Neither the CDC, NIH, APA, or the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine (IOM) have made that kind of scientifically categorical statement. Despite his general support for your position, even Henry Waxman hasn't made a statement that extreme, at least to my knowledge.
The IOM's Immunization Safety Committee, in their report on MMR and autism, had this to say (pg. 4):
"Published studies of trends in ASD prevalence and incidence, in fact, have been unable to resolve how much of the observed increase is real or due to other factors such as reporting bias, changes in diagnostic criteria, or better case ascertainment over time." |
As I've said before, I have a big problem with the objectivity of that report, as do some scientists and members of Congress -- especially Republicans on the Burton Committee. But I certainly wouldn't take issue with a statement as basic as the IOM's, as shown above.