Christopher Exley

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Christopher Exley
NationalityEngland
EducationUniversity of Stirling
Known forResearch on health effects of aluminium
AwardsRoyal Society University Research Fellowship (1994)
Scientific career
FieldsInorganic chemistry
InstitutionsKeele University
ThesisAmelioration of aluminium toxicity in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., with particular reference to aluminium/silicon interactions (1989)
Doctoral advisorJ. D. Birchall

Christopher Exley is an English chemist known for his research on the health effects of aluminium exposure. He is Professor of Bioinorganic Chemistry and group leader of the Bioinorganic Chemistry Laboratory at Keele University. He is also an honorary professor at the UHI Millennium Institute.[1][2] He has published the research finding that Carole Cross, a woman who died from aluminium poisoning as a result of the 1988 Camelford water pollution incident, had brain levels of aluminium over twenty times higher than normal.[3] In 2012, he testified in an inquest into Cross's death in Taunton, England. He asserted that if victims of the poisoning consumed mineral water that contains high levels of silicic acid, even if they did so twenty-four years after the initial poisoning, it could help to remove the aluminium from their brains. He also criticized the government for advising residents of Cornwall to boil their water shortly after the incident, referring to this advice he told the inquest: "The advice given at the time was the worst possible advice to give. Boiling the water would have tripled the concentration of aluminium. It was absolutely terrible advice. I don't think anyone was given any good advice, it is utterly beyond belief and it cannot be acceptable."[4][5]

More recently he has become known for research[6] claiming to link aluminium adjuvants in vaccines with autism. This work, some of which has been criticised,[7] has led to him losing research funding.[8] However, in February 2021, The Guardian reported that during the Covid-19 pandemic Exley had received over £150,000 to support his research through Keele University's donations portal.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Chris Exley". Keele University. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Chris Exley". The Birchall Centre. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  3. ^ Hall, Sarah (20 April 2006). "Alzheimer's research triggers call for new water poisoning inquiry". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Brain metal level 'beyond belief'". BBC News. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  5. ^ Morris, Steven (5 March 2012). "Camelford water poisoning residents given terrible advice, inquest told". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  6. ^ These Scientists Say A British Professor's Claim That Aluminium Is Linked To Autism Is "Absurd", Buzzfeed News
  7. ^ “Utterly awful:” David Gorski weighs in on yet another paper linking vaccines and autism, Retraction Watch
  8. ^ Funding halted for Professor Chris Exley, who links vaccines to autism, The Times
  9. ^ Greenfield, Patrick (9 February 2021). "Keele University accepting funds for researcher who shared vaccine misinformation". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

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