Fwd: [Seroussi-Info] Thimerosal in Vaccines

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> Subj: [seroussi-Info] Thimerosal in Vaccines

> Date: 5/25/00 8:54:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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> Thimerosal is a preservative containing mercury, which is highly toxic

> even

> in very small doses. The amount children receive in vaccines may or may

not

> be sufficient to cause neurological damage, but until this can be

determined,

>

> every parent should consider making an informed request that it be

replaced

> in vaccines by a safer alternative.

>

> From Dr. McGinnis:

>

> Friends,

>

> It has been almost a year since the EPA warned of childhood mercury

exposure

> from Thimerosal in vaccines. Parts of the system seemed to respond rapidly

> to the EPA report. In July the CDC issued a report referring to " The

> Transition Period to Vaccines without Thimerosal " . The FDA made public

> statements about the desirability of alternatives due to absence of safety

> studies on Thimerosal, which is an artifact from the 1930's. One

> manufacturer made non-Thimerosal Hep-B available very quickly.

>

> The FDA told a group of concerned parents earlier this week that they

> recognize that ethyl mercury, as in Thimerosal, is neurotoxic at given

doses.

>

> They informed the parents that every scheduled childhood vaccine and the

> prenatal vaccination for Rh-incompatibility are now available throughout

the

> country in non-Thimerosal form. The parents think these alternatives must

be

> reasonably cost-effective because of their long-term use in Canada.

>

> Thimerosal may be contributing to serious adverse health effects, including

> autism--we just don't know. Despite uncertainty about safety,

> Thimerosal-containing vaccines continue to be manufactured and used across

> the country. When an alternative is available and we are still injecting

> this stuff into children, the question has to be: What's taking so long?

>

> Please help put an immediate stop to the use of Thimerosal in vaccinations

> for children or pregnant women by writing or e-mailing your letter to

> Representative Burton's assistant, Beth Clay, prior to the Thimerosal

> Hearing

> scheduled for mid-June. I suggest you share this with your friends and

your

> doctors so that they can act on it, too:

>

> S. Clay

> Beth.Clay@...

> 2157 Rayburn House Office Building

> Washington DC 20515 Fax

>

> For a bibliography of forty-nine published studies on the toxicity of

> Thimerosal, try hyperlink to http://www.altcorp.com/thimstudys.htm

> For more background on Thimerosal in vaccines:

> http://www.immunize.org/news.d/thimtabl.html

> http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/Aboutus.htm

> http://tlredwood.home.mindspring.com/

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Woody R. McGinnis M.D.

>

> May 19, 2000

>

>

Thimerosal is a preservative containing mercury, which is highly toxic even

in very small doses. The amount children receive in vaccines may or may not

be sufficient to cause neurological damage, but until this can be determined,

every parent should consider making an informed request that it be replaced

in vaccines by a safer alternative.

From Dr. McGinnis:

Friends,

It has been almost a year since the EPA warned of childhood mercury exposure

from Thimerosal in vaccines. Parts of the system seemed to respond rapidly

to the EPA report. In July the CDC issued a report referring to " The

Transition Period to Vaccines without Thimerosal " . The FDA made public

statements about the desirability of alternatives due to absence of safety

studies on Thimerosal, which is an artifact from the 1930's. One

manufacturer made non-Thimerosal Hep-B available very quickly.

The FDA told a group of concerned parents earlier this week that they

recognize that ethyl mercury, as in Thimerosal, is neurotoxic at given doses.

They informed the parents that every scheduled childhood vaccine and the

prenatal vaccination for Rh-incompatibility are now available throughout the

country in non-Thimerosal form. The parents think these alternatives must be

reasonably cost-effective because of their long-term use in Canada.

Thimerosal may be contributing to serious adverse health effects, including

autism--we just don't know. Despite uncertainty about safety,

Thimerosal-containing vaccines continue to be manufactured and used across

the country. When an alternative is available and we are still injecting

this stuff into children, the question has to be: What's taking so long?

Please help put an immediate stop to the use of Thimerosal in vaccinations

for children or pregnant women by writing or e-mailing your letter to

Representative Burton's assistant, Beth Clay, prior to the Thimerosal Hearing

scheduled for mid-June. I suggest you share this with your friends and your

doctors so that they can act on it, too:

S. Clay

Beth.Clay@...

2157 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington DC 20515 Fax

For a bibliography of forty-nine published studies on the toxicity of

Thimerosal, try hyperlink to http://www.altcorp.com/thimstudys.htm

For more background on Thimerosal in vaccines:

http://www.immunize.org/news.d/thimtabl.html

http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/Aboutus.htm

http://tlredwood.home.mindspring.com/

Sincerely,

Woody R. McGinnis M.D.

May 19, 2000

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