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Thimerosal
In The News
- May
6, 2003,
"Vaccines and Autism Link"
BREAKING NEWS!!
- October
3, 2001,
“Chairman Burton Requests Recall Of Childhood
Vaccines with Thimerosal”
- July
25, 2001, “Major CDC Study
on Thimerosal Flawed”
- July
4, 2001, “Effects of Ethylmercury
Exposure in Infants Never Studied”
- April
26, 2001,
"Statement By Karen Midthun, M.D., Director
Office of Vaccines Research and Review Center For Biologics
Evaluation"
- January
15, 2001, “Healthcast: Vaccines
With Mercury Cause Controversy Medical Community Debates
Safety of Thimerosal”
- “Uproar
over a little-known preservative, thimerosal, jostles U.S.
hepatitis B vaccination policy”
- October
26, 2000,
“Chairman Burton Requests Vaccine Recall”
- June
18, 2000, “Mercury
in Medicine: Are We Taking Unnecessary Risks?”
- July
11, 2000, “Mercury
Toxicity”
- July
10, 1999,
“Mercury Alert: US Urges For Delay For
Hepatitis B Vaccine”
May
6, 2003,
"Vaccines and Autism Link",
Doctors, activists, and Rep. Dan Burton who has been proactively
been trying to get more testing on vaccines performed to prevent
any questionable links of dangerous effects including the
link between thimerosal and autism, met in Chicago to discuss
the thimerosal and autism and other brain problems in children
link. According to some researchers, there is growing evidence
to support the link between vaccines and the increasing rate
of brain problems.
The
CDC has said that one in 300 American children may be suffering
from autism, a number ten times higher than in the late 1980s.
The chairman of the Department of Chemistry at the University
of Kentucky, Dr. Boyd Haley believes thimerosal may be a cause
of autism and the FDA and CDC has failed to adequately address
the possible thimerosal/autism link. The thimerosal/autism
theories are one of the leading autism theories that were
discussed at the Chicago meeting.
Thimerosal
is a mercury-based preservative that was added to vaccines
in the 1990s. Mercury has known toxic effects, but vaccine
manufacturers claim there is a lack of scientific evidence
showing there is a possible link between thimerosal and autism.
Burton has just released a thimerosal report after over four
years of investigating vaccines that criticizes government
health agencies and vaccine manufacturers.
The
Chicago meeting discussed a new study that claims it exhibits
evidence of a link between thimerosal and brain problems.
An attorney with Burton’s Subcommittee on Human Rights
and Wellness said that during the 1990s there were some childhood
vaccination schedules that exposed some children to levels
of mercury exposure 125 times greater than the federal limit.
The attorney believes fear of liability is the only reason
the CDC and the FDA have been reluctant to admit the damaging
effects the vaccines may have caused.
The
American Academy of Pediatrics, and then the CDC called for
the removal of thimerosal from vaccines in 1999 but still
said there was no evidence showing the thimerosal had harmed
children.
October
3, 2001, “Chairman Burton Requests Recall Of Childhood
Vaccines with Thimerosal,”
Chairman Burton stated, “We cannot in good conscience
leave Thimerosal-containing vaccines on the shelf until used
up, potentially exposing children to chemicals that may lead
to neuro-developmental disorders. Mercury is toxic to the
human body. I will be sending a letter this week to Secretary
Thompson asking that these products be recalled. In the meantime,
I am asking every doctor, every health clinic, and every facility
that provides childhood immunizations to check your vaccine
supplies and return all Thimerosal-containing vaccines and
request Thimerosal-free vaccines.” Read
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July
25, 2001, “Major CDC Study on Thimerosal Flawed,”
The author of a major study of the link between Vaccinations
and Developmental Disorders, which is widely quoted by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has admitted
that the study is inaccurate in its findings. Dr. Thomas Verstraeten,
of the CDC's National Immunization Program, is quoted as saying,
"One thing is for sure, there is certainly under-ascertainment
of all these [conditions] because some of the children are
just not old enough to be diagnosed." A professor who
has reviewed the research confirmed this. He stated that there
were too few children in the study to pick up all cases of
autism. Additionally, it appears that the CDC is now reversing
its stand. According to the Sunday Times, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention has found a "statistically
significant" link between mercury in vaccines and developmental
disorders, including Attention Deficit Disorder and speech
and language delays. The CDC, however, still recommends vaccinations
with thimerosal containing vaccines, saying there are safety
measures in place to prevent overdoses of mercury. Read
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July
4, 2001, “Effects of Ethylmercury Exposure in
Infants Never Studied”
On July 26, 2001, the Institute of Medicine will conduct
hearings into thimerosal-containing vaccines and the neurodevelopmental
outcomes of exposure to them. As a part of their preliminary
research, the Immunization Safety Review Committee questioned
Dr. László Magos, author of Physiology and Toxicology
of Mercury and an internationally known expert in field. How
can we ever believe the reports that attempt to validate the
use of vaccines which contain thimerosal, when there have
been NO STUDIES done on this important question, according
to Dr. Magos? And how can we believe the theories that have
been proposed on how mercury works to damage the neurological
system of the body, when there hasn't even been a hypothesis
made on this question. Read
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April
26, 2001, Statement By Karen Midthun, M.D., Director Office
of Vaccines Research and Review Center For Biologics Evaluation
and Research Food and Drug Administration Department of Health
and Human Services, Before the Committee on Government Reform
United States Representatives. Read
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January
15, 2001, “Healthcast: Vaccines With Mercury Cause
Controversy Medical Community Debates Safety of Thimerosal”
While childhood immunizations are important for maintaining
good health, WTAE-TV medical editor Marilyn Brooks reports
that there may be something dangerous in those shots. A mercury-based
preservative called thimerosal is commonly used in several
vaccines, Brooks reports.
Doctors
are debating whether the preservative gives parents cause
for concern, but Brooks says that mercury-free vaccinations
for children are available upon request.
Congressman
Dan Burton recently asked the Food and Drug Administration
to recall all vaccines containing mercury, but Health and
Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala, citing extensive safety
testing, refused the request.
Brooks
reports that no case has been documented which proves that
vaccines with thimerosal cause mercury poisoning. Read
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“Uproar
over a little-known preservative, thimerosal, jostles U.S.
hepatitis B vaccination policy” Read
the entire report…
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October
26, 2000, “Chairman Burton Requests Vaccine Recall”
In an October 25, 2000 letter to HHS Secretary Donna Shalala,
Congressman Dan Burton (R-IN), Chairman of the House Committee
on Government Reform, requested a recall of all vaccines containing
Thimerosal. The mercury-based product Thimerosal is added
to vaccines as a preservative. On July 18, 2000 the Committee
conducted a hearing entitled, “Mercury in Medicine: Are
We Taking Unnecessary Risks?” During the hearing, the
FDA admitted that children are being exposed to unsafe levels
of mercury through vaccines containing Thimerosal. It was
also determined that symptoms of mercury poisoning mimic symptoms
of autism -- a disease that has reached epidemic levels in
the United States. However, the FDA has chosen to allow pharmaceutical
companies to merely phase out their use of Thimerosal, leaving
mercury-containing vaccines at public and private health facilities.
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June
18, 2000, The committee conducted a hearing entitled,
“Mercury in Medicine: Are We Taking Unnecessary Risks?”
During the hearing, the FDA admitted that children are being
exposed to unsafe levels of mercury through vaccines containing
Thimerosal. It was also determined that symptoms of mercury
poisoning mimic symptoms of autism -- a disease that has reached
epidemic levels in the United States. However, the FDA has
chosen to allow pharmaceutical companies to merely phase out
their use of Thimerosal, leaving mercury-containing vaccines
at public and private health facilities. Read
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July
11, 2000, “Mercury Toxicity”
Methyl-mercury exposure is a “widespread and persistent
problem in the environment” and may cause neurological
problems in 60,000 children born in the U.S. each year, according
to a report released today by a panel of National Academy
of Sciences experts. Read
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July
10, 1999, “Mercury Alert: US Urges For Delay For
Hepatitis B Vaccine”
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), U.S. Public Health
Service (PHS) and vaccine manufacturers have announced, that
because of potential health risks, thimerosal-containing vaccines
should be removed from circulation as soon as possible. Thimerosal
contains mercury and is made from a combination of ethyl mercuric
chloride, thiosalicylic acid, sodium hydroxide and ethanol.
It is used as a preservative in many recombinant vaccines,
such as the Hepatitis B, diptheria, pertussis, acellular pertussis,
tetanus, and Hib vaccines. Read
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