[CoMeD] Press Release - Federal Judge Considers Protecting Pregnant Women

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All,

Attached is a Press Release titled:

" Federal Judge Considers Protecting Pregnant

Women from Mercury-preserved Flu Shots

(25 August 2009)

in " pdf " format.

If you need a " doc " document, then send an

e-mail to me with " FJC-PPWFHg " in the title

along with the reason for your request in

the e-mail.

For those not receiving attachments, the

rough text of the CoMeD press release is:

>Federal Judge Considers Protecting Pregnant

>Women from Mercury-preserved Flu Shots

>

>PRESS RELEASE CONTACTS:

>For Immed. Release CoMeD President [Rev. K.

>August 25, 2009 Sykes (Richmond, VA)

> ext. 113; E-mail: syklone5@...]

> CoMeD Sci. Advisor [Dr. King (Lake

> Hiawatha, NJ) ; E-mail:

> drking@...]

>

>Washington, DC - In their lawsuit against the

>defendants, the Secretary of Health and Human

>Services (the Secretary) and Commissioner of

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

>the Court has granted the Coalition for Mercury-

>free Drugs (CoMeD, Inc.) plaintiffs a hearing

>on their motion for a preliminary injunction to

>stop pregnant women from being given mercury-

>preserved flu shots. The Women's Division of

>the United Methodist Church, Mothering Magazine

>and individual people, from as far away as India,

>have submitted sworn declarations in support of

>CoMeD plaintiffs' lawsuit.

>

>Thimerosal (49.6-wt% mercury) is used as a

>preservative in most flu shot doses (mercury-

>preserved flu shots). It has been confirmed as

>the preservative component for " preserved " or

> " multi-dose " " swine flu " vaccine formulations.

>Currently, Thimerosal-preserved flu shots may

>legally be given to pregnant women in most

>States. Pregnant women are presently one of the

>primary targets for the upcoming " swine-flu "

>campaign. In response to the CoMeD plaintiffs'

>legal challenge, the FDA has, as of August 17,

>2009, failed to produce the vaccine maker's

>clinical and/or toxicological proofs that the

>level of mercury contained in their Thimerosal-

>preserved flu vaccine is safe to the required

>standard, " sufficiently nontoxic so that the

>amount present in the recommended dose of the

>product will not be toxic to the recipient, " . [1]

>

> [1] This prerequisite is a minimum safety

> requirement in the current good manu-

> facturing practice (CGMP) regulations

> set forth in 21 CFR § 610.15(a) for

> preserved biological drug products that

> the vaccine makers of preserved vaccines

> are required to: a) meet, and submit

> proof of safety to this CGMP minimum in

> their Biological License Application (BLA)

> (by 21 CFR § 601.2(a)) before the FDA can

> legally approve the vaccine maker's BLA

> (as per 21 CFR § 601.4, governing the

> FDA's conduct with respect to proof of

> safety and BLA approval).

>

>Based on statements by the producers of Thimerosal,

>exposure in utero can produce fetal death, mild

>to severe mental retardation, and impaired fer-

>tility. According to the package inserts for all

>inactivated-flu shots, the vaccines producers

>have not proved their safety to pregnant women

>and their unborn children. One government study

>reviewed more than 50,000 pregnancy-outcome

>instances and found links between both low-level

>topical and single-vaccine-dose Thimerosal

>exposures during pregnancy and significant

>increased risks for serious birth defects (e.g.,

>cleft palate and microcephaly) in the child.

>Many published toxicological papers and several

>recent multi-case studies in children have

>linked low-level Thimerosal exposure to adverse

>developmental outcomes in children.

>

>The Court has granted the CoMeD plaintiffs a

>hearing on their motion for a preliminary

>injunction to prevent these injuries to the

>next generation of our children. This

>injunction asks the Court to stop:

> # The vaccination of pregnant women with

> any mercury-preserved flu vaccine, and

> # The Secretary and the Centers for Disease

> Control and Prevention (CDC) from recom-

> mending the vaccination of pregnant women

> with mercury-preserved flu shots.

>

>The Court has scheduled a hearing on the CoMeD

>plaintiffs' motion on August 26, 2009.

>

Hopefully, the information provided will be helpful.

Respectfully,

Dr. King

http://www.dr-king.com

CoMeD Science Advisor.

PS: Readers MAY want to also read the three (3)

short articles posted in the " Documents "

section of the CoMeD web site:

http://www.Mercury-freeDrugs.org

that were posted on 12 August 2009:

> " The Rise of Diseases 'Caused' by

>Sub-acute Hg Poisoning (12 August

>2009; 9 pages) "

>

> " The 'Truth' About The Toxicity Of

>Thimerosal (12 August 2009; 6 pages) "

>

> " The 'No Thimerosal-Preserved Vaccines'

>Lie (12 August 2009; 9 pages) "

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