Boyd Haley

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Boyd Eugene Haley
Born (1940-09-22) September 22, 1940 (age 83)
Greensburg, Indiana
Alma materFranklin College, University of Idaho, Washington State University
Known forPhotoaffinity labeling Anti-vaccine activism
SpouseSandy Haley[2]
AwardsSigma Xi[1]
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Wyoming, University of Kentucky
ThesisGamma-fluoro-adenosinetriphosphate: I. Synthesis and properties; II. Interaction with myosin, heavy meromyosin, and fumarase. (1971)

Boyd Eugene Haley (born September 22, 1940, Greensburg, Indiana) is an American anti-vaccine activist and retired professor of chemistry at the University of Kentucky.

Education and career

A native of Greensburg, Indiana, Haley graduated from its New Point High School in 1959. Four years later, he received a bachelor's degree from Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana, and then entered a teaching fellowship at Howard University.[3] Thereafter, he served as a U.S. Army medic a few years.

In 1967, Haley obtained an M.S. degree from the University of Idaho. He then entered a doctoral program at Washington State University, where he worked "to make chemical modifications on ATP to try to identify how and exactly where ATP binds to cause muscle movement."[4] In 1971, WSU granted him his Ph.D. degree in chemistry-biochemistry.

For three years, Haley served as a postdoctoral scholar at

professor emeritus.[5]

Basic research

In 1992, Haley and a colleague, upon examining

control group, and suggested that this could be a biomarker to aid diagnosis.[6][7]

In 2005, Haley reproduced findings of gold salt removing mercury from molecules, and inferred support for the possibility of gold salts removing mercury from biological proteins.[8] Yet Haley noted that the gold salts could themselves be toxic, and called for the extreme caution before applying gold salts in medical treatment.[8]

Thimerosal controversy

Further information: Dental amalgam controversy

Haley argues that mercury exposure via dental

autism and Alzheimer's disease.[9] The United States Public Health Service and the American Dental Association reject these claims.[10][11]

Haley has appeared in court as an expert witness against vaccine manufacturers, stating his belief that

thimerosal causes autism, but his testimony has not been accepted.[12] In 2008 a judge ruled that his "lack of expertise in genetics, epidemiology, and child neurology make it impossible for him to supply the necessary factual basis to support his testimony".[12]

Haley has labeled autism as "mad child disease" (akin to

mad cow disease), which some autistic individuals and their parents have found highly offensive.[13][14]

Supplement marketing

Haley is the founder of CTI Science, a

warning letter noting five potential violations, expressing concern over the testing, and requiring a response in 15 days.[18][19] Although Haley wrote an op-ed for the Lexington Herald-Leader,[20][21] the FDA did not receive a formal response, and OSR#1 was withdrawn from the market.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Food and Drug Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  2. ^ "James "Jim" Haley". Muskogee Phoenix. 4 September 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Boyd Eugene Haley". Greensburg Daily News. 13 June 1963.
  4. ^ Worley, Jeff (25 September 2003). "Boyd Haley: Tagging toxins for better health". University of Kentucky. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Adjunct & emeritus faculty" Archived 2017-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, College of Arts & Sciences—Chemistry wepbage, University of Kentucky website, accessed 13 Jun 2017.
  6. PMID 1361232
    .
  7. ^ "A possible Alzheimer marker is found". The New York Times. 15 December 1992. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  8. ^ a b Olmsted, Dan (2005-12-30). "The Age of Autism: Gold standards". United Press International. Archived from the original on 20 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
  9. ^ Rockmarch, Andrea. (April 2004). "Toxic Tipping Point", Mother Jones. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  10. ^ "Questions and Answers on Dental Amalgam". Food and Drug Administration. 2006-10-30. Archived from the original on 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
  11. ^ "ADA Statement on Dental Amalgam". American Dental Association. 2007-04-06. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
  12. ^
    ISBN 978-0-231-14637-1
    .
  13. ISBN 978-0-231-14637-1
    .
  14. ^ "Petition to Defend the Dignity of Autistic Citizens". neurodiversity.com. July 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
  15. ^ a b "OSR#1: Industrial chemical or autism treatment?", Chicago Tribune, January 17, 2010
  16. ^ FDA letters and documents
  17. ^ "FDA warns maker of autism supplement". UPI. June 24, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  18. ^ Warning letter CIN-10-107927-14 from US FDA, June 17, 2010
  19. ISSN 1085-6706
    . Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  20. ISSN 0745-4260. Archived from the original
    on September 4, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  21. ISSN 1085-6706
    . Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  22. ISSN 1085-6706
    . Retrieved September 12, 2011.

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