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Mercury-free flu shots
http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/nelson...flu-shots.html
Mercury-free flu shots A reader sent me an e-mail yesterday because she'd seen a TV show on the flu vaccine and pregnant women and said it failed to mention that a flu shot without mercury preservative is available. She wanted pregnant women to know that's an option for them. Many physician practices automatically give pregnant women this vaccine, which is in shorter supply then flu shots containing thimerosol (a preservative that is almost half ethylmercury), and you can always request it from your doctor. Generally if you're getting the shot at a mass clinic, it's not going to be the mercury-free one. I should pause here to note that the CDC maintains that years of study have found no link between mercury in vaccines and adverse effects, including autism. But if you are so inclined to play it safe, here's some more info. First of all, thimerosal is actually still used in the manufacture of most of these vaccines, but it's used early in the manufacturing process and gets diluted along to the way to the point where there are just "trace" amounts of thimerosal, allowing the maker to label the vaccine "preservative-free." The equivalent is already done across the board with the vaccines used for childhood immunizations, so all the ones used in the U.S. are now required to be thimerosal-free or have only trace amounts. But most flu vaccine distributed in the U.S. still has thimerosal. For this flu season, the CDC estimates there will be about 50 million doses of preservative-free flu vaccine available. This includes the sole product licensed for children 6-23 months old. The CDC still says thimerosal-containing flu vaccines are safe for pregnant women ("A study of influenza vaccination examining over 2,000 pregnant women demonstrated no adverse fetal effcts associated with influenza vaccine") and children ("Based on guidelines established by the FDA, the EPA and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, no child will receive excessive mercury from childhood vaccines regardless of whether or not their flu shot contains thimerosal as a preservative"). Influenza, of course, can and does harm pregnant women and children every year. So, regardless of whether or not you believe thimerosal is harmful, it's nice to have another option |
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This is very nice and informative post about Mercury-free flu shots.
Thanks for sharing.
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This one is very informative,.
very unique topic discussed here. |
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