Background on Thimerosal - mercury in vaccines

From: http://www.safeminds.org/

· Thimerosal is a mercury-based preservative developed by Eli Lilly back in the 1930 and has been used in as many as 50 vaccines. In the Federal Register 1982, an expert panel at FDA reviewed thimerosal and found it toxic, caused cell death and called for its removal in over the counter products.

· In 1999, the FDA stated that mercury exposure from vaccines exceeded Federal Safety Guidelines. Government officials admitted they were "asleep at the switch" when they failed to add up the cummulative exposure levels when new vaccines were added to the early infant vaccination schedule in the early1990’s.

· The rate of autism a decade ago was 1 in 10,000. CDC research indicates that 1 in 150 children are autistic today

· The dramatic rise in autism rates correlates with the increase in mercury doses. Thimerosal was first marketed in the mid 1930's and autism was first described as a new never before seen disorder in 1943, in children born in the 1930's.

· Neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism have similar symptoms to those of mercury poisoning.

· Thousands of families have reported their normally-developing children changed after receiving mercury containing vaccines and began displaying symptoms that lead to a diagnosis of autism. The symptoms of autism not only mimic those of mercury poisoning, but children with autism have been found to have 500% the amount of mercury in their bodies compared to typically-developing children.

· In March, 2001, the FDA issued a statement warning pregnant women and young children not to eat fish containing high levels of mercury for fear of causing neurological problems in children. Yet, the CDC's National Immunization Program has continued to allow these same sensitive populations to be exposed to mercury from routinely administered flu shots which contain more mercury than seafood.

· EPA recently closed down schools when it was discovered that air mercury levels were at 30mcg/m. (EPA's action level in the air is 1mcg/m) Yet infants injected with multiple mercury containing vaccines in the 1990s received up to 187 mcg the first 6 months of life. A typical dose received by a 2 month old who received 3 mercury vaccines was 125 times EPA's daily allowable exposure levels.

· In 2001, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) stated it is "biologically plausible" that ethylmercury thimerosal in vaccines caused neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism.

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