[S-A] Vaccines Are Not Mercury Free

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> " Misty L. Trepke " <mistytrepke

> Tue, 14 Sep 2004 03:14:14 -0000

> [s-A] Vaccines Are Not Mercury Free

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> August 12, 2004

> Health Advocacy in the Public Interest (HAPI)

> Contact: Dawn Winkler 970-641-7413

>

> Vaccines Are Not Mercury Free

>

> After much public controversy surrounding the

> mercury content of

> childhood vaccinations, Health Advocacy in the

> Public Interest (HAPI)

> raised $500 to have four vaccines tested for heavy

> metal content.

> The vials were sent to Doctor's Data, an independent

> lab which

> specializes in heavy metal testing.

>

> Many manufacturers voluntarily began producing

> supposed " mercury

> free " vaccines in 1999. Some product inserts

> currently claim that

> a " trace " amount of mercury still exists in the

> final product but

> that the amount has been greatly reduced. Others

> claim to be

> producing completely mercury free products.

>

> During an investigation into the mercury issue, HAPI

> learned that

> Thimerosal, a 50% mercury compound, is still being

> used to produce

> most vaccines and that the manufacturers are simply

> " filtering it

> out " of the final product. However, according to

> Boyd Haley, PhD,

> Chemistry Department Chair, University of Kentucky,

> mercury binds to

> the antigenic protein in the vaccine and cannot be

> completely, 100%

> filtered out.

>

> All four vaccine vials tested contained mercury

> despite manufacturer

> claims that two of the vials were completely mercury

> free. All four

> vials also contained aluminum, one nine times more

> than the other

> three, which tremendously enhances the toxicity of

> mercury causing

> neuronal death in the brain.

>

> The mercury content of routine childhood

> vaccinations has been linked

> to the current autism epidemic as well as numerous

> other neurological

> disorders affecting children today. Currently, one

> in six children

> are affected in some way and one in 250 children are

> diagnosed as

> autistic compared to one in 10,000 prior to mercury

> containing

> vaccines.

>

> It is the position of Dr. Haley as well as HAPI that

> if mercury can

> be detected in any vaccine using standard

> instrumentation, the

> content should be disclosed in the product insert

> and manufacturers

> should not be allowed to call the product " mercury

> free " .

>

> Executive Director of HAPI, Dawn Winkler, met with

> FDA officials in

> Silver Spring, Maryland on July 27, 2004 to discuss

> blatant

> mislabeling and misrepresentation of ingredients in

> vaccinations

> which are licensed by the FDA. Clearly, more

> testing is needed. The

> FDA has the ability and authority to take on the

> necessary testing,

> however, at present, this task sadly appears to be

> up to the public.

>

> HAPI will be attempting to raise more funds to test

> more vaccines in

> an effort to pressure the FDA to crack down on

> manufacturers to label

> their products correctly. To help with this effort

> call 970-641-7413

> or email noshots.

> (noshots(at)earthlink.net)

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