So Those Merck Vaccines Had Mercury After All...

March 14, 2005

Tuesday, Mar 08, 2005 10:33 AM • Permalink

I posted an interesting article last week about a 1991 Merck memo

uncovered by the Los Angeles Times (due to their strong commitment to

stellar health reporting now one of my favorite newspapers in the

world) that expressed concerns babies were receiving elevated amounts

of mercury -- as much as 87 times higher than the maximum daily

" consumption " of mercury from fish.

Now comes word Merck continued to distribute vaccines (with 2002

expiration dates) for infants with thimerosal for two years after

announcing it had discontinued the practice in 1999! Of course, Merck

went on the defensive, and thimerosal critics like Rep. Dave Weldon

(R-Fla.) who is also a doctor, said what Merck did was " misleading. "

Makes you wonder just how many of the more than 4,200 claims filed in

the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program were a result of vaccines

being labeled as thimerosal-free that were anything but...

Before you decide to vaccinate your children, I strongly recommend you

do them a favor and look into the many risks and side effects

associated with common childhood vaccines. Doing so could mean the

difference between life and death.

If, however, you're still not convinced of the value and safety in

avoiding vaccines, you should not let your child receive vaccines from

multi-dose vials. Inform the physician or nurse that you want the

single-dose vaccine container and request that you want to actually

witness them removing it from the vial and would like the empty vial

to take home with you as proof that your child did not receive the

mercury-contaminated vaccine. This way, you will at least avoid one of

the problems with the vaccines.

Newsday March 8, 2005

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