Guest guest Posted March 4, 2003 Report Share Posted March 4, 2003 Can anyone repost the latest Safeminds press release concerning the hatchet job the White House did on the EPA Mercury report? I'd like to make sure my legislators see this. Thanks much and God Bless! S. Hooker, Ph.D., P.E. Staff Engineer Pacific Northwest National Laboratory MSIN K6-96 902 Battelle Blvd. Richland, WA 99352 Ph. (509) 376-4451 Fx. (509) 372-1704 Mo. (509) 366-2269 Email: brian.hooker@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 SafeMinds Response to Bush-Kerry Debate Comments about Vaccines [This is a SafeMinds press release.] PRNewswire - SafeMinds, a scientific organization investigating the risks that mercury-containing medical products pose to children -- has issued the following response and analysis to comments made in the last debate by President W. Bush and Senator F. Kerry (D-Mass.) about our nation's vaccine program. " Last night's debate showed the unfortunate truth that our Washington leadership does not fully understand the real-world problems and challenges that exist in the fight to provide safe and effective vaccines to Americans, " stated Sallie Bernard, executive director of SafeMinds. " Kerry stated that a lack of flu vaccine underscores the problem with our healthcare system. What he failed to mention is that the continued use of neurotoxic substances such as the mercury-containing preservative Thimerosal undermines our confidence in our vaccination program. Five years after the Public Health Service and vaccine manufacturers announced they were going to remove Thimerosal from vaccines, we are witnessing what amounts to a reversal in policy. Now the CDC believes that healthy infants ages 6-23 months should receive the flu vaccination which contains 25 mcg of mercury. " President Bush also missed the mark when he said that frivolous lawsuits were causing manufacturers to get out of the business of making vaccines. Bernard said, " While frivolous lawsuits may be a problem in other parts of the healthcare system, vaccine manufacturers and health care providers are specifically protected from legal action by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. That said, I would caution our leadership in Washington not to consider vaccine injury cases -- including those related to mercury -- as frivolous. We are talking about real children who have really suffered or died, and that is never a trivial matter. " The decreasing number of vaccine manufacturers is not a result of lawsuits, but rather a direct result of the 15-year trend of major pharmaceutical companies merging, " explained Bernard. " That the flu shortage announcement came during a Congressional hearing questioning the delay in getting the Thimerosal out of flu vaccines may have deflected the media's attention from the topic, but coincidence has not been lost on parents who want safe, effective, mercury-free vaccines. " * * * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 SafeMinds Response to Bush-Kerry Debate Comments about Vaccines [This is a SafeMinds press release.] PRNewswire - SafeMinds, a scientific organization investigating the risks that mercury-containing medical products pose to children -- has issued the following response and analysis to comments made in the last debate by President W. Bush and Senator F. Kerry (D-Mass.) about our nation's vaccine program. " Last night's debate showed the unfortunate truth that our Washington leadership does not fully understand the real-world problems and challenges that exist in the fight to provide safe and effective vaccines to Americans, " stated Sallie Bernard, executive director of SafeMinds. " Kerry stated that a lack of flu vaccine underscores the problem with our healthcare system. What he failed to mention is that the continued use of neurotoxic substances such as the mercury-containing preservative Thimerosal undermines our confidence in our vaccination program. Five years after the Public Health Service and vaccine manufacturers announced they were going to remove Thimerosal from vaccines, we are witnessing what amounts to a reversal in policy. Now the CDC believes that healthy infants ages 6-23 months should receive the flu vaccination which contains 25 mcg of mercury. " President Bush also missed the mark when he said that frivolous lawsuits were causing manufacturers to get out of the business of making vaccines. Bernard said, " While frivolous lawsuits may be a problem in other parts of the healthcare system, vaccine manufacturers and health care providers are specifically protected from legal action by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. That said, I would caution our leadership in Washington not to consider vaccine injury cases -- including those related to mercury -- as frivolous. We are talking about real children who have really suffered or died, and that is never a trivial matter. " The decreasing number of vaccine manufacturers is not a result of lawsuits, but rather a direct result of the 15-year trend of major pharmaceutical companies merging, " explained Bernard. " That the flu shortage announcement came during a Congressional hearing questioning the delay in getting the Thimerosal out of flu vaccines may have deflected the media's attention from the topic, but coincidence has not been lost on parents who want safe, effective, mercury-free vaccines. " * * * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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