Thiomersal (mercury compound) and vaccines

July 28, 2008

I rang CSIRO here in Melbourne and they told me they stopped putting Thimerosal in the FluVax in 2003 ........... they didn't write an email in reply to my email query though - they left a message on my answering machine -- I found that odd - i felt they were not prepared to put this in writing?

Jane

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Sandhir

Health GRAlternate

Monday, July 28, 2008 4:02 PM

[HealthyIndia] Thiomersal (mercury compound) and vaccines

Time about use of thiomersal in vaccines is given below (TAKEN FROM WIKIPEDIA)

1930s - first added to vaccines and other products as a bactericide.[42] Mid-1980s - used as a preservative in virtually all whole-cell DPT vaccines, which were routinely administered four times each to children before eighteen months of age, starting at two months. Late 1980s - Hib vaccines are recommended for administration to children at eighteen months. They contain thiomersal. Early 1990s - In the USA three doses of Hepatititis B vaccine (at that time containing Thiomersal) are recommended for infants under six months of age, beginning on the day of birth; four doses of Hib are recommended within an eighteen month period, beginning at age two. Late 1990s - three of the vaccines included in Vaccination schedules for children between six and eighteen months of age contain thiomersal. 1999 - The American Academy of Pediatrics requests removal of thiomersal from all pediatric vaccines.

2001 - Thiomersal is no longer used in routine childhood vaccines in the U.S.[5]

SINCE IT IS NO LONGER USED IN VACCINES, WHY TRY LINKING Thiomersal WITH AUTISM? A PERUSAL OF WIKIPEDIA INSERTION (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiomersal_controversy) WHICH IS A VERY BALANCED PAPER ON THE SUBJECT SHOWS THAT THIOMERSAL AND RELATIONSHIP WITH AUTISM IS NOT ESTABLISHED. MORE THAN 300 COURT CASES, DAMAGES AWARDED ONLY IN ONE CASE. CHELATING FOR AUTISTIC PATIENTS NOT RECOMMENDED.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE EDUCATED ON THE SUBJECT.

RAJINDER SANDHIR

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