Re: Thimersosal Ban Bill Should Be Passed, Not Vetoed

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Thanks Tim. Did you write the Governor?

Thimersosal Ban Bill Should Be Passed, Not Vetoed

Thimersosal Ban Bill Should Be Passed, Not VetoedBy Tim Kasemodel, Hawaii Reporter 7/3/2006 11:06:33 AMhttp://tinyurl.com/fv5ouThe article "Thimerosal Veto: Saving Vaccines from Trial Lawyers" by Walden of Hawaii Free Press is clearly one sided and verypoorly investigated.It requires very little effort to show his lack of research in thispiece. He is correct in stating that the MMR does not containThimerosal. Even minimal exploration into the vaccine schedule wouldhave resulted in the discovery that the MMR is given at 12 monthsalong with other vaccines that containing Thimerosal.In addition, vaccines administered as recommended prior to that wouldhave previously exposed infants to 187.5 micrograms of mercury.There are many more examples of his lack of imagination. His use ofthe word "presumed" regarding the excretion of mercury is notreassuring. Studies that show Thimerosal is extremely toxic are toonumerous to mention, but see the work Dr Burbacher from theUniversity of Washington published in early 2005 on his research withmacaque monkeys. This research shows that the mercury exposure invaccines may in fact leave the blood quicker than mercury from fish,but the vaccine mercury is crossing the blood brain barrier andresulting in 2 to 4 times the amount of inorganic mercury in the brainthan that from fish. The risk is not theoretical.No one is being asked by advocates of mercury free vaccines to fearethyl-mercury - those are his words. Anyone requesting mercury freevaccines does so not out of fear, but common sense. Comparing ingestedmercury from fish with, to use his term; "small amounts" of mercuryfrom vaccines is apples to oranges logic.Mercury in fish is bound by other elements like selenium, and passthrough the digestive system where most of the bodies detoxifyingprotections are located. Injected mercury from vaccines bypasses allof these protections.The "small" 62.5 micrograms of mercury given to my son at 8 weeks ofage, being 12.5 pounds, equates to 1000 micrograms injected into a 200pound adult. If Mr. still thinks that is small, maybe he wouldlike to try it himself. Just go out this fall and get 40 flu shots allat once and that will do it.These were not "one time" exposures. Most kids got 25 mcg at birth,62.5 mcg at 8 weeks, 50 mcg at 16 weeks, 62.5 mcg at 6 months, and so on.I am also interested in the "dozens of medical studies looking intotheir allegations and rejecting any causal link between autism andThimerosal". I am aware of the 2004 IOM report and its"epidemiological" studies. The only study done relevant to exposuresto children in the U.S resulted in a neutral conclusion, neitherconfirming NOR denying a link between Thimerosal and autism.Lastly, claiming that trial lawyers are driving the push for mercuryfree vaccines is deplorable. Although they may have an interest, ithas been parents, doctors and researchers like Professor Boyd Haley ofthe University of Kentucky and Dr. Mark Geier and his son Geierwho have been leading the way.We have been doing this work at our own expense, for the protection ofall children and the future of our great nation. His insistence thatlitigation is our motivation is insulting.Tim Kasemodel is a resident of Wayzata, Minnesota. He can be reachedvia email at mailto: