Posts resurface myth that aluminum in vaccines causes autism

A trending post is claiming that a 2011 study found that the aluminum additives in vaccines cause autism. The study concludes that “Clearly, we cannot draw definite conclusions regarding the link between aluminum adjuvants and autism based on an ecological study such as the present one, and hence the validity of our results remains to be confirmed.”

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