[PR] Citizen Petition To Ban Use of Mercury in Medicine

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All,

Attached is a CoMeD Press Release for the

comprehensive citizen petition to ban the

use of mercury in medicine the group filed

with the FDA Dockets (as 2007P-0331) on

24 August 2007.

For those who do not get attachments, the

text of this CoMeD Press Release reads:

>

>Citizen Petition To Ban Use of Mercury in Medicine

>

>Press Release Contact:

>For Immediate Release CoMeD Director

> [Rev. Sykes (Richmond, VA)

> 804-364-8426]

>August 27, 2007 CoMeD Sci. Advisor

> [Dr. King (Lake Hiawatha, NJ)

> 973-263-4843]

>

>WASHINGTON, DC - On August 24, 2007, a grassroots

>group of parents and scientists, known as CoMeD

>(Coalition for Mercury-free Drugs), filed a

>comprehensive 447-plus-page " Citizen Petition "

>with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

>CoMeD filed this petition as a part of its efforts

>to protect the public from unnecessary mercury

>poisoning.

>This petition seeks to ban the addition of any

>mercury compound to any medicine unless that use

>is proven toxicologically safe.

>Specifically, this petition asks the FDA and/or

>the Department of Health and Human Services to:

>1. IMMEDIATELY issue an order barring the

> administering of any disease-preventive

> Thimerosal-containing vaccine, or other such

> mercury-containing pharmaceutical product,

> that contains more than 0.05-micrograms-per-dose

> levels of Thimerosal to pregnant women and

> children under the age of 60 months,

>2. Suspend the approval or licensing of any

> FDA-regulated product that contains Thimerosal

> or any other mercury-based compounds as a

> preservative, or adjuvant, in the final

> formulation unless the total level of said

> compounds is not more than 0.05 micrograms of

> mercury per dose for vaccines and similar

> biological products or, for other pharmaceu-

> tical products administered more frequently,

> not more than 0.01 micrograms of mercury per

> day,

>3. Issue a Class I or, failing that, a Class II

> recall of all batches of multi-dose vaccines

> that contain a Thimerosal level of more than

> 0.001 %, and

>4. To protect public health and safety, issue

> orders:

> a. Banning vaccines and other infrequently

> administered biological drug products

> providing more than 0.05 microgram (µg)

> of mercury per dose of product from being

> introduced into commerce in the United

> States and any of its territories,

> possessions, and commonwealths after 1

> January 2008,

> b. Banning other drug products providing more

> than 0.01 µg of mercury per day from being

> introduced into commerce in the United

> States and any of its territories, posses-

> sions, and commonwealths after 1 June 2009,

> and

> c. Requiring, after 1 January 2008, the recall

> and destruction of ALL:

> i. Vaccines remaining in commerce that

> contain more than 0.05 µg of mercury

> per dose, and

> ii. Other drug products remaining in

> commerce that contain more than 0.1 µg

> of mercury per mL (or g) of drug,

> unless the manufacturer thereof can prove

> that the mercury-based compound in said

> vaccine or other drug product causes no

> adverse neurological health outcomes in

> any group or subgroup of susceptible

> individuals, including, but not limited to,

> males, fetuses, newborns, children, and

> adolescents.

>Our " Citizen Petition " petition has been assigned

>the FDA Public Docket identifier, " 2007P-0331 " and

>should soon be linked to, and available on, the

>electronic edition of this docket:

> http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/default.htm.

>Because the FDA is required to consider the

>petition along with the comments made thereto, we

>urge all interested in protecting their children

>from unnecessary mercury exposure to add your

>supportive comments to this docket within the

>sixty-day period following its posting on the

>electronic edition of the Public Docket (the

>e-Docket). For instructions on how to comment

>to the docket, please visit:

> www.mercury-freedrugs.org

>after Labor Day.

>

If possible, those commenting should do so as a

member of some advocacy group, organization or

business so that the comments they submit will

be available to all.

In addition, because there is currently a

significant delay (> 60 days) between the date

comments are submitted and the date comments

are electronically linked, please email a copy

to the CoMeD Science Advisor (at drking@...).

Hopefully, this comprehensive citizen petition

and the information it contains will help the

federal government to proceed as CoMeD is

asking.

Respectfully,

Dr. King

http://www.dr-king.com

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