FDA and CDC Guilty of Misconduct, Says Senate Report

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Mercury (Thimerosal) in Vaccines:>> FDA and CDC "Guilty" of Misconduct, Says Senate Report>> Press Release Contacts:>> For Immediate Release CoMeD President [Rev. Lisa K. Sykes> (Richmond, VA) 804-364-8426]>> October 1, 2007 CoMeD Sci. Advisor [Dr. King (Lake> Hiawatha, NJ) 973-997-1321]>>>> WASHINGTON, DC – After an 18-month investigation into alleged> government misconduct regarding Thimerosal in childhood vaccines,> and its causal association with autism, Senator Enzi (R-Wyoming),> Ranking Member of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and> Pensions, concluded, "Two allegations were sustained [and] one> allegation was partially substantiated…">>>> Key among the substantiated allegations was the finding that: "FDA> inappropriately utilized Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)> guidelines regarding the dangers of mercury in vaccines containing> thimerosal." Thus, the FDA may have miscalculated the toxicity of> Thimerosal in vaccines routinely administered to millions of> pregnant women and children.>>>> In addition, Senator Enzi acknowledged that a CDC-organized meeting,> held June 7 and 8, 2000, at the Simpsonwood United Methodist Retreat> Center, to discuss a study showing a link between mercury exposure> through vaccines and autism, was questionable: "The CDC's failure to> invite to Simpsonwood representatives of advocacy groups, in> combination with injudicious remarks by several Simpsonwood> participants, did give rise to an appearance of impropriety.">>>> Other areas of concern included:>> * Oversight agencies characterized by conflict of interest: The> Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, which> reviewed the evidence and found no link between mercury exposure> from vaccines and autism, inappropriately screened "potential> committee members for possible conflicts of interest.">> * Government data used to assess the link between vaccine-related> mercury exposure and autism was "…less than open and accessible to> all researchers.">> * Despite mercury being decreased in some vaccines given to American> children, no such decrease has been effected in vaccines> manufactured and distributed to developing countries: "The> contention that thimerosal is used in vaccines provided to third-> world and developing countries is accurate.">>>> This report, released by Senator Enzi, is another in a long line of> reports by government officials addressing the toxicity of mercury> in medicine and reflecting the "…institutional malfeasance for self-> protection and misplaced protectionism of the pharmaceutical> industry"[1] by US public health officials.>>>> Parents of children with proven mercury poisoning now ask: How many> reports by federal officials will be required before the national> health agencies act to:>> * Remove mercury from medicine,>> * Recall and destroy drugs containing added mercury compounds, and>> * Ban the production and distribution of medicines containing added> mercury in the United States, unless proven safe ("sufficiently> nontoxic …") and no mercury-free alternative exists?>>>> For more information, go to: http://www.mercury-freedrugs.org>

 

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