Speaking Engagements in Providence and Boston
Controversial Journalist Who Covers the Autism-Vaccine Debate to
Speak
About Political and Scientific Developments and Updates to His Book
"Evidence of Harm"-
David Kirby, the New York based investigative journalist and author
of
the NY Times Bestseller, "Evidence of Harm, Mercury in Vaccines and the
Autism Epidemic - A Medical Controversy," will speak at a Town Hall
Meeting
at Brown University to discuss recent developments in what has become
perhaps the most contentious medical debate of our time.
Mr. Kirby, a former contributor to The New York Times and a regular
writer for The Huffington Post, is to offer free public lectures in
Providence, Rhode Island and Boston, Mass.
Providence, Rhode Island
Free public lecture and open Q/A session on Thursday, June 19,
6:30-10PM at Brown University, Salomon Center, Room 101, in Providence,
RI.
Boston, Mass
Free public lecture and open Q/A session on Friday, June 27,
6:00-9:00PM at Northeastern University, in the Behrakis Health Science
Building, (Building #26), Room 10.
Among the subjects to be addressed by Mr. Kirby are:
1) 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.
2) Growing evidence of a link between mitochondrial dysfunction and
autistic regression, and case studies of several ASD children with
mitochondrial issues.
3) 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.
4) Declarations by the Presidential candidates that autism is
epidemic
and calling for more research into vaccines and mercury as possible
causes.
5) Recent studies linking ASD risk with heavy metals and other
contaminants in air pollution.
These visits are sponsored by Generation Rescue, Autism Research
Institute, National Autism Association, Coalition for SAFE MINDS, and Talk
About Curing Autism.
"Evidence of Harm," debuted on The New York Times bestseller list in
2005, and is still widely read today. It won the Investigative Re****ters
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 hundreds of other radio and
television stations around the world. He has been invited to speak at the
US
Federal Claims Court's Judicial Conference, this November in Wa****ngton,
DC.
David Kirby is available for media interviews before and during his
visit. Please contact him directly at dkirby@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
More information about Evidence of Harm is available at
www.evidenceofharm.comMr.
Kirby's essays at Huffington Post can be viewed at
www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby
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