Tuesday, June 21, 2005

CDC on Thimerosal

Sorry to be such an alpha mom about this, but I was just reading the Center for Disease Control's FAQs about Thimerosal. As I suspected, there are still trace amounts of this poison in much of the flu vaccine supply. There were only 6 million to 8 million thimerosal-free flu vaccine doses available last fall.

I understand that the CDC doesn't want parents to panic, but they are still standing by the notion that there is no link between this ingredient (said to be almost 50% mercury) and neurological disorders, while they quietly take it out of our vaccines. They're tearing apart scientific studies as if they are nonsense. Read about the Geiers, who conducted a 2003 study that found a link. (It's a great story from Seed Magazine, but I think it's missing some pages.) Then read what the CDC says about their study. Is it really so illegitimate?

Parents should definitely ask to see a list of ingredients for all of the vaccines doctors plan to give to their children. I'm thankful that I didn't have a kid five years ago and find out now that he may or may not have been poisoned by the government, but who knows what the official word will be five years from now? We really should've stopped it sooner, we apologize?