Aluminum vaccine adjuvants: are they safe?

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" In our opinion, the possibility that vaccine benefits may have been

overrated and the risk of potential adverse effects underestimated, has

not been rigorously evaluated in the medical and scientific community. "

Aluminum vaccine adjuvants: are they safe?

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21568886>

Tomljenovic L, Shaw CA.

Curr Med Chem. 2011;18(17):2630-7.

Aluminum is an experimentally demonstrated neurotoxin and the most

commonly used vaccine adjuvant. Despite almost 90 years of widespread

use of aluminum adjuvants, medical science's understanding about their

mechanisms of action is still remarkably poor. There is also a

concerning scarcity of data on toxicology and pharmacokinetics of these

compounds. In spite of this, the notion that aluminum in vaccines is

safe appears to be widely accepted. Experimental research, however,

clearly shows that aluminum adjuvants have a potential to induce serious

immunological disorders in humans. In particular, aluminum in adjuvant

form carries a risk for autoimmunity, long-term brain inflammation and

associated neurological complications and may thus have profound and

widespread adverse health consequences. In our opinion, the possibility

that vaccine benefits may have been overrated and the risk of potential

adverse effects underestimated, has not been rigorously evaluated in the

medical and scientific community. We hope that the present paper will

provide a framework for a much needed and long overdue assessment of

this highly contentious medical issue.

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