RE: Ban on mercury in vaccines gets push

[Guest guest]

Ohhh... this would have been PERFECT to post on RR! Whaaaa!!

Some " conspiracy theory " Becky! A Hollywood actor, the California Nurses Assoc.

(not to mention Senator Burton) all fighting against thimerosal in vaccines!

Yeah, these are really some back-woods nuts with nothing better to do than stir

up controversy.

This is an excellent article. If it was anything else other than a vaccine that

made billions, there would be such an outcry in the public agains something that

was harming children.

Notice the last paragraph, " most " childhood vaccines are thim. free, EXCEPT the

flu vax which was recently added to the list of recommended vaccines for infants

and children! Miss " Oh-so-knowledgeable-about-vaccines Becky " doesn't have a

clue as to what's really going on when she says that it's all been removed!

And the CDC admitted they are not going to recommend the thim.-free flu vax to

parents (too costly), so unless they know to ask, their baby will be shot up

with mercury!

This is awful, but I'm REALLY hoping someone close to people like ,

Becky, Medic911, LurkinGuy, etc. have a child with a vaccine reaction. I pray

it isn't anything fatal or permanent for the innocent child, but enough to open

their blinded eyes to the truth!

<sigh> Those people really get my BP up!

Kay

Ban on mercury in vaccines gets push

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/9439823.htm?1c

" 'If there is the slightest whisper that it might be unsafe and toxic ... why

not do something about it?' asked actor Cole at a Sacramento news

conference Wednesday...Cole, who plays the vice president on the television

show

'The West Wing,' said his daughter had 'a very severe reaction' to a

diphtheria,

tetanus and pertussis shot at 18 months. Her face swelled so much that her

eyes were nearly shut. A short time later, her speech and eye contact began to

regress, he said. His daughter, now age 11, has been diagnosed with autism

spectrum disorder. "

SACRAMENTO - Supporters of a bill that would ban a mercury-based preservative

from vaccines for children and pregnant women in California are making a

last-minute push to get the measure passed before lawmakers go home Aug. 31.

Assemblywoman Fran Pavley, D-Woodland Hills, has delayed the effective date

to July 2006 to give pharmaceutical companies more time to beef up production

of vaccines without thimerosal.

She also has inserted a provision that would enable state officials to waive

the thimerosal ban during a public health emergency, including a severe flu

vaccine shortage.

The changes prompted the American Academy of Pediatrics to withdraw its

opposition and take a neutral stance.

But the bill continues to draw fire from flu vaccine manufacturer Aventis

Pasteur and the California Conference of Local Health Officers, who worry

about

the ban creating a vaccine shortage during a major flu outbreak.

" Aventis Pasteur believes this legislation would curtail the access of

Californians to needed vaccine and undermine public confidence in one of

health

care's most effective prevention tools, " spokesman Len Lavenda said in a

statement.

Parents of autistic children, the California Nurses Association and others

support the measure, arguing that it makes no sense to include a mercury-based

preservative in vaccines given to developing infants.

The bill, which has passed the Assembly and awaits a vote on the Senate

floor, would apply to vaccines for children age 3 and younger and pregnant

women.

Many parents of autistic children blame thimerosal for their children's

disorder, although some scientists disagree and the cause of autism remains a

mystery.

" If there is the slightest whisper that it might be unsafe and toxic ... why

not do something about it? " asked actor Cole at a Sacramento news

conference Wednesday.

Cole, who plays the vice president on the television show " The West Wing, "

said his daughter had " a very severe reaction " to a diphtheria, tetanus and

per

tussis shot at 18 months. Her face swelled so much that her eyes were nearly

shut. A short time later, her speech and eye contact began to regress, he

said.

His daughter, now age 11, has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

" I have to ask questions because of that, " he said.

Rick Rollens, the father of an autistic child and a co-founder of the

M.I.N.D. Institute at UC , noted that health officials advise pregnant

women not

to eat seafood because it may be contaminated with mercury yet don't seem to

worry about thimerosal.

" Everyone's been working very hard to reduce the amount of mercury in our

bodies, " Pavley said. " In an abundance of precaution, I'm carrying this bill

because we know alternatives are on the market. "

Thimerosal, a compound that is 49.6 percent mercury by weight, has been used

as a preservative in some vaccines and other pharmaceutical products since the

1930s. Its purpose is to prevent fungal and bacterial contamination in

multidose vials of vaccines.

Thimerosal is made up of ethyl mercury, a different form than the methyl

mercury that has triggered widespread government warnings about fish

consumption

and other types of exposure. Scientists know much less about the potential

impact of ethyl mercury.

In 1999, as a precautionary measure, the American Academy of Pediatrics and

the U.S. Public Health Service urged drug companies to voluntarily remove

thimerosal from children's vaccines.

The recommendation came after the Food and Drug Administration determined

that children who received the full set of recommended immunizations could

accumulate doses of mercury that exceeded Environmental Protection Agency

guidelines.

Today, most childhood vaccines are thimerosal-free. The one exception is the

flu vaccine, which is now available with and without thimerosal. Manufacturers

produce much greater quantities of the thimerosal version, however.

This year, federal officials added the flu vaccine to the routine childhood

immunization schedule. That heightened concerns about thimerosal.

[Guest guest]

Soooo sorry! This wasn't meant for the list.

Kay

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Ohhh... this would have been PERFECT to post on RR! Whaaaa!!

Some " conspiracy theory " Becky! A Hollywood actor, the California Nurses

Assoc. (not to mention Senator Burton) all fighting against thimerosal in

vaccines! Yeah, these are really some back-woods nuts with nothing better to do

than stir up controversy.

This is an excellent article. If it was anything else other than a vaccine

that made billions, there would be such an outcry in the public agains something

that was harming children.

Notice the last paragraph, " most " childhood vaccines are thim. free, EXCEPT

the flu vax which was recently added to the list of recommended vaccines for

infants and children! Miss " Oh-so-knowledgeable-about-vaccines Becky " doesn't

have a clue as to what's really going on when she says that it's all been

removed! And the CDC admitted they are not going to recommend the thim.-free

flu vax to parents (too costly), so unless they know to ask, their baby will be

shot up with mercury!

This is awful, but I'm REALLY hoping someone close to people like ,

Becky, Medic911, LurkinGuy, etc. have a child with a vaccine reaction. I pray

it isn't anything fatal or permanent for the innocent child, but enough to open

their blinded eyes to the truth!

<sigh> Those people really get my BP up!

Kay

Ban on mercury in vaccines gets push

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/9439823.htm?1c

" 'If there is the slightest whisper that it might be unsafe and toxic ...

why

not do something about it?' asked actor Cole at a Sacramento news

conference Wednesday...Cole, who plays the vice president on the television

show

'The West Wing,' said his daughter had 'a very severe reaction' to a

diphtheria,

tetanus and pertussis shot at 18 months. Her face swelled so much that her

eyes were nearly shut. A short time later, her speech and eye contact began

to

regress, he said. His daughter, now age 11, has been diagnosed with autism

spectrum disorder. "

SACRAMENTO - Supporters of a bill that would ban a mercury-based

preservative

from vaccines for children and pregnant women in California are making a

last-minute push to get the measure passed before lawmakers go home Aug. 31.

Assemblywoman Fran Pavley, D-Woodland Hills, has delayed the effective date

to July 2006 to give pharmaceutical companies more time to beef up

production

of vaccines without thimerosal.

She also has inserted a provision that would enable state officials to waive

the thimerosal ban during a public health emergency, including a severe flu

vaccine shortage.

The changes prompted the American Academy of Pediatrics to withdraw its

opposition and take a neutral stance.

But the bill continues to draw fire from flu vaccine manufacturer Aventis

Pasteur and the California Conference of Local Health Officers, who worry

about

the ban creating a vaccine shortage during a major flu outbreak.

" Aventis Pasteur believes this legislation would curtail the access of

Californians to needed vaccine and undermine public confidence in one of

health

care's most effective prevention tools, " spokesman Len Lavenda said in a

statement.

Parents of autistic children, the California Nurses Association and others

support the measure, arguing that it makes no sense to include a

mercury-based

preservative in vaccines given to developing infants.

The bill, which has passed the Assembly and awaits a vote on the Senate

floor, would apply to vaccines for children age 3 and younger and pregnant

women.

Many parents of autistic children blame thimerosal for their children's

disorder, although some scientists disagree and the cause of autism remains

a

mystery.

" If there is the slightest whisper that it might be unsafe and toxic ... why

not do something about it? " asked actor Cole at a Sacramento news

conference Wednesday.

Cole, who plays the vice president on the television show " The West Wing, "

said his daughter had " a very severe reaction " to a diphtheria, tetanus and

per

tussis shot at 18 months. Her face swelled so much that her eyes were nearly

shut. A short time later, her speech and eye contact began to regress, he

said.

His daughter, now age 11, has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

" I have to ask questions because of that, " he said.

Rick Rollens, the father of an autistic child and a co-founder of the

M.I.N.D. Institute at UC , noted that health officials advise pregnant

women not

to eat seafood because it may be contaminated with mercury yet don't seem to

worry about thimerosal.

" Everyone's been working very hard to reduce the amount of mercury in our

bodies, " Pavley said. " In an abundance of precaution, I'm carrying this bill

because we know alternatives are on the market. "

Thimerosal, a compound that is 49.6 percent mercury by weight, has been used

as a preservative in some vaccines and other pharmaceutical products since

the

1930s. Its purpose is to prevent fungal and bacterial contamination in

multidose vials of vaccines.

Thimerosal is made up of ethyl mercury, a different form than the methyl

mercury that has triggered widespread government warnings about fish

consumption

and other types of exposure. Scientists know much less about the potential

impact of ethyl mercury.

In 1999, as a precautionary measure, the American Academy of Pediatrics and

the U.S. Public Health Service urged drug companies to voluntarily remove

thimerosal from children's vaccines.

The recommendation came after the Food and Drug Administration determined

that children who received the full set of recommended immunizations could

accumulate doses of mercury that exceeded Environmental Protection Agency

guidelines.

Today, most childhood vaccines are thimerosal-free. The one exception is the

flu vaccine, which is now available with and without thimerosal.

Manufacturers

produce much greater quantities of the thimerosal version, however.

This year, federal officials added the flu vaccine to the routine childhood

immunization schedule. That heightened concerns about thimerosal.

[Guest guest]

Maybe Doc would put this up!!!

Looks like BaconMelt has been shut out. I'm going to ask a

friend if I can use her IP to register. Watch for

CountrySummer's debut.

I've been trying to think of some covert way to post vaccine

stuff. I don't even know what I mean by that but maybe

there's some subject close to it that could be posted. What

about posting stuff that is pro vaccine but it doesn't make

any common sense. Some kind of fringe stuff that would make

people question what they're saying about it being good???

Am I making any sense??

Re: Ban on mercury in vaccines gets

push

Ohhh... this would have been PERFECT to post on RR!

Whaaaa!!

Some " conspiracy theory " Becky! A Hollywood actor, the

California Nurses Assoc. (not to mention Senator Burton) all

fighting against thimerosal in vaccines! Yeah, these are

really some back-woods nuts with nothing better to do than

stir up controversy.

This is an excellent article. If it was anything else other

than a vaccine that made billions, there would be such an

outcry in the public agains something that was harming

children.

Notice the last paragraph, " most " childhood vaccines are

thim. free, EXCEPT the flu vax which was recently added to

the list of recommended vaccines for infants and children!

Miss " Oh-so-knowledgeable-about-vaccines Becky " doesn't have

a clue as to what's really going on when she says that it's

all been removed! And the CDC admitted they are not going

to recommend the thim.-free flu vax to parents (too costly),

so unless they know to ask, their baby will be shot up with

mercury!

This is awful, but I'm REALLY hoping someone close to people

like , Becky, Medic911, LurkinGuy, etc. have a

child with a vaccine reaction. I pray it isn't anything

fatal or permanent for the innocent child, but enough to

open their blinded eyes to the truth!

<sigh> Those people really get my BP up!

Kay

Ban on mercury in vaccines gets

push

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/9439823.htm

?1c

" 'If there is the slightest whisper that it might be

unsafe and toxic ... why

not do something about it?' asked actor Cole at a

Sacramento news

conference Wednesday...Cole, who plays the vice president

on the television show

'The West Wing,' said his daughter had 'a very severe

reaction' to a diphtheria,

tetanus and pertussis shot at 18 months. Her face swelled

so much that her

eyes were nearly shut. A short time later, her speech and

eye contact began to

regress, he said. His daughter, now age 11, has been

diagnosed with autism

spectrum disorder. "

SACRAMENTO - Supporters of a bill that would ban a

mercury-based preservative

from vaccines for children and pregnant women in

California are making a

last-minute push to get the measure passed before

lawmakers go home Aug. 31.

Assemblywoman Fran Pavley, D-Woodland Hills, has delayed

the effective date

to July 2006 to give pharmaceutical companies more time to

beef up production

of vaccines without thimerosal.

She also has inserted a provision that would enable state

officials to waive

the thimerosal ban during a public health emergency,

including a severe flu

vaccine shortage.

The changes prompted the American Academy of Pediatrics to

withdraw its

opposition and take a neutral stance.

But the bill continues to draw fire from flu vaccine

manufacturer Aventis

Pasteur and the California Conference of Local Health

Officers, who worry about

the ban creating a vaccine shortage during a major flu

outbreak.

" Aventis Pasteur believes this legislation would curtail

the access of

Californians to needed vaccine and undermine public

confidence in one of health

care's most effective prevention tools, " spokesman Len

Lavenda said in a

statement.

Parents of autistic children, the California Nurses

Association and others

support the measure, arguing that it makes no sense to

include a mercury-based

preservative in vaccines given to developing infants.

The bill, which has passed the Assembly and awaits a vote

on the Senate

floor, would apply to vaccines for children age 3 and

younger and pregnant women.

Many parents of autistic children blame thimerosal for

their children's

disorder, although some scientists disagree and the cause

of autism remains a

mystery.

" If there is the slightest whisper that it might be unsafe

and toxic ... why

not do something about it? " asked actor Cole at a

Sacramento news

conference Wednesday.

Cole, who plays the vice president on the television show

" The West Wing, "

said his daughter had " a very severe reaction " to a

diphtheria, tetanus and per

tussis shot at 18 months. Her face swelled so much that

her eyes were nearly

shut. A short time later, her speech and eye contact began

to regress, he said.

His daughter, now age 11, has been diagnosed with autism

spectrum disorder.

" I have to ask questions because of that, " he said.

Rick Rollens, the father of an autistic child and a

co-founder of the

M.I.N.D. Institute at UC , noted that health

officials advise pregnant women not

to eat seafood because it may be contaminated with mercury

yet don't seem to

worry about thimerosal.

" Everyone's been working very hard to reduce the amount of

mercury in our

bodies, " Pavley said. " In an abundance of precaution, I'm

carrying this bill

because we know alternatives are on the market. "

Thimerosal, a compound that is 49.6 percent mercury by

weight, has been used

as a preservative in some vaccines and other

pharmaceutical products since the

1930s. Its purpose is to prevent fungal and bacterial

contamination in

multidose vials of vaccines.

Thimerosal is made up of ethyl mercury, a different form

than the methyl

mercury that has triggered widespread government warnings

about fish consumption

and other types of exposure. Scientists know much less

about the potential

impact of ethyl mercury.

In 1999, as a precautionary measure, the American Academy

of Pediatrics and

the U.S. Public Health Service urged drug companies to

voluntarily remove

thimerosal from children's vaccines.

The recommendation came after the Food and Drug

Administration determined

that children who received the full set of recommended

immunizations could

accumulate doses of mercury that exceeded Environmental

Protection Agency

guidelines.

Today, most childhood vaccines are thimerosal-free. The

one exception is the

flu vaccine, which is now available with and without

thimerosal. Manufacturers

produce much greater quantities of the thimerosal version,

however.

This year, federal officials added the flu vaccine to the

routine childhood

immunization schedule. That heightened concerns about

thimerosal.

[Guest guest]

Ooops, sorry about my recent post. It was meant to go to a

friend. Please ignore.

[Guest guest]

Again, my apologies. A friend and I were having a discussion after a maddening

few days on a message board we're both on. She was banned from the board for

her stand on the dangers of vaccines, and my membership is walking a fine line!

They (the moderators) have forbidden me or anyone else from posting ANYTHING

from now on relating to vaccines, autism, thimerosal, etc. on the board or we'll

be banned as well. We've been livid about the ignorance that prevails on that

board and amazed that people can be so blind when hit smack in the face with the

truth in black and white!

So, I just wanted to give a little background info for my little tirade in that

missent email!

I know you all understand and have been in similar frustrating, hair-pulling,

incidences on other message boards.

Kay

Re: Ban on mercury in vaccines gets push

Soooo sorry! This wasn't meant for the list.

Kay