evidence: MMR vaccine has caused autism in some children. The second alleges that the mercury contained in several other vaccines caused neurological damage, resulting in autism spectrum disorders. These contentions are summarized in the Master [...] and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.'' They found insufficient evidence to accept or reject a connection between thimerosal in vaccines and autism. They did, however, state that such a connection is ``biologically plausible,'' and recommended much more research on the issue. [...] University, there's now a model in mice who were injected with low doses of thimerosal very similar to what's given in human vaccines. These mice develop neurological deficits that look like autism, and when you take their brains out and you analyze them, they have the same type of brain damage.''