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{{Notability|Biographies|date=October 2009}} {{Notability|Biographies|date=October 2009}}
'''Russell L. Blaylock''', MD is a retired ] and author.
'''Russell L. Blaylock''', MD is a retired ] and author. He charges that certain food additives such as aspartame and MSG are toxic and that the H1N1 influenza vaccine is more dangerous than the viral infection itself. These positions are not consistent with current ].<ref name=Aspartame>{{cite journal |author=Magnuson BA, Burdock GA, Doull J, ''et al.'' |title=Aspartame: a safety evaluation based on current use levels, regulations, and toxicological and epidemiological studies |journal=Crit. Rev. Toxicol. |volume=37 |issue=8 |pages=629–727 |year=2007 |pmid=17828671 |doi=10.1080/10408440701516184 |url=}}</ref><ref name=MSG>{{cite journal |author=Walker R, Lupien JR |title=The safety evaluation of monosodium glutamate |journal=Journal of Nutrition |volume=130 |issue=4S |pages=1049S-52S |year=2000 |pmid=10736380 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name=H1N1Vaccine>{{cite journal |author=Greenberg ME, Lai MH, Hartel GF, Wichems CH, Gittleson C, Bennet J, Dawson G, Hu W, Leggio C, Washington D, Basser RL |title=Response after One Dose of a Monovalent Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Vaccine -- Preliminary Report |journal=New England Journal of Medicine |volume=Epub ahead of print, September 10 |year=2009 |pmid=19745216 |doi= |url=}}</ref>

== Education and career ==

According to Blaylock's website, Blaylock completed his general surgical internship and neurosurgical residency at the ] in Charleston, SC.<ref name=BlaylockMD></ref> He was licensed to practice Neurological Surgery in North Carolina between May 6, 1977 and December 15, 2006.<ref></ref> He retired as a clinical assistant professor of neurosurgery from the ] and is currently a visiting professor in the biology department at ],<ref></ref> a small, (historically Presbyterian-affiliated) Christian college in ] that teaches "from a Christian Worldview Curriculum".<ref name=BC></ref>

He is associated with the ] and was on the editorial board of their journal.{{When|date=October 2009}} <ref>
{{ cite web | url = http://www.aapsonline.org/jpands/hacienda/blaylock.html
| title = An Irresistible Force?
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== Views on alleged health dangers ==
=== Sweeteners and flavour enhancers ===

Blaylock has been quoted several times in media outlets regarding his position that ] is ].<ref> ] record.</ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> He also states that the widely-used artificial sweetener ] is toxic<ref></ref><ref></ref> and may be the cause of ].<ref name=Excitotoxins>''Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills'' Health Press, 1994. ISBN 0929173147</ref> He has additionally cautioned against heavy use of the artificial sweetener ] (]).<ref>Gogoi, Pallavi, edited by Beth Belton. , BusinessWeek Online, McGraw Hill, February 2, 2005. Retrieved 2009-10-15.</ref> These positions are not supported by scientific consensus or regulatory bodies, as large numbers of studies support the safety of aspartame, sucralose and MSG.<ref name=Aspartame/><ref name=MSG/><ref name=Sucralose>{{cite journal |author=Grice HC, Goldsmith LA |title=Sucralose--an overview of the toxicity data |journal=Food Chem Toxicol |volume=3 |issue=Suppl 2 |pages=S1-6 |year=2000 |pmid=10882813 |doi=10.1016/S0278-6915(00)00023-5 |url=}}</ref>

=== Vaccinations ===

Blaylock has also urged avoidance of the swine flu (H1N1) vaccination, which he claims is more dangerous than the infection itself. In various alternative media outlets,{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} he has given advice on what he feels an individual should do if faced with mandatory vaccination.<ref> Blaylock R., Canada Free Press, 19 September 2009.</ref> Current research indicates that an effective vaccine is a vital tool in protecting the public and that the new H1N1 vaccine is both safe and effective.<ref name=H1N1Vaccine/>

=== Other claims ===

Advertisements selling the 'Blaylock Wellness Report' at ] contain claims of additional health dangers, including fluoridated drinking water, fluoridated toothpaste, vaccines, dental amalgam, cholesterol drugs, pesticides, and aluminum cookware.<ref name="newsmaxcom26a">

{{ cite web | url = http://w3.newsmax.com/blaylock/26a.cfm
| title = The Blaylock Wellness Report: Mercury: Save Your Body From Nature's Deadly Poison
| accessdate = 2009 10 17 | publisher = newsmax.com }}
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{{ cite web | url = http://w3.newsmax.com/blaylock/11.cfm
| title = The Blaylock Wellness Report: Autism
| accessdate = 2009 10 17
| publisher = newsmax.com }}

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{{ cite web | url = http://w3.newsmax.com/blaylock/4a.cfm
| title = The Blaylock Wellness Report: Why Fluoride Is Toxic
| accessdate = 2009 10 17
| publisher = newsmax.com }}

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{{ cite web | url = http://w3.newsmax.com/blaylock/40a.cfm
| title = The Blaylock Wellness Report: Food Additives
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{{ cite web | url = http://w3.newsmax.com/blaylock/2.cfm
| title = Blaylock Wellness Report
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</ref>

== Views on politics ==
Blaylock wrote that the Medical University of South Carolina (where he did his internship) was "deeply embroiled in a leftist-initiated war on Western Culture". He called the American medical system 'collectivist', and blamed this collectivism for the retirement of his friend Miguel Faria. Blaylock wrote that it was around this time that he began "exploring for the first time some of the classics of liberty", including ]'s '']'', ]'s '']'' and '']'', and works by ], and ].<ref>

{{ cite web | url = http://www.jpands.org/vol8no1/blaylock.pdf
| title = A Tribute to Dr. Miguel Faria
| date = 2003 Spring | accessdate = 2009 10 17
| author = Blaylock, Russell | publisher = jpands.org }}

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Blaylock believes that ] gave pardons and "free access to the Whitehouse" to "syndicate crime families". He also wrote that Clinton allowed "Chinese ships" to give weapons to gangs in Los Angeles.<ref name="neuropharm">

{{ cite web | url = http://www.aapsonline.org/jpands/hacienda/blaylock3.html
| title = Neuropharmacology as a Long-Range Strategic War Policy
| accessdate = 2009 10 17 | author = Blaylock, Russell | date = 2002
| publisher = aapsonline.org }}

</ref>

''' Accusations of Soviet sabotage '''

Blaylock has asserted that behind the US drug problem was a "nefarious program created in the former Soviet Union that exceeds even the far-reaching imaginations of Hollywood writers". The drug problem, he writes, would weaken the resistance of ] to Soviet invasion, undermine religion (which he calls 'the foundation of Western stability and morality'), target schools, harm the work force and ], make the youth "unable to resist collectivism", and create a "totalitarian mindset within the United States government". He implicates ], ], ], organized crime syndicates, and their American "leftist accomplices" in the formation of US drug culture.

Blaylock implies that the Soviet program was linked to ], ], ] and ], and that it was responsible for "an epidemic of ], ], ] and highly resistant ]". He accuses the US media and the US government of knowing about the Soviet plot, but failing to expose it.<ref name="neuropharm"/> As part of his evidence, he quotes from the "]", purportedly by ]. However, many people have doubted the authenticity and authorship of the work, including the FBI.<ref>

{{ cite web | url = http://www.xenu-directory.net/documents/fbifiles/images/hubbard-19560417a-ds.gif
| title = COMMUNIST STRATEGY "BRAIN-WASHING, A Synthesis of the Russian Textbook on Phycopolitics
| date = 1956-04-6 | accessdate = 2009 10 17
| author = FBI Special Agent in Charge
| publisher = xenu-directory.net }}

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{{ cite web | url = http://www.xenu-directory.net/opinions/owen20001027.html
| title = The Brainwashing Manual - the hard facts | author = Chris Owen
| accessdate = 2009 10 17 | date = 2000 10 27
| publisher = xenu-directory.net }}

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{{ cite web | url = http://www.xenu-directory.net/practices/brainwashing2.html
| title = The Brainwashing manual: Timeline
| accessdate = 2009 10 17
| publisher = xenu-directory.net }}

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== Media ==
===Television and radio===

Blaylock has appeared on the ] (CBN), including on the network's '']'', a talk show started by televangelist ].<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> Blaylock states that he has also been a guest on over fifty syndicated radio programs.<ref name=BlaylockMD/>

===Books===

* ''Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills'' Health Press, 1994. ISBN 0929173147
* ''Health and Nutrition Secrets That Can Save Your Life'' Health Press, 2002. ISBN 0929173422
* ''Natural Strategies for The Cancer Patient'' New York : Twin Streams, 2003. ISBN 0758202210
* ''Multiple Sclerosis'' Pritchett & Hull, 1988. ISBN 0939838257

===Articles===

Blaylock is the author or co-author of several case reports and reviews in the scientific literature.<ref></ref><ref></ref> He has also written for, and been on the editorial board of the journal of the ] ] ].<ref></ref> This journal was entitled ''Medical Sentinel'' until 2003, when it became the '']'' (JPandS).<!--

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{{ cite web | url = http://jpands.org/jpands0801.htm
| title = Journal of the American Physicians and Surgeons
| date = 2003 Spring | accessdate = 2009 10 17
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</ref><ref>
{{ cite web | url = http://www.haciendapub.com/blaylock3.html
| title = Neuropharmacology as a Long-Range Strategic War Policy
| accessdate = 2009 10 17 | publisher = haciendapub.com }}

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--> He also authors ''The Blaylock Wellness Report'' for the conservative website ].<ref></ref>

== See also ==

* ]

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* ]

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