Autism's False Prophets - Paul Offit

An interesting book about the vaccines and autism controversy: how it began, what the bad science was, where the conflicts of interests were, how the public health community inadvertently stoked it. I previously recommended another book by Paul Offit, Vaccinated, about Maurice Hilleman's vaccine research.

I was convinced there was no relationship between vaccines and autism before this book, but I think the book lays out the evidence in a compelling way. And the author points out that one of the tragedies of the vaccine/autism controversy is the attention and funding it draws away from the search for actual causes and treatments for autism.

Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure
Paul Offit
2008
Available from Amazon