Iatrogenic exposure to mercury after hepatitis B vaccination in pre-term infants.  Stajich GV, Lopez GP, Harry SW, Sexson WR. J Pediatr (2000) May; 136(5):679-81 (10802503) Thimerosal, a derivative of mercury, is used as a preservative in hepatitis B vaccines. We measured total mercury levels before and after the administration of this vaccine in 15 preterm and 5 term infants. Comparison of pre- and post-vaccination mercury levels showed a significant increase in both preterm and term infants after vaccination. Additionally, post-vaccination mercury levels were significantly higher in preterm infants as compared with term infants. Because mercury is known to be a potential neurotoxin to infants, further study of its pharmacodynamics is warranted.

Compare this study to the recently published study by Michael E Pichichero, Elsa Cernichiari, Joseph Lopreiato, John Treanor. Mercury concentrations and metabolism in infants receiving vaccines containing thiomersal: a descriptive study The Lancet, Volume 360, Number 9347, 30 November 2002. Dr. Pichichero's comments on the study: "Removing thimerosal from U.S. vaccines has had several effects, Pichichero says. Since vaccines don't last as long without a preservative, the elimination of thimerosal caused some vaccine makers to produce single-dose vials, which are more expensive to produce, store, and ship. For some vaccines, manufacturers use thimerosal throughout the manufacturing process, then remove the compound, which also adds to the cost of the vaccine. Such actions raised the cost of vaccines, making it less likely that they'll be used as widely as possible." After reading the Pichichero et al., study please see Safe Minds Assessment of the Pichichero Thimerosal Study

 

''In most vaccine containers, thimerosal is listed as a mercury derivative, a hundredth of a percent. And what I believed, and what everybody else believed, was that it was truly a trace, a biologically insignificant amount. My honest belief is that if the labels had had the mercury content in micrograms, this would have been uncovered years ago. But the fact is, no one did the calculation.'' By: Neal Halsey M.D., Pediatrician and Vaccinologists, Johns Hopkins University, Chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics committee on infectious diseases from 1995 through June 1999 Source: New York Times article, Not-So-Crackpot Autism Theory, by Arthur Allen, November 10, 2002

 

"The active ingredient in thimerosal is ethylmercury, a close chemical relative of methylmercury. At high doses, methylmercury and some other forms of the heavy metal are known to damage the nervous system. Ethylmercury has not been well-studied, but the amount in vaccines is small. Some children who received the maximum number of thimerosal-containing vaccines on the recommended childhood immunization schedule had exposures to ethylmercury that exceeded some safe exposure guidelines for methylmercury. In addition, some children could be particularly vulnerable or susceptible to mercury exposures because of genetic or other differences." By Marie C. McCormick, Professor and Chair, Department of Maternal and Child Health Harvard School of Public Health and Chair, Committee on Immunization Safety Review Source: Thimerosal Opening Statement at the Institute of Medicine's Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Meeting held Oct. 1, 2001.

 

"The important thing to note is that thimerosal is an issue really only for pediatric vaccines for small children. The developing nervous system is very sensitive, so if they're exposed to mercury it's more likely to cause damage." By Dr. Pierre Lavigne, director of clinical and medical affairs, Aventis Pasteur Source: Flu fighters. Ontario's free mass vaccination program may not be such a good deal after all. Written by Vern Smith. Published December 7, 2000 in Eye Weekly http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_12.07.00/news/flu.html or Flu Vaccines

 

"The vaccine experts who added new vaccines into the routine schedule in the late 80’s and early 90’s have acknowledged that they did not add up the cumulative doses of mercury to which our children were exposed.  The CDC ’s own data shows an increased risk of 2.48 for autism in children who received full immunizations by six months compared to a less vaccinated population." By Elizabeth Mumper, MD, President and CEO, Advocates for Children, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine Published in an open letter to President Bush In support for a White House Conference on Autism

"The idea that vaccines, arguably the top public health achievement of the past half century, are damaging children is such a horrible possibility, or in my eyes a high probability, that no one wants to be associated with it. And that's tragic because it's all been done in the name of good. But it has to be pinned down. It's too important to be just a philosophical debate." By Candace Pert MD, Neurologist, Director of Georgetown University's Institute For New Medicine Source: Inoculated into oblivion. When families hit the Capitol last week, they demanded answers about the source of their children's autism. Written by By Arthur Allen Published April 13, 2000 in Salon.com http://archive.salon.com/health/feature/2000/04/13/shot/index.html and Vaccine Oblivion

 

"Thimerosal, a mercury preservative, is being phased out of vaccines because of its potential toxicity in vulnerable children and concern from parents and clinicians. Although most of the current evidence favors the safety of the MMR vaccine, especially with the removal of thimerosal, continued research is needed in this area before parents will feel that this issue has been resolved completely." By LUCILLE MARCHAND, M.D., B.S.N., University of Wisconsin Medical School,  Madison, Wisconsin Source: Autism.  Published in American Family Physician, Nov 1, 2002 http://www.aafp.org/afp/20021101/editorials.html

 

"On sucking up to special interests: I guess that the back channel passage of that tailor-made -- and White House approved -- amendment to the Homeland Security Bill protecting Eli Lilly, maker of the questionable vaccine preservative Thimerosal, from billions in potential lawsuits just wasn't enough of an insult to democracy. To pour salt in that fresh wound, the administration has asked a federal claims court to block public access to documents unearthed in over a thousand Thimerosal-related lawsuits. Take that, suffering parents of autistic children!" By Arianna Huffington Source: White House Chutzpah, Filed December 12, 2002 http://www.ariannaonline.com/columns/files/121202.html

	Homeland Insecurity - US Senate Votes to Keep Vaccine Language in Homeland Security Bill Rep. Dick Armey, R-Texas, says he's behind a provision in the homeland security bill that protects Eli Lilly and Co. (CBS/AP) "I did it and I'm proud of it," says Armey, R-Texas.
	Eli Lilly Shielded from Prosecution Over Damages Caused by Thimerosal

 

US Government Asks Court to Seal Vaccine Records

 

Vaccines Are Getting a Booster Shot. As their profit potential jumps, so does new investment in R&D Business Week Online, DECEMBER 9, 2002 By John Carey in Washington, with Kerry Capell in London

 

Safety of Aluminum Added to Vaccines as a Vaccine Adjuvant Dr. Philip Rudnick Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Chemistry West Chester University of Pennsylvania

 

Congressman Dan Burton questions the FDA and CDC officials at thimerosal hearings June 19 2002 A United States congressman is calling for criminal penalties for any government agency that knew about the dangers of Thimerosal in vaccines, and did nothing to protect American children.

 

Vaccine preservative's effects may have been known 05/21/2002 By VALERI WILLIAMS / WFAA-TV Dallas/Fort Worth, Channel 8 News http://www.wfaa.com/latestnews/stories/wfaa020520_am_vaccine.666583b.html

Mercury in childhood vaccines: what did the government know? 05/22/2002 By VALERI WILLIAMS / WFAA-TV Dallas/Fort Worth, Channel 8 News http://www.wfaa.com/localnews/investigates/stories/wfaa020521_am_vaccine2.b7e9f53.html

 

FDA's Hypocracy By Cindy H. Dubin Managing Editor Pharmaceutical Formulation and Quality

 

Eli Lilly Documents Reveal Dangers of Thimerosal Press Release from Waters and Kraus LLP March 17, 2002

 

Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Meeting Agenda Held  Monday, July 16, 2001 in Cambridge, MA Organized by the the National Academies Institute of Medicine

 

EXPOSURE TO THIMEROSAL IN VACCINES USED IN CANADIAN INFANT IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS, WITH RESPECT TO RISK OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS Canada Communicable Disease Report Volume 28-09 1 May 2002

 

Link found between measles virus and gut abnormalities in children with developmental disorder Potential viral pathogenic mechanism for new variant inflammatory bowel disease. By Drs. V Uhlmann, C M Martin, O Sheils, L Pilkington, I Silva, A Killalea, S B Murch, A J Wakefield, JJ O'Leary Molecular Pathology, April 2002.

 

Vaccines without thiomersal: why so necessary, why so long coming? Dr. A.J. van't Veen Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Erasmus University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

 

Press Release from the Law Firm of Waters and Kraus Linking Thimerosal Exposure with Autism.

 

	The Public Health Advisor for the National Immunization Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tells Parents that their "Questions regarding thimerosal content or other vaccine constituents should be discussed directly with the product manufacturers for the individual vaccines."  E-mail from Dr. Robert Snyder, dated 9/27/01.
	Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Meeting Held  Monday, July 16, 2001 in Cambridge, MA Organized by the the National Academies Institute of Medicine

In Harm's Way Toxic Threats to Child Development Project Addresses Toxic Chemical Influences on Developmental Disabilities Includes a 140 page, fully referenced, peer reviewed report, addressing the links between toxic chemicals in our environment and learning, behavioral and developmental disabilities in children along with several slide presentations. Also available are "Out of Harm's Way" Fact Sheet Series for Health Professionals and Patients PowerPoint Presentation "In Harm's Way Training Program for Health Professionals"

The ADA Responds to Testimony Given by Dr. Boyd Haley at Hearings Chaired by Representative Dan Burton Regarding the Safety of Mercury in Dental Amalgam

Dr. Boyd Haley responds to the letter from  Robert M. Anderton, D.D.S., J.D., LL.M. challenging his statement to the Committee on Government Reform looking at the topic, Autism-Why the Increased Rates? A One Year Update

	An Assessment of Thimerosal Use in Childhood Vaccines By Leslie K. Ball, Robert Ball, and R. Douglas Pratt PEDIATRICS Vol. 107 No. 5 May 2001, pp. 1147-1154
	Metallothionein  Dysfunction in 99% of Patients Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders By William J. Walsh, Ph.D., biochemist and chief scientist Anjum Usman, M.D., a physician, both of the Pfeiffer Center, Naperville, Illinois

 

Potential Role of Yeast and Fungi in Autism Do Mycotoxins Produced by Pathogenic Yeast and Fungi Contribute to Oral Toxicity and Potentially to Systemic Diseases? Published Studies on Mycotoxins Produced by Yeast and Fungi Candida-Caused Autism?  Bernard Rimland, Ph.D. Autism Research Institute

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Thimerosal Toxicity Slide Show

       

	Thimerosal Neurotoxicity Part A - In Vitro Treatment of a Neuroblastoma Cell Line with Low Concentrations of Thimerosal Results in Apoptosis Part B - In Vitro Treatment of a Neuroblastoma Cell Line with Low Concentrations of Thimerosal Results in Altered Nucleotide Binding
	Studies Published in Peer Reviewed Scientific and Medical Journals Demonstrating the Toxicity of Thimerosal

       

Thimerosal, Vaccines and Autism The latest research, reports, press releases, etc. on the possible link between the administration of thimerosal containing vaccines and autism

 

Thimerosal Content in Some US Licensed Vaccines From the Vaccine Safety Institute

 

Reports on the First and Second International Public Conference on Vaccination By Lisa Regan, Mothering Magazine Sponsored by the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), a child-advocacy organization that promotes vaccine safety and informed choice.

 

Autistic Disorder From the JAMA Patient Page, Vol 285, No. 13, April 4, 2001

 

	Autism: A Unique Type of Mercury Poisoning by Sallie Bernard, Albert Enayati, B.S., Ch.E., M.S.M.E., Teresa Binstock, Heidi Roger, Lyn Redwood, R.N., M.S.N., C.R.N.P., Woody McGinnis, M.D. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION I. SYMPTOM COMPARISON II. COMPARISON OF BIOLOGICAL ABNORMALITIES III. MECHANISMS, SOURCES & EPIDEMIOLOGY OF EXPOSURE IV. DETECTION OF MERCURY IN AUTISTIC CHILDREN References
	A Letter from Representative Dan Burton, Chairman of the Committee on Government Reform,  to Dr. Donna Shala, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Requesting a   Recall of Thimerosal Containing Vaccines

 

The American Dental Association Responds to Testimony Given at Representative Burton's Hearings

 

THE ABCs OF MMRs AND DTPs: IS THERE AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN VACCINATION AND AUTISM?     BY ERIC LONDON: A BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY

 

Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) Votes to Oppose Vaccine Mandates AAPS Resolution Concerning Mandatory Vaccines Fact Sheet on Mandatory Vaccines from the AAPS

Putting Toddlers at Risk with Mandated Vaccines By Jane Orient, M.D., Executive director of the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons.

 

Measles, Mumps, and Rubella - Vaccine Use and Strategies for Elimination of Measles, Rubella, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome and Control of Mumps: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

 

Thimerosal in Vaccines—An Interim Report to Clinicians from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

 

MMR Vaccination and Autism By Dr. Andrew J Wakefield, Departments of Medicine and Histopathology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Hampstead, London NW3 2PF, UK

 

Autism 99. A National Emergency F. Edward Yazbak, MD, FAAP

 

Autism on the Rise. By Laura DeFrancesco

 

The Verge of Vaccine Mania.  A Shot for This, a Shot for That. How Much Is Too Much? By Nicholas Regush

 

Vaccinations - Yes or No? Attempts at Eradicating Infectious Diseases are Putting Our Children at Risk By Dr. Barbara Loe Fisher Vaccinations: Modern Lifesavers  By Dr. Eugene J. Gangarosa Public Health Risks of Not Vaccinating Children Vol. 285 No. 12, March 28, 2001

The World Health Organization and Thimerosal in Vaccines

Thimerosal and Gulf War Syndrome The Anthrax Vaccine Saga: How Not to Develop a Vaccine Program  By Dr. Meryl Nass, M.D. Is There A Link Between Receipt Of Multiple Thimerosal Containing Vaccinations, Stress Induced Increases in Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability And Gulf War Syndrome?

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