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• Steps were rapidly taken to remove thimerosal from vaccines by switching to single-dose vials that did not require any preservative.
• Will the single-dose injectable units of H1N1 2009 vaccine that do NOT contain thimerosal (mercury) be available at the same time as the multi-dose vials that do contain it? Send us your H1N1 swine flu questions!
• Neither Khalif nor his wife (who was given a thimerosal-containing flu shot while pregnant, even though the label instructed the doctor to administer the shot during pregnancy, "only when medically necessary"), had ever heard of autism until the day their son was diagnosed. David Kirby: Minneapolis and the Somali Autism Riddle
• This study found that "numerous neuropathological changes were observed in young adult rats treated postnatally with thimerosal," and that "These findings document neurotoxic effects of thimerosal, at doses equivalent to those used in infant vaccines or higher, in developing rat brain, suggesting likely involvement of this mercurial in neurodevelopmental disorders. David Kirby: Government and Many Scientists Agree: Vaccine-Autism Research Should Continue
• Except for local hypersensitivity reactions, thimerosal has not been found to cause any harm.
• Proponents of the thimerosal causation of autism, like Kennedy, argue that a detoxification method called chelation therapy is of great benefit to these children. Autism and 9-11: The Connection
• Mercury (thimerosal) is another toxic heavy metal, a known developmental neurotoxin, that is used in some mascaras and eye drops. Deirdre Imus: Kiss My "Green" Lips
• Thimerosal is widely used to preserve vaccines and is made from a kind of mercury called ethyl mercury. It allows vaccines to be distributed in multi-dose containers.
• The mainstream medical community has long contended that vaccines, whether they contain thimerosal or not, do not cause autism. Federal court hears case of potential autism-vaccine link
• In the US, the case against thimerosal-caused autism is clearly shown by the continuing rise in autism diagnoses despite the removal of thimerosal from vaccines. US Court affirms thimerosal-autism connection "not...scientifically sound"