Are your child's vaccines safe?

(WWLP) - Are your children's vaccine injections safe?

There's been a lot of debate and fear that certain vaccinations cause autism.

But leading health organizations, including the CDC and the NIH, say that there is no relationship between vaccines and autism.

Yet many parents and smaller research groups think there is more to the story

Some researchers think that a mercury-based preservative which was used in many vaccines from the late 1980s to 2003 may cause autism.

Pediatrician Johnathan Shwab has talked to several parents about the issue, quoting studies in which the shots were stopped and the rate of autism still increased.

"You are actually risking your child for somehitng we know they could get for not vaccinating your child", says Dr. Shwab.