RE: Re: PLEASE HELP! Baltimore Sun Bashes land Mercury Free Vaccine Bill

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Nicely stated Vicky. A needed kick in the pants.

-----Original Message-----From: EOHarm [mailto:EOHarm ]On Behalf Of vdeboldSent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:10 PMEOHarm Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP! Baltimore Sun Bashes land Mercury Free Vaccine BillMy letter - The opinion piece, Vaccine Jitters, contained a number of errors and incorrect assumptions. The suggestion that a simple statement of policy that mercury should be removed from vaccines as soon as practical was done - seven years ago - by the government and medical organizations. Clearly, that was not enough to end the practice of injecting pregnant women and infants with mercury. You are incorrect in saying that "mercury is already gone from childhood immunizations." It is still in the influenza vaccine in very large quantities and is given to approximately 2/3 of the nation's infants. It is important that people understand that the concentration of mercury used in the influenza vaccine and others is 50,000 parts per billion (ppb). Toxic waste is defined as that which contains 200 ppb. A recent University of California found that the immune system sustained considerable damage at 20 ppb. The amount of mercury in the flu shot is not trivial for infants or adults. The tragedy here is that Sanofi, the manufacturer of the mercury-free vaccine, could make enough for the nation's children and pregnant women. For some reason, CDC won't order it. That's the story you should be investigating. The private market doesn't need a push, it needs a kick in the pants. Vicky Debold, RN, PhD