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Vaccinations
Mercury Free Bill 2006 Legislative Session
ENSURING MERCURY-FREE VACCINES
Minnesota Natural Health Legal Reform Project
Mercury is a toxic substance used as a preservative (thimerosal) in some vaccines. However, we now have mercury-free versions of most vaccines. We need to ensure that Minnesotans receive the mercury-free versions whenever possible.
The FDA, USPHS, AAP, AAFP, and CDC's ACIP in 1999 asked pharmaceutical companies to remove mercury from vaccines.
"The American Academy of Family Practitioners, American Academy of Pediatrics, and the U.S. Public Health Service, in consultation with the (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, reaffirm the goal set in July 1999 to remove or greatly reduce thimerosal from vaccines as soon as possible."
(Joint Statement Concerning Removal of Thimerosal from Vaccines, AAFP, AAP, USPHS, and ACIP, June 22, 2000)
Some pharmaceutical companies are still using mercury (thimerosal) as a preservative in vaccines.
- Thimerosal is 49.6% organic mercury, derived from ethylmercury, and is used in some vaccines and pharmaceutical products to prevent bacterial and fungal contamination.
- Thimerosal was removed from most childhood vaccines by 2002. However, mercury is still being used in full strength (25 mcg per dose) in most influenza vaccines, tetanus vaccines, and meningococcal vaccines.
Minnesota Natural Health Legal Reform Project
Jerri Johnson
www.mnhlrp.org
PO Box 315, Rosemount, MN 55068
Telephone: (651) 322-4542
Vaccine Awareness Minnesota Meetings
First Mondays of each Month
6:30 - 8:30 pm
3411 Winnetka Ave North
Crystal, MN
Call For Directions (763) 593-9440.
Open to anyone interested in vaccines and vaccine preventable diseases.
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