A Parenting & kids forum. ParentingBanter.com

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » ParentingBanter.com forum » misc.kids » Kids Health
Site Map Home Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Web Partners

GOVERNMENT'S DEFENSE OF MERCURY IN VACCINES SHAKEN BY WITHDRAWAL OF EXPERT REPORTS



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old July 14th 08, 10:45 AM posted to misc.health.alternative,misc.kids.health,sci.med.immunology,talk.politics.medicine,uk.people.health
JOHN
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 583
Default GOVERNMENT'S DEFENSE OF MERCURY IN VACCINES SHAKEN BY WITHDRAWAL OF EXPERT REPORTS

GOVERNMENT'S DEFENSE OF MERCURY IN VACCINES SHAKEN BY WITHDRAWAL OF EXPERT
REPORTS


PRESS RELEASE CONTACTS: For Immediate CoMeD President [Rev. Lisa K. Release
Sykes (Richmond, VA) 804-364-8426] July 13, 2008 CoMeD Sci. Advisor [Dr.
King (Lake Hiawatha, NJ) 973-263-4843]


WASHINGTON, DC - In the United States Court of Federal Claims, National
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, the contention by the Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS), that mercury in vaccines does not cause
autism, has suffered an unexpected setback. In a June 27, 2008 Autism
Omnibus Proceeding (OAP) conference, attorneys for the DHHS announced that
they were withdraw-ing two key written reports and any statements which
relied on those reports. Those key reports, written by two world-renowned
toxicologists (Dr. Laszlo Magos, formerly from the Medical Research Council
Laboratories, England, and Dr. Thomas Clarkson, from the University of
Rochester, Rochester, NY USA), were the toxicological pillars underpinning
the government's claim that Thimerosal does not cause autism.

On July 3, 2008, the three OAP Special Masters recorded that they had
granted the DHHS' request to withdraw the expert reports of Drs. Magos and
Clarkson. In addition, their court order[1] stated: ". respondent would be
permitted to withdraw any reliance on those two expert reports, and that we
would not consider those reports at all in resolving those test cases."

Ironically, though Drs. Magos and Clarkson were expected to testify to the
safety of Thimerosal in vaccines, their previous publications clearly
document its significant toxicity. For example, Dr. Clarkson, working under
a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), essentially declared
that organic mercurial antiseptics, including Thimerosal, should be heavily
restricted or withdrawn, "as the fact that mercury readily penetrates intact
membranes and is highly toxic seems to have been forgotten" in a
peer-reviewed study published in 1977.[2]

With the recent publication of studies proving a link between Thimerosal
exposure and autism, the current exodus of experts who are willing to
testify for the DHHS that Thimerosal does not cause autism appears to be
escalating.

Tellingly, Dr. Bernadine Healy, the former director of the National
Institutes of Health, also recently said: "I think the government or certain
public health officials in the government have been too quick to dismiss the
concerns of these f amilies without studying the population that got sick."

==============================================

To support the ongoing efforts of CoMeD, Inc. with your tax-deductible
contributions, please use the PayPal link on CoMeD's Internet website,
http://www.mercury-freedrugs.org. CoMeD, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3)
corporation that is actively engaged in legal, educational and scientific
efforts to stop all use of mercury in medicine, and to ban the use of all
mercury-containing medicines.

---------------------

[1] "AUTISM MASTER FILE - ORDER CONCERNING THEORY 2 GENERAL CAUSATION
REBUTTAL"

http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/sites/..._08_autism.pdf

[2] Fagan DG, Pritchard JS, Clarkson TW, Greenwood MR. Organ mercury levels
in infants with omphaloceles treated with organic mercurial antiseptic.
Arch. Dis. in Childhood 1977; 52: 962-964.


 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
kidsdoc2000 on mercury ( Mercury In Vaccines... Yuri Kuchinsky Kids Health 0 December 21st 07 02:53 AM
Most Flu Vaccines Contain Mercury Jan Drew Kids Health 10 November 28th 07 01:37 PM
Mercury Still Used In Flu And Other Vaccines Jan Drew Kids Health 0 November 6th 06 12:45 AM
Mercury in Vaccines Ilena Rose Kids Health 64 May 19th 06 11:11 PM
Another baby dies having been shaken to death, you moron (was: Another baby dies from vaccines- another parent suffers) Peter Bowditch Kids Health 0 November 29th 03 11:27 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 02:19 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 ParentingBanter.com.
The comments are property of their posters.