The subject of Mercury in Childhood Vaccines has all the ingredients of a real horror story -- combining the devastating effects on neurological systems of children (including causing autism), and government Conspiracies.
Two articles are included below, both from Valeri Williams of WFAA-TV Dallas. In both cases, it became clear to objective authorities in the field that the use in Vaccines of thimerosal (derived from Mercury, possibly the second most deadly poison on Earth) was probably contributing to autism and neurological disorders in children, following required vaccinations of the children for their entry into public schools. Nevertheless, nothing was done by the government -- in particular, the United States Federal Drug Administration.
While the use of Mercury in Vaccines has now ceased production, vaccines may still exist in the marketplace. If concerned, read the below two articles, and thereafter take action by asking questions, being informed, and insisting on the avoidance of thimerosal at all costs. In fact, one might even avoid Vaccines in general, including Smallpox vaccines and anything smacking of Mandatory Vaccines. Any trust in the US FDA is misapplied.
For decades, half of all childhood vaccines contained a chemical preservative called thimerosal. It is made from mercury, one of the most poisonous substances on Earth.
News 8 has spent the past three months investigating claims that government regulators and some pharmaceutical companies knew of the dangers, but never told the public.
From the outset, it must be stressed that this report is not anti-vaccination. Every person interviewed for this story believes in the importance of having children immunized. Rather, the focus is on the possible link between thimerosal and neurological disorders.
But, can we unilaterally assume that vaccinations are good, when the government is this criminally negligent?
Before the 1990s, 1 in 10,000 children were diagnosed with autism. But in the past decade, as the government has increased the number of Mandatory Vaccines, some recent studies suggest the rate of autism has risen to 1 in about 250 children.
Dr. Boyd Haley is the Chairman of the Chemistry Department at the University of Kentucky. He’s one of the nation's leading experts on mercury poisoning and has studied thimerosal in vaccines.
Two years ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a study, which showed that three-month-old babies exposed to just 63 micrograms of mercury -- less than half of the aforementioned pin top -- were two-and-a-half times more likely to develop autism. The study is stamped “Confidential” and “Do Not Copy or Release”. Siegel says it was never made public because it was just a draft.
“Until they’re final, and are ready for publication, they’re always considered a draft, not to be widely distributed,” Siegel said. “This preliminary information could be distributed, and that could do harm”. So why was it marked “Confidential, Do Not Release”, rather than a simple “Draft”?
Subsequently, the CDC did release a report to the public, but the findings were much different. The new study was amended with different data which lowered the autism rate.
Dr. Sidney Baker has reviewed both reports. Baker has authored six medical books, and written scores of articles on childhood behavior and autism.
Baker is critical of the CDC study.
“I can’t imagine that smart people could possibly have re-arranged the data the way they were done, and represented the data the way they were done, without doing it on purpose and with the express purpose, as you say, of a coverup,” Baker said.
Baker treats hundreds of autistic patients each year from around the country. He suspects about half of the children he sees have been affected by thimerosal from their vaccines.
Baker said the CDC’s refusal to release raw data from the study for outside experts to evaluate - a standard protocol in medical research - is helping to fuel the controversy.
Under pressure from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the CDC, pharmaceutical companies agreed to stop manufacturing vaccines containing thimerosal in March 2001. But while production may have ceased, vaccine vials already containing Thimerosal were not recalled.
A very simple solution for parents worried about upcoming shots for children is to ask your doctor ahead of time for thimerosal-free vaccines.
It’s a question that has divided doctors, parents and government scientists for more than a decade: Do childhood vaccines or additives cause neurological damage?
Next month, a congressional committee will hear testimony on the subject. A California university has a huge government grant to research it. And the possible link has been the focus of a three-month News 8 Investigation.
At the center of the investigation: a preservative put into many vaccines. It’s called thimerosal, and it’s made from mercury, the second most toxic metal known to man. Uranium is the most toxic. For years, thimerosal has been extremely controversial because there were alternatives to preventing vaccine contamination. And, questions remain about how pharmaceutical companies conduct vaccine research and how the government regulates those companies.
Centuries ago, the shimmering properties of mercury captivated the philosopher Aristotle, who called it “quicksilver” - and the name stuck. Starting in the early nineties, government regulators dramatically increased the amount of Thimerosal exposure to babies by adding two new vaccines to the roster of mandatory immunizations children must have before enrolling in school.
The combination of the Hepatitis B vaccine and the HiB vaccine more than doubled the amount of mercury children. “If you take a ten-pound baby in, and it gets four shots on that one day, which is a common practice - that’s equivalent to giving a 100-pound person forty shots in one day,” said mercury expert Dr. Boyd Haley.
Haley has testified before Congress and the Pentagon as one of the nation’s leading experts on Thimerosal and mercury poisoning. The research he’s done at the University of Kentucky leads him to believe that some children are genetically predisposed to storing mercury in their brains.
It’s the cumulative effect of the mercury which Haley and other scientists say leads to neurological disorders, including autism.
The FDA questioned thimerosal’s safety again in 1982 - this time, noting that it was “not safe for ‘over-the-counter’ topical use because of its potential for cell damage.” Despite that evidence, however, the government regulatory committees did nothing to question its use in childhood vaccines.
Then, in November 1973, the company’s legal division suggested adding the statement: “Do not use when aluminum may come in contact with treated skin.” Aluminum is a compound added to many vaccines as a catalyst. But even with this warning, the government committees did nothing.
However, the government’s vaccine committee continues to insist that thimerosal has never been dangerous to American children.