Vienna, Virginia http://www.909shot.com
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
#9119
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
“Protecting the health and informed consent rights of
children since 1982.” ===============
CONTACT:
703-938-0342
Sallie Bernard, SAFEMINDS
908-276-8032
NATIONAL VACCINE INFORMATION CENTER SAYS IOM REPORT
CONFIRMS 1999 FDA/EPA ORDER FOR MERCURY-FREE VACCINES
Washington, D.C. - The nation’s oldest and largest vaccine
safety advocacy organization, the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC),
today called the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report evaluating whether mercury
preservatives in vaccines have caused developmental delays in children a
confirmationthat the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) were justified in ordering drug companies to take mercury
out of childhood vaccines in 1999.
Although the IOM”s Immunization Safety Review Committee concluded there
is not enough evidence to prove or disprove the hypothesis that
mercury-containing vaccines have caused children to develop learning
disabilities, ADHD and autism, the IOM Committee found enough evidence that
mercury can damage the human brain to recommend that mercury preservatives be
removed from all vaccines and over-the-counter consumer products.
“This IOM report confirms the obvious: mercury is bad for
you and we shouldn’t be injecting our babies with it. Even though there have
been too few controlled studies to confirm the relationship between
mercury-containing vaccines and various kinds of brain dysfunction, the bottom
line is that drug companies should have come up with a non-toxic way to
preserve the stability of vaccines a long time ago. Now we need a comprehensive
analysis of the potential toxicity of all other vaccine additives, starting
with aluminum,” said Barbara Loe Fisher, co-founder and president of NVIC.
NVIC today joined with SAFEMINDS, founded in 2000 by
parents who believe their children were harmed by mercury in vaccines, in
calling for the removal of all mercury-containing childhood vaccines from the
market in the U.S. and for doctors to warn pregnant women that the flu vaccine
contains mercury.
The National Vaccine Information Center, a non-profit
organization founded in 1982 by parents of vaccine injured children, has long
advocated a systematic evaluation of vaccine preservatives, adjuvants and other
components by industry and government to confirm vaccine purity and safety.
NVIC worked with Congress to create the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act
of 1986 and now represents more 35,000 parents and grandparents nationwide.
Center and is supported through membership donations. Learn more about vaccines, diseases and how
to protect your informed
consent rights http://www.909shot.com
To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to news-request@909shot.com
and type UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the email.
NVIC is funded through individual membership donations and
does not receive government funding. Barbara Loe Fisher, President and
Co-founder.
NOTE: This is not an interactive e-mail list. Please do
not respond to messages.
ALL
INFORMATION, DATA, AND MATERIAL CONTAINED, PRESENTED, OR PROVIDED HERE IS FOR
GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS REFLECTING THE
KNOWLEDGE OR OPINIONS OF THE PUBLISHER, AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED OR INTENDED
AS PROVIDING MEDICAL OR LEGAL ADVICE. THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO
VACCINATE IS AN IMPORTANT AND COMPLEX ISSUE AND SHOULD BE MADE BY YOU, AND YOU
ALONE, IN CONSULTATION WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.