ACTION ALERT!!!!-THIMEROSAL LEGISLATION INTRODUCED IN NJ!!!!!!!!!!!

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ACTION ALERT!!!!!!!!!

THIMEROSAL LEGISLATION (S2801) HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE STATE OF

NEW JERSEY!!!!! CO-SPONSORS NEEDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Senator Ciesla of the 10th Legislative District has introduced S2801

in the NJ State Senate. S2801 provides for a ban of the use of the

preservative thimerosal, a 50% ethylmercury based preservative by

weight, here in the State of New Jersey. This legislation, as

introduced, is the most aggressive legislation so far in the US as

it provides for a total phasing out of the use of the preservative

in all vaccines, including the flu vaccine, for children and adults

in NJ by 2009. Under the legislation, the administration of

vaccines containing mercury would be phased out as follows:

• Beginning January 1, 2007, health care providers would

be

prohibited from administering influenza vaccines containing more

than 0.5 micrograms of mercury per 0.25 milliliter dose to a child

under three years of age or 1.0 microgram of mercury per 0.5

milliliter dose to a person over three years of age, and any other

vaccine that contains more than a trace amount of mercury;

• Beginning January 1, 2008, health care providers would

be

prohibited from administering to any person a vaccine that contains

more than a trace amount of mercury;

• Beginning January 1, 2009 health care providers would be

prohibited from administering to any person a vaccine that contains

any amount of mercury.

Assemblymen Wolfe and Holpfzapel are planning on introducing

corresponding legislation in the Assembly when they re-convene later

this Fall.

Please contact your State Senators and ask them to co-sponsor

S2801. Also, please contact your Assemblymen and ask them to

support the Assembly version of S2801 once it is introduced.

To find out who your legislators are for your district, please go to:

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/legsearch.asp

Any questions, feel free to contact:

Ellen Sweeney

Parents for Autism Autoimmune and Vaccine Education (PAAVE)

(732) 451-1073

Or

Geoff Dubrowsky

Parent of Autistic Child

(201) 264-8654