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TLC disappears comments, edits its turd of an anti-vaccine piece. It still stinks.

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: May 16, 2012
Category: Autism, Quacks, Vaccine safety, Vaccines | Tagged ADHD, CDC, ethylmercury, FDA, MMR, The Lancet, thimerosal, TLC | 16 Comments
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