Researchers Urge the Removal of Mercury From Flu Shots

[lildreamer316]

"SILVER SPRING, Md., March 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- CoMeD -- As the United Nations, the European Commission, and the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) evaluate the health and environmental risks associated with mercury, a known neurotoxin, carcinogen, mutagen, teratogen, and immune-system disruptor, new research continues to fuel concerns about Thimerosal (THIM), a mercury-based compound used as a preservative in inactivated flu vaccines.

Publicizing the recent international studies that caution against the use of mercury in medicine has been left to doctors and citizens belonging to independent groups such as the Coalition for Mercury-Free Drugs (CoMeD), a Maryland-based, non-profit organization. This is because much of the American public is unaware that Thimerosal continues to be present in most U.S. flu shots, in spite of a 1999 call by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the U.S. Public Health Service to remove it from vaccines "as soon as possible."

Dr. Paul G. King, PhD, Science Advisor to CoMeD, cites the urgent need to stop this use of mercury in flu shots: "We have scientific studies clearly demonstrating that mercury causes neurological damage, and we have a cost-effective alternate that has already been used to replace Thimerosal as the preservative in vaccines." "

-more at link: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/researchers-urge-the-removal-of-mercury-from-flu-shots-117737828.html

Just posting; make of it what you will.

[fascisthunter]

1. just more quackery, right?

riiiiight

[no_hypocrisy]

2. The vaccine can be effective without the mercury.

It's used as a preservative.

The only party who will be adversely affected would be the drug manufacturers due to the increased potential for spoilage of the vaccine.

[jberryhill]

3. Group Opposed To Something Puts Out Press Release Calling For An End To Thing It Opposes!

Now there's a shocking headline.

[MineralMan]

4. Advocacy Group Advocates.

New headline. That's what advocacy groups do. They advocate. Their advocacy, however, proves nothing except that they're advocating what their organization was formed to advocate.

[salvorhardin]

5. When will people realize that PR Newswire is not a news service? It's a service for advertisers.

PR Newswire started out in 1954 as a vendor hired by companies and agencies to send out text press releases to the media. Today, PR Newswire is hired by corporations, public relations firms and non-governmental organizations to deliver news and multimedia content.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PR_Newswire

[Why Syzygy]

6. Well documented..

The Release is well documented with links to studies and policy standards.

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One recent example of these studies was published in Folia Neuropathologica in December 2010. That study's scientific data led the authors to conclude, "On the whole, the results of this study argue for urgent removal of THIM from all vaccines for children and pregnant women, as well as from other medicinal products and cosmetics."
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on Edit --- ARGH! Browser crash erased the links I posted.

http://www.unep.org/hazardoussubstances/Mercury/tabid/434/Default.aspx
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/mercury/index.htm
http://www.fda.gov/biologicsbloodvaccines/safetyavailability/vaccinesafety/ucm096228.htm

http://mercury-freedrugs.org/
http://www.cdc.gov/search.do?q=fluoride&spell=1&ie=utf8

That's the first two paragraphs. There are TEN more links. These people are not "advocating" out of their arses.