▶ From Acrodynia to Autism: Mercury Across Generations, More Evidence of Harm - YouTube

▶ From Acrodynia to Autism: Mercury Across Generations, More Evidence of Harm - YouTube

"Acrodynia, more commonly called Pink Disease, ravaged children in Europe, North America and Australia in the first half of the 20th Century ... common symptoms included social withdrawal, lack of eye contact; loss of language; repetitive and self-injurious behaviors; body-rocking; toe-walking; sensitivity to light, noise and touch; low muscle tone; immune disorders and respiratory problems.
After decades of scientific dead-ends, the primary cause of this mysterious illness was found to be exposure to widely promoted and purportedly “safe” medicines given to infants and young children when their teeth started growing in.
The drugs contained inorganic mercury. Scientists later found that 1 in every 500 children exposed to the mercury powders developed the disease as the result of an unusually strong sensitivity to mercury, likely due to their genetics. Once mercury was removed from the drugs, no new cases appeared, although those exposed still live a lifetime of suffering."

http://www.safeminds.org/blog/2013/10/17/safeminds-releases-new-video-scientific-links-mercury-poisoning-autism/