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All right, let's jump right in. Today,
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we're going to unpack a pretty complex
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theory that's been laid out in some
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recent articles. It's all about
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aluminum's potential role in neurode
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development. Now, we're going to walk
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through this step by step based strictly
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on the source material provided. So,
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where does the story begin? It starts
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with this incredibly vivid quote from
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Dr. Christopher Exley. It's from his
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early work on aluminum toxicity. And you
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know, this sensory memory, this almost
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haunting image of what aluminum
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poisoning looked like in young salmon,
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it really sets the stage for a much,
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much deeper investigation.
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So, let's go from that powerful anecdote
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and actually see the science in action.
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The source material walks us through
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this really fascinating experiment with
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rainbow trout that gives us a crystal
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clear visual of how aluminum can affect
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animal behavior. And this shows you
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exactly what happened. I mean look at
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the beginning the fish are just hanging
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out spread evenly through the tank but
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then water with aluminum is introduced
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from the left and it happens fast. After
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just 2 minutes they start moving away.
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By the 6 minute mark pretty much all of
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them are huddled at the other end
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actively trying to get away from the
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source. So you're probably wondering how
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much aluminum did it take to cause such
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a strong reaction. You might be
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surprised. It was just 27 parts per
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billion. Now to put that into
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perspective, the source points out that
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a lot of rivers in Europe and North
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America today actually have
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concentrations higher than that. So what
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we see happening with those fish, well,
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it's basically a springboard to a much
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bigger question about our own world. The
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source material actually calls our
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current time the aluminum age,
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suggesting that our exposure to it is
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just everywhere. And that really brings
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us to the core question that's driving
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this entire theory. If an animal's
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natural instinct is to literally flee
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from such a tiny amount of aluminum,
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what does our constant widespread
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exposure mean for us? This is the
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question that bridges the gap from that
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fish tank to the human focus theory
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we're about to unpack. All right, so
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this is where we get into the nuts and
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bolts of it all. One of our sources from
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an author named JB Handley lays out what
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he describes as a grand theory of autism
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causation, and he breaks it down into
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five distinct discoveries. Now, before
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we get into the theory itself, we have
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to define a really key term here because
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it's central to the whole argument,
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aluminum adgivant. So, what is it? It's
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a compound like aluminum hydroxide
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that's added to some vaccines. And its
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stated job is to basically kickstart a
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stronger immune response to the
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vaccine's main ingredient. Okay. Now,
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here's a slide that really adds some
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context to exposure. According to a
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study that's cited in the source, the
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total amount of aluminum adgivant that a
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fully vaccinated child in the US gets by
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18 months, well, it shot up by almost
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four times. We're talking from,250
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micrograms back in the mid80s to nearly
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5,000 micrograms today. So, the theory
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we're looking at is built on what the
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source calls five key discoveries. Think
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of them like building blocks. It starts
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with an immune response in pregnant
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mothers. Then it moves to the properties
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of the aluminum adgiant itself, connects
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it to a specific immune marker, links
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that to post-natal vaccines, and the
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whole thing culminates with a direct
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analysis of brain tissue. Let's take
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them one by one. So discovery number
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one, this is all based on the work of a
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Caltech scientist, Dr. Paul Patterson.
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His research on what's called maternal
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immune activation or MIA showed that
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when a pregnant mother has a major
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immune response, say from a really bad
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infection, it can actually change the
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brain development of the fetus. And this
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quote, which is cited in the source,
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really captures a landmark finding from
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this line of research. The research as
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it's presented suggests this isn't just
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a fleeting event, but that there's
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evidence of a permanent ongoing state of
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immune activation. You could call it
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inflammation in the brains of people
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with autism. Okay, so how does that
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connect to discovery number two? Well,
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this is where the theory shifts its
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focus squarely onto aluminum adgivant.
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The argument here is that a whole wave
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of recent science has fundamentally
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changed how we understand this
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substance, how it behaves in the body,
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and its potential to be neurotoxic. The
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sources zero in on a few key findings
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from this recent research. First, it's
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highlighted that aluminum adgivant is a
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nano particle, a tiny particle that the
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body has a really tough time getting rid
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of. Second, that our own immune cells
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can pick up these nanop particles and
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carry them right into the brain, a kind
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of Trojan horse mechanism. And third, a
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French study is cited which found that
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repeated low doses in mice actually seem
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to be more neurotoxic than just one
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single large dose. Discoveries three and
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four are all about connecting the dots.
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They link aluminum to a very specific
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pro-inflammatory molecule called
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interlucan 6 or IL6 for short. One study
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mentioned in the source found that
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giving aluminum increased IL6 in the
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brain. And another one, this one out of
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China, found that giving infant rats a
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hepatitis B vaccine, which has an
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aluminum adgivant, also raised the IL6
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levels in their brains. Okay, so this
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whole chain of evidence leads us to what
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the author of this theory presents as
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the final and maybe the most direct
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piece of the puzzle. A look at aluminum
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levels inside actual human brain tissue.
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And here it is. Discovery number five.
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This study from Dr. Chris Exley's group
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looked at donated brain tissue from five
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people who had been diagnosed with
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autism. And according to the paper, they
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found what the source describes as
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extraordinarily high levels of aluminum
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inside that tissue. And Dr. Exley's
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conclusion, as quoted here, basically
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brings us full circle. It points right
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back to that Trojan horse mechanism we
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talked about. The study suggests the
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aluminum is getting a ride into the
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brain from immune cells that have been
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loaded up with it somewhere else in the
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body. Okay, so we've walked through each
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of those five discoveries that make up
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this theory. Now, let's just take a step
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back and look at the full picture it's
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painting and the bigger questions it
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raises according to the sources. So to
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recap the whole chain of events laid out
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in the source material, the theory kicks
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off with a premise that immune
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activation can be a cause of autism. It
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then proposes that aluminum adgivant is
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a potent immune activator, that immune
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cells then transport this aluminum into
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the brain, that the aluminum then causes
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brain inflammation and higher levels of
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IL6 and that this entire cascade can be
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set off by vaccines that contain an
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aluminum adgivant. And the source
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material ends with one final pretty
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provocative thought. The theory we've
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been talking about is focused on neurode
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development, but it wraps up by asking
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us to think about a much broader
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question. Could this same exact
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mechanism be a factor in the rise of
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many other autoimmune conditions? And
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that's a question it leaves on the table
