 as part of my home birth practice, and have continued to study and use them ever since.
I have practiced homeopathic medicine since 1974, studying with George Vithoulkas in Greece, Rajan Sankaran and colleagues in India, and other teachers as well. In addition to lecturing and teaching seminars and courses on homeopathy and related subjects, I have written "Plain Doctoring," "An Introduction to Homeopathy," "The Case against Immunizations," "The Fundamentalist Controversy" (download as an MS Word document), "Bioterrorism and Homeopathy," "Vaccination: a Sacrament of Modern Medicine," "Beyond the Malpractice Crisis," "Childhood Ear Infections," "Why I Became a Homeopath," and other articles from the viewpoint of natural medicine. My first book, Homeopathic Medicines for Pregnancy and Childbirth, published by North Atlantic in 1992, is still in print. My latest, Resonance: The Homeopathic Point of View was published by Xlibris in 2001.
Dr. Stephanie Cave - What your Doctor may not tell you about Children's Vaccinations
Dr. Cave received her M.S. in Clinical Chemistry in 1978 and M.D. from Louisiana State University Medical School in New Orleans in 1983. She completed a residency in 1986 and is board certified in Family Practice. On the clinical faculty of LSU Medical School, she is in the private practice of medicine in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She has treated over 3000 children in the autism spectrum. Dr. Cave lectures throughout the country on autism, heavy metal toxicity, and vaccines, and has authored a book titled, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Children's V accinations. She has appeared on CNN in a special about autism and vaccines, and testified before a Louisiana State Legislative Committee and the United States Congressional Committee on Governmental Reform regarding mercury in vaccines in July, 2000.
Peggy O'Mara Publisher and Editor of Mothering Magazine
Peggy O'Mara is the mother of four grown children. She has gained international celebrity as publisher, editor and owner of Mothering Magazine. She is also the author of two books: Having a Baby Naturally: The Mothering Magazine Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth and Natural Family Living: The Mothering Magazine Guide to Parenting . A dynamic speaker, she has lectured and conducted workshops in conjunction with organizations such as the Omega Institute, Esalen, La Leche International, and Bioneers. She has appeared on numerous television and radio programs and has been featured in national publications including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Mother Earth News, and Utne Reader.
Barbara Loe Fisher - National Vaccine Information Center
Barbara Loe Fisher is co-founder and president of the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC). She is the co-author of DPT: A Shot in the Dark (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1985; Warner 1986; Avery 1991); author of The Consumer's Guide to Childhood Vaccines (NVIC 1997) and editor of THE VACCINE REACTION.
During the early 1980's, she helped launch a grassroots movement to bring the issue of vaccine safety to public attention, including leading demonstrations at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta and the White House in 1986. Her book, DPT: A Shot in the Dark, which she co-authored with Harris Coulter, Ph.D., was the first major, well documented critique of America's mass vaccination system calling for safety reforms and the right to informed consent to vaccination.
Dr. Richard Pitcairn - Dr. Pitcairn's complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats
Dr. Richard Pitcairn received his degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from, University of California, Davis. He did his graduate training at the Dept.of Microbiology, WSU. He received his PHD in virology and immunology with a minor in biochemistry. He later began to practice homoepathy and nutrition. He has written for Prevention Magazine and is the author, with Susan Hubble Pitcairn of Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats. He is a founding member of the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy and trains veterinarians in homeopathy.
David Kirby - Evidence of Harm
David Kirby has been a professional journalist for over 15 years, and has written for The New York Times for the past eight years. Kirby was a contracted writer with the weekly City Section at The Times , where he covered public health, local politics, art and culture, film and theater, architecture, zoning and land use, among many other subjects. Currently, Kirby has contributed to The Magazine, Arts & Leisure, Personal Health, Men's Health, Science Times, Escapes, Travel, Weekend and other sections of the paper. Kirby has also written for a number of national magazines, including Glamour, Redbook, Marie Claire, Mademoiselle, Self, Art News, and others. In addition, Kirby was a foreign correspondent in Mexico and Central America from 1986-1990, where he covered the wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua, and covered politics, corruption and natural disasters in Mexico. From Latin America, he reported for UPI, the San Francisco Examiner, Newsday, The Arizona Republic , Houston Chronicle and the NBC Radio Network.
Kirby has also worked in politics, medical research and public relations. He worked for New York City Council President Carol Bellamy as a special assistant for healthcare, cultural affairs and civil rights, followed by employment as chief scheduler to Manhattan Borough President David N. Dinkins. He also was a senior staff adviser to Dinkins' successful 1989 run for Mayor of New York City. From 1990-1993, Kirby was Director of Public Information at the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR), where he acted as press spokesman for Chairwoman Elizabeth Taylor, and witnessed first-hand the inner workings of Congress, the White House and powerful Federal agencies like the FDA, CDC and NIH. Kirby also ran his own public relations agency in New York for four years, from 1993 through 1996, with clients that included the National Cancer Institute, AmFAR, ABC, BBC, Absolut Vodka, Dean Witter Discover & Co., and others.
Congressman Dan Burton
Dan Burton is currently serving his twelfth term as a United States Representative from Indiana's Fifth Congressional District. His first term in Congress began in January of 1983. The Fifth District lies in the heart of central Indiana and includes all of Tipton, Grant, Miami, Wabash, Huntington, Hamilton, and Hancock Counties, as well as parts of Marion, Shelby, Howard and Johnson Counties. When Congressman Burton assumed the Chairmanship of the House Committee on Government Reform in the 105th Congress, he became the first Hoosier Republican to Chair a full House Committee in more than sixty years. The last was Congressman William Robert Wood, who chaired the Committee on Appropriations during the 71st Congress (1929-1931). Congressman Burton currently serves as Chairman of the House International Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Congressman Dave Weldon
U.S. Representative Dave Weldon, M.D, of Brevard County, Florida, is an Army veteran and physician. Dr. Weldon and his wife, Nancy, have lived in Brevard County since 1987 and have two children, Katie and David.
Elected to his first political office in November 1994 to serve the people of Florida's 15th Congressional District, and reelected to a fifth term in 2002, Rep. Weldon has worked to balance the federal budget and promote pro-family policies. He is recognized as a leader in space issues and has fought to bring more local government control back to states and communities.
Dave Weldon is a nationally recognized leader in promoting efforts to give parents more control over their children's education. As a practicing physician and Army veteran, his background and expertise have been called upon on numerous occasions in key debates, policy discussions, and leadership positions. He is also a nationally recognized leader in promoting efforts to give parents more control over their children's education.
Rep. Weldon became the first representative from East-Central Florida to be appointed to the House Appropriations Committee. He has also served in the past on the Science Committee, the Education Committee, and the Financial Services Committee. He is also the co-founder and chairman of the Congressional Aerospace Caucus.
Lawrence B. Palevsky MD, FAAP, President Holistic Medical Association.
Dr. Palevsky is a board certified pediatrician who received his medical degree from the NYU School of Medicine in 1987. He completed a three year pediatric residency at the Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC and a one year fellowship at Bellevue Hospital-NYU School of Medicine in the pediatric outpatient department and emergency room. Dr. Palevsky served as the Chief of the Pediatric Acute Care Unit at NYC's Lenox Hill Hospital and most recently was in practice as the holistic integrative pediatrician for the Center for Health & Healing, an integrative and complementary care medical facility affiliated with the Beth Israel Medical Center in NYC.
Dr. Palevsky’s clinical practice includes experience in pediatric emergency and intensive care medicine, in-patient and out-patient pediatric medicine, neonatal intensive care medicine, newborn and delivery room medicine and conventional, holistic and integrative pediatric private practice in NYC.
Dr. Palevsky is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, President of the American Holistic Medical Association (www.holisticmedicine.org), co-founder and President of the Holistic Pediatric Association
(www.hpakids.org), a Diplomate of the American Board of Holistic Medicine and a medical advisory board member to the Natural Gourmet Cookery School in New York City, Developmental Delay Resources (www.devdelay.org), Families for Natural Living and the National Vaccine Information Center.
Dr. Palevsky teaches holistic integrative pediatric & adolescent medicine to parents and medical and allied health professionals both nationally & internationally.
Dr. Edward Shalts - The American Institute of Homeopathy Handbook for Parents
Dr. Edward Shalts edward shalts, M.D. , D.Ht.,has practiced homeopathic medicine for twenty two years. He is currently a faculty member of the Continuum Center for Health and Healing at Beth Isreal Medical Center, as well as a trustee of the American Institute of Homeopathy and vice president of the National Center for Homeopathy. He also has a private practice in New York City.
Dan Olmsted - U.P.I.
Dan Olmsted is a senior editor at United Press International, where he has written The Age of Autism column since February 2005. He started his journalism career in his hometown of Danville, Ill., in 1974, and worked as a reporter and editor at the Rochester, N.Y., Democrat &Chronicle. He joined USA TODAY as an original staff member in 1982, serving as an assistant national editor before becoming senior editor of USA WEEKEND magazine, where he worked until joining UPI in 1999. His investigation (with Mark Benjamin) of the psychiatric side effects of the anti-malaria drug Lariam was honored as best wire reporting by the National Mental Health Association last year. In addition to writing about autism, he edits the Consumer Health segment of UPI.com.
Dr. Boyd Haley
Dr. Haley received his BS in Chemistry/Physics from Franklin College in 1963. From 1964 to 66 he served as a medic in the U.S. Army. He obtained his M.S. in Chemistry at the University of Idaho (1967) and his Ph.D. in Chemistry/Biochemistry at Washington State University (1971). He was an NIH Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Physiology, Yale University Medical School from 1971 to 1974. His first academic appointment was at the University of Wyoming in 1974 where he was promoted to full professor in 1983. In 1985 he was hired by the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center with academic appointments as professor in the College of Pharmacy and in the Department of Biochemistry. He is currently Professor of Chemistry/Biochemistry in the Department of Chemistry and served as Chair of this department from 1996 to 2005. He was a founder and is the scientific advisor of Affinity Labeling Technologies, Inc., a biotech company that synthesizes and markets to major research institutes nucleotide photoaffinity analogs for biomedical research.
In the past 17 years Dr. Haley has emphasized studies on the biochemistry of Alzheimer's disease. His research in the biochemical aberrancies in Alzheimer's disease also lead to his identifying mercury toxicity as a major exacerbating factor, perhaps even a causal factor for this disease. He was one of the first to propose that the organic-mercury preservative (thimerosal) in vaccines was the most likely toxic agent involved in Gulf War Syndrome and autism related disorders. He has followed this up with research that demonstrates that several additional factors (Al 3+ , certain antibiotics), including testosterone, increase the toxicity of thimerosal. Further, in collaboration with others he has shown using mercury analysis of birth-hair that autistics represent a subset of the population that cannot excrete mercury effectively.
In the past few years Dr. Haley has testified before numerous government agencies at the federal and state levels on the effects of mercury toxicity from dental amalgams and vaccines. This list includes two times before the Congressional Committee on Government Reform, the Pentagon to Surgeon Generals, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He has testified before, and supplied affidavits to, numerous legislative committees at the State level that were considering bills to remove thimerosal and mercury from dental and vaccines products. In several situations states have enacted legislation placing restrictions on the use of mercury in dental and vaccine products. In the recent past he has testified before the FDA committee for Review and Analysis of the Literature on the Health Effects of Dental Amalgams and before the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences regarding vaccines and autism.
Dr. Haley is also a member of the Autism Think Tank of the Autism Association and is on the board of the Swedish Foundation for Metal Biology. He has been invited to present lectures on the subject of mercury toxicity and neurological diseases at international conferences in England, Scotland, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, Australia, Sweden, France, Germany, New Zealand, Mexico and Denmark.
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