Parents of vaccine damaged children take to the streets in USA.

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E-NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL VACCINE INFORMATION CENTER Vienna, Virginia http://www.nvic.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UNITED WAY/COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN #8122 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Protecting the health and informed consent rights of children since 1982." ========================================================================================== NVIC Note: The National Vaccine Information Center is a co-sponsor of this event, which is being organized by National Autism Association and A-CHAMP. Other sponsors are AutismOne, CoMed, Defeat Autism Now (DAN), Generation Rescue, Moms Against Mercury, No Mercury, SafeMinds and US Autism & Asperger Association. Mercury Generation March, April 2006 NEWS RELEASE For immediate release: April 4, 2006 Contacts: Rita Shreffler (Nixa, MO)

417-818-9030 Bobbie Manning (Buffalo, NY) 716-713-6625 Wendy Fournier (Portsmouth, RI) 401-632-7523 National Autism Advocacy Organizations Converge on Capitol Hill to Demand Public Hearings New Documents Show CDC Attempts to Hide Vaccine/Autism Connection as Parents Ask Congress To Investigate or Appoint Independent Commission Washington, DC – On April 6, national children’s advocacy organizations will gather at the Capitol, urging Congress to declare autism a national emergency and commence hearings to examine actions of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to block removal of mercury from vaccines and undermine state efforts to ban the known neurotoxin. Parents from around the country will join The Mercury Generation March and meet with members of Congress to encourage Senate hearings on the CDC’s possible suppression of safety information. U.S. Representatives Dan Burton (R-IN) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) will join

parents in a press briefing in Upper Senate Park beginning at 11:00 AM. Leaders from the parent organizations have provided substantial evidence to Congressional offices regarding thimerosal toxicity and the CDC’s handling of relevant data. “For over a year, this investigation has been conducted behind closed doors. We have been patiently waiting for action,” said Claire Bothwell, board chair of the National Autism Association. “It’s time to bring this into the open where it belongs. If Congress doesn’t respond, parents will mount a campaign for an independent investigation of the CDC’s internal policies and conflicts of interest that permitted an entire generation of children to be overexposed to mercury.” Documents obtained earlier this year revealed the CDC declined the opportunity provided by a vaccine maker to provide mercury-free vaccines in 1999, prompting parents to ask for a Senate investigation of this notable lack

of response. “The CDC failed to make the safety of children a priority. The Senate has oversight responsibility in determining the advisability of keeping mercury in childhood vaccines when the CDC already knew the exposures to children exceeded safety guidelines,” commented Ms. Bothwell. Last month, members of Congress urged the National Institute of Health Sciences (NIEHS) to examine the mercury/autism association, commenting, "If the federal government is going to have a study whose results will be broadly accepted, such a study cannot be led by the CDC," “Millions of children were overexposed to mercury by injection, yet the CDC actively encourages the use of mercury-containing vaccines. Congress has a responsibility to investigate,” said A-CHAMP board member John Gilmore. “This is far more important than millionaire baseball players using steroids or a theoretical concern about bird flu that hasn’t affected a single American.

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