Level of Mercury in Vaccines for Children is Shocking and Toxic

Letter to the Editor:

Level of Mercury in Vaccines for Children is Shocking and Toxic
Governor Lingle Should Support Bill Banning Mercury Content
By Michael Wagnitz, 7/6/2006 11:59:00 AM

Editor's Note: Gov. Linda Lingle is considering a veto of a bill that passed this legislative session that would ban the use of Mercury in children's vaccines - an move that has set off a firestorm of debate. Here is a letter on one side of the issue. The governor has to decide what she will do by July 11.

Thanks to the Hawaii Reporter for discussing the mercury/vaccine issue. As a chemist with 20 years experience evaluating material for mercury, I was shocked to discover the quantity of mercury in vaccines (50,000 parts per billion (ppb) Hg in vaccines, 200 ppb to qualify as liquid hazardous waste). It dwarfs all other sources of childhood mercury exposure. This doesn't even take into account that the main ingredient in thimerosal, Ethylmercuric Chloride, arguably, is one of the most toxic forms of mercury that exists (see Merck Index for detail).

Lisa Randall (Hawaii Reporter, 7/2/06) cites the six major epidemiological studies as the conclusive science on this subject. She dismisses the 5 published epidemiological studies done by independent researchers Dr. Mark and David Geier which reach a totally different conclusion. All of the other studies she refers to are from Europe where the vaccine schedule is substantially different than the U.S.

Read full article at: http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?21440de1-d4e2-4d58-8126-ce34ccf3c52d

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