write to Globe editor re: error in: Debate grows on vaccine-autism link - urls about thimerosal in current vaccines

[Guest guest]

It is important that the Boston Globe's editors and reporters learn that

thimerosal remains in many vaccines, and that in those vaccines, the

level of ethylmercury is far more than a " trace amount " .

Here's the e-address for writing a letter to the Boston Globe's editors:

Citations 2 & 3 in my letter to the Globe delineate which vaccines still

contain ethylmercury. If a number of people write their own brief

letter to the Globe editors, perhaps pasting in the cites 2 & 3, perhaps

the Globe will run an article correcting the misinformation in

's otherwise excellent article.

Here is my letter to the Globe:

To editors of Boston Globe:

's article about vaccinal ethylmercury is appreciated (1).

However, the article contains a serious error. wrote that

" The preservative, called thimerosal, is used only in trace amounts or

not at all in today's US vaccines... " (1). That statement is erroneous.

For instance, most flu shots this winter contained thimerosal; many

other vaccines still contain thimerosal, and the amount of ethylmercury

is far more than " trace " (2-3). Parents, nurses, and physicians should

not be misled into a false sense of security by a major newspaper's

misinformation about thimerosal's having been removed -- which indeed

has not occurred. Thimerosal remains in many vaccines!

The Globe should publish an article regarding which shots still contain

thimerosal.

Binstock

Researcher in Developmental & Behavioral Neuroanatomy

P.O. Box 1788

Estes Park CO 80517

1. Debate grows on vaccine-autism link: Stakes are high as panel

reviews risk from mercury

By , Globe Staff, 2/8/2004

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/02/08/debate_grows_on_vaccine_au\

tism_link

2. If you are wondering which vaccines currently contain ethylmercury

and which do not, visit:

http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/thi-table.htm

and

http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/thi-table.htm#2

3. For information about which flu shots contain ethylmercury and which

do not, visit some CDC-created information at:

Flu Vaccine 2004 Mercury Content

http://www.safeminds.org/NewChart.pdf