"JOHN" <john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Remember when it says "trace" it equals 2000 parts per billion - see
below
> for dangers of 0.5 parts per billion, 2 parts per billion, 20 parts per
> billion and 200 parts per billion. TRACE is 2000 parts per billion!
>
> From Gary Goldman
> Vaccines with trace amounts of Thimerosal, by definition, contain less
> than
> 1 microgram of mercury (Hg) per dose (
> http://www.fda.gov/cber/vaccine/thimerosal.htm).
>
> For example, consider that the reduced-Thimerosal flu vaccine with
0.0002%
> mercury is equivalent to 1 microgram [µg] of Hg per 0.5 mL, or 2 µg of
> Hg
> per mL, which is the same as 2000 µg per liter; or 2000 parts per
billion
> [ppb][2].
>
> 0.5 parts per billion (ppb) mercury has been shown to kill human
> neuroblastoma cells (Parran et al., Toxicol Sci 2005; 86:132-40).
> 2 ppb mercury is the U.S. EPA limit for drinking water (
> http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminants/index.html#mcls).
> 20 ppb mercury destroys neurite membrane structures (Leong et al.,
> Neurore****t 2001:12733-7).
> 200 ppb mercury is the level in liquid that the EPA classifies as
> hazardous waste
> 2000 ppb - TRACE is 2000 parts per b
>
> *********
> From HAPI
>
> Vaccines Are Not Mercury Free
>
> PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> August 12, 2004
> Health Advocacy in the Public Interest (HAPI) Health Advocacy in the
> Public
> Interest
> Contact: Dawn Winkler 970-641-7413
>
> Vaccines Are Not Mercury Free
>
> After much public controversy surrounding the mercury content of
childhood
> vaccinations, Health Advocacy in the Public Interest (HAPI) raised $500
to
> have four vaccines tested for heavy metal content. The vials were sent
to
> Doctor's Data, an independent lab which specializes in heavy metal
> testing.
>
> Many manufacturers voluntarily began producing supposed "mercury free"
> vaccines in 1999. Some product inserts currently claim that a "trace"
> amount of mercury still exists in the final product but that the amount
> has
> been greatly reduced. Others claim to be producing completely mercury
free
> products.
>
> During an investigation into the mercury issue, HAPI learned that
> Thimerosal, a 50% mercury compound, is still being used to produce most
> vaccines and that the manufacturers are simply "filtering it out" of the
> final product. However, according to Boyd Haley, PhD, Chemistry
> Department
> Chair, University of Kentucky, mercury binds to the antigenic protein in
> the
> vaccine and cannot be completely, 100% filtered out.
>
> All four vaccine vials tested contained mercury despite manufacturer
> claims
> that two of the vials were completely mercury free. All four vials also
> contained aluminum, one nine times more than the other three, which
> tremendously enhances the toxicity of mercury causing neuronal death in
> the
> brain.
>
> The mercury content of routine childhood vaccinations has been linked to
> the
> current autism epidemic as well as numerous other neurological disorders
> affecting children today. Currently, one in six children are affected
in
> some way and one in 250 children are diagnosed as autistic compared to
one
> in 10,000 prior to mercury containing vaccines.
>
> It is the position of Dr. Haley as well as HAPI that if mercury can be
> detected in any vaccine using standard instrumentation, the content
should
> be disclosed in the product insert and manufacturers should not be
allowed
> to call the product "mercury free".
>
> Executive Director of HAPI, Dawn Winkler, met with FDA officials in
Silver
> Spring, Maryland on July 27, 2004 to discuss blatant mislabeling and
> misrepresentation of ingredients in vaccinations which are licensed by
the
> FDA. Clearly, more testing is needed. The FDA has the ability and
> authority to take on the necessary testing, however, at present, this
task
> sadly appears to be up to the public.
>
> HAPI will be attempting to raise more funds to test more vaccines in an
> effort to pressure the FDA to crack down on manufacturers to label their
> products correctly. To help with this effort call 970-641-7413 or email
> noshots@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(noshots(at)earthlink.net)
>
>
>
> More..........
>
>
>
> http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/thi-table.htm
>
> http://www.fda.gov/cber/vaccine/thimerosal.htm
>
> There is also the issue of not shaking the vial to distribute the
> contents,
> which could mean an unfortunate child could get much more mercury than
> intended
>
> http://www.hapihealth.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
>
> And, more im****tantly in my opinion, vaccine injury is not simply about
> the Thimerosal.
>
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