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Mercury compounds in Hep B vaccine also pose danger
Hamilton Spectator - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Interesting article about the government looking at ways of disposing of the new compact fluorescent light bulbs because of the mercury content. ...
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No link between mercury and autism: study
Bru Direct - Brunei Darussalam
Montreal - Mercury levels have no relationship to the development of autism, a developmental disorder whose cause remains unclear, according to a Canadian ...

Hortman's mercury bill passes House; debate turns to vaccines
Coon Rapids ECM Publishers - Coon Rapids,MN,USA
Her bill bans the use several medical devices containing mercury and the over-the-counter sales of pharmaceutical

Autistic Children Clinically Proven Mercury Poisoned
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
(2006) and by Geier and Geier (2006) leave little doubt that many autistic children are indeed mercury poisoned. These studies utilized urinary porphyrin ...
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Barbara Fischkin: An Autism Mother Rages: Oprah-Courage, Pet Food and Mercury
HuffingtonPost Fri, 06 Apr 2007 5:55 PM PDT
We all know Oprah is a genius but her tactical courage doesn't really hit home until she is speaking about something near and dear to your heart. In our house all work stopped at 4 pm yesterday so we could watch Oprah's autism show. And yes, she said it. She said that some people think vaccines cause autism. This is Autism Awareness Month and for weeks parents like me have been tensely ...
 
An Autism Mother Rages: Oprah-Courage, Pet Food and Mercury
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
To suggest that maybe, just maybe, the vaccines -or better said, Mercury, the extra ingredient that didn't belong in them in the first place - messed up ...
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CDC's Vaccine Committee Whitewashed Toxic Vaccine Component, Says National Autism Association (NAA)
Medical News Today Sat, 24 Feb 2007 0:13 AM PST
Parents and health advocates are expressing outrage over the recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) that pregnant women, infants and children continue to be exposed to mercury contained in the flu vaccine despi [click link for full article]

Kanawha County Mom Wants Mercury Ban
WOWK-TV West Virginia Thu, 22 Feb 2007 4:04 PM PST
Bill would keep thimerosal out of West Virginia vaccines.

MERCURY VACCINE INVOLVED IN AUTISM
Free Market News Network - Pompano Beach,FL,USA
Until the medical community takes a look at the role of mercury toxicity in this epidemic they will never get to the bottom of the problem

Weldon seeks to banish mercury from vaccines
Florida Today Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:54 PM PST
U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon wants a mandatory phase-out of flu shots and other vaccines containing mercury.

 

MERCURY VACCINE CAUSES AUTISM
Free Market News Network - Pompano Beach,FL,USA
To what degree of scientific certainty can we prove that current epidemic of autism was caused by the mercury-based preservative, thimerosal, in childhood ...

NJ weighs requiring flu, pneumonia shots for preschool, day care
amNewYork - New York,USA
Many speakers identified themselves as parents of "vaccine-damaged children," saying they believe ingredients in some vaccines, particularly mercury and ...
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Vaccines with Mercury Discussed at Capitol
KOMU-TV - Colombia,MO,USA
The hearing discussed the medical concerns many have with mercury in vaccines. Lujene Clark is the President of a group called "No Mercury". ...

Autism, mercury, immunizations and ... bags of cash
Houston Chronicle - United States
... Times of London. Would it surprise you to learn that the entire mercury/autism vaccination scare was cooked up by lawyers? Well it ...

The mercury and autism link
East Meadow Herald - East Meadow,NY,USA
New York Times journalist and Pulitzer Prize nominee David Kirby has written a book, ³Evidence of Harm,² which addresses the autism-mercury link. ...

Suffolk pols keep mercury vaccine ban
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Suffolk lawmakers have rejected an effort by County Executive Steve Levy to allow the administering of mercury-bearing vaccines to children and pregnant women ...

Bad News for Mercury Defenders
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
... when the Vaccine Trial of the Century gets underway in Federal Claims Court, government lawyers will defend the direct injection of toxic mercury into infant ...
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The Drugged Out Voice of the Autism Mom
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
... By the way, the flu vaccine that gets the most distribution, because it is the cheapest, contains 25 micrograms of mercury in the Thimerosal preservative, just ...
 

FURY OVER MERCURY VACCINE FOR SCOTS
Glasgow Sunday Mail - UK
CHILDREN and pregnant women in Scotland are being given a flu vaccination that has poisonous mercury. Two years ago, the UK Government ...

One mom’s approach to autism: Live with it
Worcester Telegram - Worcester,MA,USA
... While some parents of autistic children are in the forefront of the effort to ban mercury from vaccines, based on their belief that the mercury causes autism ...
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Study to target autism causes
Worcester Telegram - Worcester,MA,USA
... is immediate therapy. Locally, a bill before the Massachusetts House would ban mercury in children’s vaccines. The legislation ...
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First person: The quest for a flu vaccine without mercury
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
The Allegheny County Health Department has flu shots for pregnant women that contain only trace amounts of mercury, potentially making them safer for unborn ...

Mercury and You
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
... allowed. Even today you can still be injected with thimerosal that is a mercury based compound found in the majority of flu vaccines. ...

Anti-Vaccine Group Challenges CDC's Flu Shot Guidelines for ...
FOX News - USA
... PutChildrenFirst.Org, a parent-led group working to increase awareness of the dangers of mercury in flu shots, held a teleconference Monday in opposition to ...
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California Suspends Ban on Mercury in Vaccines
The UCSD Guardian Online - San Diego,CA,USA
... In light of a possible shortage of mercury-free vaccines in California, Secretary of California Health and Human Services Kimberly Belshe decided on Nov. ...
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State asked to allow mercury in flu shots
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
... about a lack of flu vaccine for young children, four leading medical groups have asked California to temporarily waive its new mercury-free requirement. ...
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Autism, mercury poisoning, thimerosal and the flu vaccine
Chiropractic News - USA
... may come as no big deal to some, but to a parent that has been fighting with vaccine manufacturers and/or government officials to get mercury compounds out of ...

 

New mercury limits denied
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... WASHINGTON | Federal health officials won’t put new restrictions on the use of a mercury-based preservative in vaccines and other medicines, denying a ...
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FDA Denies Petition to Block Mercury in Vaccines
Fox News Wed, 25 Oct 2006 9:41 AM PDT
Federal health officials won't put new restrictions on the use of a mercury-based preservative in vaccines and other medicines, denying a petition that sought the limits because of health concerns.

Mercury-Free Flu Vaccine Option Gives Concerned Parents Shot in the Arm
RedNova Sat, 14 Oct 2006 3:03 AM PDT
By Terry Rindfleisch, La Crosse Tribune, Wis. Oct. 14--A limited supply of mercury-free flu vaccine will be available in La Crosse for children whose parents are concerned about any potential dangers.

Suppliers flush with flu vaccine, but mercury-free shots delayed
The Argus - Fremont,CA,USA
Although there is expected to be plenty of flu vaccine this year, some health providers say their shipments of a special mercury-free flu shot for children ...
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MERCURY VACCINE MORE TOXIC THAN HAZADOUS WASTE
Free Market News Network - Pompano Beach,FL,USA
Many states have enacted legislation and written regulations with the goal of reducing mercury emissions to air, land and water. ...

Group Wants Gov. To Sign Bill Banning Mercury In Vaccines
Hawaii Channel.com - Honolulu,HI,USA
HONOLULU -- Opponents and supporters of a controversial bill that would ban the use of vaccines containing mercury are lobbying the governor. ...

Legislature Considers Mercury Protections
abc11tv.com - Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville,NC,USA
(05/17/06 -- RALEIGH) - A bill that would regulate mercury levels in some children's vaccines is moving through the state House. ...
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Parents' group pushes for mercury reductions in vaccines
Asheville Citizen-Times Tue, 16 May 2006 9:22 PM PDT
RALEIGH -- A group of parents will urge lawmakers today to support legislation that would reduce the amount of mercury in vaccines and flu shots.

Mother pushes for vaccine ban
Lawrence Journal-World Sat, 15 Apr 2006 10:17 PM PDT
Topeka — Legislation that a Lawrence mother says will protect children and parents from the kind of mercury poisoning that happened to her son is sitting idle in a Senate committee.

Push to bar mercury in shots resisted
WFAA (subscription) - Dallas,TX,USA
As lawmakers in 20 states press for bans on mercury in children's vaccines, they are meeting stiff resistance from influential health and medical organizations ...

Mercury-free vaccines protested
Contra Costa Times Sat, 15 Apr 2006 3:53 AM PDT
As lawmakers in about 20 states press for bans on mercury in children's vaccines, they are meeting stiff resistance from influential health and medical organizations, including groups that get substantial funding from drug makers and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Mercury-free vaccines protested
Contra Costa Times Thu, 13 Apr 2006 4:22 PM PDT
As lawmakers in about 20 states press for bans on mercury in children's vaccines, they are meeting stiff resistance from influential health and medical organizations, including groups that get substantial funding from drug makers and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

Debate Flares Over Vaccines, Autism Link
FOX News - USA
Debate over a possible tie between mercury-containing vaccines and autism flared up this week as activist groups launched a campaign accusing federal health ...
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Battle Lines Drawn Over Mercury in Shots
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
As lawmakers in about 20 states press for bans on mercury in children's vaccines, they are meeting stiff resistance from influential health and medical ...

The Age of Autism: Mercury Ban Opposed
RedNova Tue, 04 Apr 2006 1:53 PM PDT
By DAN OLMSTED Representatives of 22 medical organizations have written to all members of Congress opposing efforts to ban the mercury-based preservative thimerosal from vaccines.

UPI Autism story prompts bill
United Press International - USA
... But some parents and a minority of scientists suspect the culprit may be a mercury preservative called thimerosal that was used increasingly in vaccines ...
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Vaccine study findings fuel debate over autism
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
By SANDY KLEFFMAN. A new UC Davis study links a mercury-containing preservative once prevalent in many children's vaccines to immune system dysfunction in mice. ...
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American lawmakers initiate mercury probe for vaccines
In-PharmaTechnologist.com - Montpellier,France
... s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to conduct research on the connection between vaccines containing mercury and neurological ...
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Study links vaccines containing mercury with autism
Health Sentinel - USA
... 1,000. Thimerosal is a mercury-containing compound that has been used since the 1930s as a preservative in many vaccines. According ...

Bill targeting mercury component heads to Gregoire’s desk
The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA
By DIONNE DESIANO. A bill intended to safeguard pregnant women and children from vaccines containing mercury was approved Wednesday afternoon. ...

The Mercury Thing
Tucson Weekly - Tucson,AZ,USA
... that will seem to support the theory that increased vaccination, and specifically increased childhood inoculations with vaccines containing mercury, is at ...
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Minnesota could lead US in cutting mercury
Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
Imagine the possibilities if Minnesota decided to lead in eliminating mercury from vaccines ("Don't wait for mercury solution," editorial, Jan. 26). ...

Chiron profits return after flu vaccine recovery
San Jose Mercury News Thu, 02 Feb 2006 3:31 AM PST
line By Steve Johnson linec Mercury News Chiron reported a sharp increase in profit Tuesday from its last quarter, suggesting it has bounced back from the flu-vaccine manufacturing problems that had weighed on it since late 2004.

NM TAKES UP BAN ON MERCURY VACCINE
Free Market News Network - Pompano Beach,FL,USA
If Santa Fe pediatrician Kenneth Stoller gets his way, New Mexico will be the sixth state to pass a law restricting mercury in influenza vaccines. ...

Groups prepare for battle over flu-shot mercury
KOB-TV - Albuquerque,NM,USA
SANTA FE (AP) - A measure pending in the state House would restrict mercury in vaccines for flu. The ban would cover children under ...

Mercury-free flu shots are now available for children
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
Arecent letter-to-the-editor in the Washington Times said that a 6-month-old baby getting a flu shot would be receiving 12.5 mcg of mercury. Is this true? ...

State extends deadline for mercury in vaccines
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
Responding to concerns that mercury in vaccines might cause autism, the Illinois Legislature last year passed a law to phase out the preservative. But on Jan. ...

Vaccine Exemption Outrages Mercury Foes
RedNova Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:14 PM PST
By Maggie Borman, The Telegraph, Alton, Ill. Jan. 23--Reaction has been swift to a decision this month by the Illinois Department of Public Health to delay state lawmakers' attempts to reduce mercury exposure for those receiving flu shots.

Bill would outlaw flu shots with mercury for children
Tennessean Sun, 08 Jan 2006 0:18 AM PST
Legislation that would prevent Tennessee children from getting flu shots that contain a controversial mercury preservative is pitting parent groups against pediatricians.
Missouri Mother Voices Concerns About Mercury in Vaccines
KOLR Mon, 02 Jan 2006 4:24 AM PST
A new bill both the U.S. House and Senate give approval to grants drug-makers immunity. That`s what lawmakers on Capitol Hill say it will take to develop a bird flu vaccine. Now a Marshfield woman says it`s bad medicine that could put your children in harm`s way.

 

Pharma's Poisoned Generation
Sierra Times Sun, 27 Nov 2005 4:26 AM PST
A growing number of professionals in the health care field are reporting that a relationship exists between the epidemic in neurodevelopmental disorders of autism, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, and speech or language delay all across the country, and the use of thimerosal, the mercury-based preservative used in childhood vaccines.

Mercury-free flu shots more than double the price of a regular shot
Summit Daily News Wed, 16 Nov 2005 9:13 AM PST
SUMMIT COUNTY - Mercury-free flu shots are hard to find in the High Country, and the closest clinic is charging more than double the price of a regular flu shot.

 

 


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