News: Government Rejects Vaccine Petition

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WASHINGTON - 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.

 

A group called the Coalition for Mercury-free Drugs petitioned the Food

and Drug Administration in 2004 seeking the restrictions on thimerosal,

citing concerns that the preservative is linked to autism. In a reply

dated Sept. 26 but made public only Tuesday, the FDA rejected the

petition.

 

" Only a small number of licensed and approved products still contain

thimerosal, and the available evidence supports FDA's conclusion that

all currently licensed vaccines and other pharmaceutical drug products

containing thimerosal are safe, " Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, the FDA's assistant

commissioner for policy, wrote in denying the petition.

 

" We're not accepting that answer, " said Dr. Mark Geier, one of the

petitioners. The group now plans to seek a court order that would force

the FDA to withdraw thimerosal from all vaccines and medicines unless

the agency can show the preservative is safe, Geier said.

 

Thimerosal, about 50 percent mercury by weight, has been used since the

1930s to kill microbes in vaccines. There have been suspicions that

thimerosal causes autism. However, studies that tracked thousands of

children consistently have found no association between the brain

disorder and the mercury-based preservative. Critics contend the studies

are flawed.

 

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