Fwd: Recently-repealed Homeland Security Bill Provisions get Special-Interest Sequel Courtesy of Senator Bill Frist & S. 15

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Sandy Mintz

Recently-repealed Homeland Security Bill Provisions get

Special-Interest Sequel Courtesy of Senator Bill Frist & S. 15

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PRESS RELEASE

 

For Immediate Release:

March 13, 2003

 

Contact:

Laura Bono, The Right to Fight Mercury Damage Campaign, (919)403-9443

Lyn Redwood, Safe Minds (404) 932-1786

 

 

Recently-repealed Homeland Security Bill Provisions get

Special-Interest Sequel Courtesy of Senator Bill Frist & S. 15

 

LEGISLATION COMES ON HEELS OF RECENT REPORT IN MEDICAL JOURNAL

LINKING THIMEROSAL TO NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS---PARENTS OF MERCURY-POISONED

CHILDREN SAY BILL ONCE AGAIN PROTECTS ELI LILLY FROM LAWSUITS.

 

PARENTS ALONG WITH MEDICAL RESEARCHERS TO HOLD DC PROTEST RALLY WEDNESDAY,

MARCH 19th.

 

 

Washington DC - Senator Bill Frist (R-TN) introduced bill S. 15

Wednesday which will once again seek to protect drug companies from

Thimerosal-related litigation while eliminating legal recourse for

families of vaccine-injured, mercury-toxic children.

 

The new legislation, sponsored by Senator Judd Gregg, comes on the

heels of a just-published report in the Journal of the American

Association of Physicians and Surgeons. The research, conducted by

Dr. Mark Geier and David Geier, analyzed mercury doses children

received from Thimerosal in childhood vaccines in comparison to

Federal Safety Guidelines. The doctors concluded that mercury from

Thimerosal did exceed Federal Safety Guidelines and that the study

provides " strong epidemiological evidence " for a link between

increasing mercury from Thimerosal-containing childhood vaccines and

neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism which has reached

epidemic proportions. The authors stated, " A causal relationship

between Thimerosal-containing childhood vaccines and

neurodevelopmental disorders appears to be confirmed. "

 

The Geier research confirms the findings of an unreleased CDC study,

obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, which found a

relative risk of 2.48 between thimerosal exposures and autism. Courts

of law have generally held that a relative risk of 2.0 or higher is

sufficient to substantiate that a given exposure causes disease.

 

Much like the Homeland Security Bill provision, the legislation is

attached to a larger bill that most likely will pass swiftly through

the Senate due to its anti-terrorism measures. The bill combines

three interrelated issues: Bioterrorism- " BioShield " , creating a

Smallpox Compensation Program and reforming the Vaccine Injury

Compensation Act (VICA).

 

Parents of vaccine-injured children and many lawmakers on Capitol

Hill believe VICA is long overdue for review and adjustment but

passage of the Frist bill with all of its pro-drug company/anti-child

regulations is not the solution. Jeff Sell, vice-president of the

Autism Society of America, an attorney and father of autistic twins

said, " It is unconscionable to slam the door on any relief for

perhaps 500,000 families-who may face millions of dollars in expenses

for lifetime care for a seriously injured child-without providing for

an alternative and effective remedy. "

 

This isn't the first time Frist has been accused of catering to the

pharmaceutical companies-many think in response to large campaign

contributions. Last year, a $10,000 campaign contribution was

reportedly given to Frist from a drug industry lobbying group the day

after he submitted S. 2053 that contained similar language to S. 15

and what was quietly slipped into the Homeland Security Bill in the

11th hour. The corrupt rider was later repealed in response to media

backlash and at the request of moderate Republicans.

 

If the Frist Vaccine Injury Compensation Bill does pass, drug

companies will not be required to pay for lifelong care of children

damaged by Thimerosal, but taxpayers will. " U.S. taxpayers had no

part in destroying my child's immune system, his health and his

chance of a normal life...should they pay for it? " asked Loretta

McMahon, mother of a child whose diagnosis recently switched from

autism to mercury toxicity.

 

Parents of children with mercury-induced autism say they look to the

Burton/Waxman/Weldon Bill in the House as a viable alternative plan

because of its due process to pursue civil litigation and for its

look-back provision to incorporate thousands of families who

presently do not fit into the VICA. They plan a rally at Upper Senate

Park, Wednesday, March 19th from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Researchers

will be in attendance to talk about the mercury/thimerosal and autism

connection.

 

In 1990, the rate of autism was 1 in 10,000. Today that number stands

at 1 in 150 according to Centers for Disease Control. This dramatic

rise in autism rates correlates with the increase in mercury-exposure

through vaccines given to children in the late 1980s and through the

1990s.

 

For more information about the autism-mercury connection, visit

www.safeminds.org, www.momsonamissionforautism.org, www.altcorp.com

and www.autismautoimmunityproject.com.

 

 

Sandy Mintz

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