Coalition for SAFE MINDS Sensible Action For Ending Mercury-Induced Neurological Disorders
AIM Technologies Contact: Sara Wright (716)-271-0212 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AMERICAN CHILDREN ARE BEING POISONED WITH MERCURY-LADEN VACCINES-COALITION for SAFE MINDS GOING TO COURT TO FIGHT FOR RECALL October 24, 2000 (Washington DC) - Members of the national advocacy group "Coalition For SAFE MINDS" will be holding a press conference today, to announce that they are filing a brief in Federal District court to obtain an immediate recall of all pediatric vaccines containing thimerosal or other toxic mercury compounds. Thimerosal, a preservative used in some vaccines contains 49.6% ethylmercury by weight, and has been scientifically associated with a number of neurological disorders including autism, attention deficit disorder (ADD), speech delays, and tics. Thimerosal was originally determined to be dangerous in the 1970's, and was recommended to be withdrawn from the non-prescription products by the FDA's own experts in 1982. With typical FDA sluggishness, the chemical was finally banned for use in "over-the-counter" pharmaceuticals in 1998 yet it continues to be used in pediatric vaccines. Vaccines are the worst possible venue for the use of thimerosal-based preservatives. Due to the rapid growth of fetal and infant neurological tissues, and the low body weights of the young patients, dangerously high levels of mercury are being routinely injected into children. By following the Centers for Disease Control recommended immunization schedule, during the first eighteen months of life, American children may be exposed to 237.5 mcg of mercury from the thimerosal in vaccines. This results in a body burden that exceeds federal exposure guidelines by a factor of thirty or more times the permissible limit. The effects of mercury toxicity are cumulative, and in many cases multi-shot regimens can result in daily exposure levels hundreds of times in excess of the legal limit. In 1999, the FDA itself announced that the amount of mercury in vaccines exceeds government safety guidelines and "encouraged" manufactures to eliminate mercury from their pediatric products, without imposing a requirement or deadline to do so. Meanwhile, the health and well being of American children continues to be compromised. Currently, as many as 1 in 150 children suffer from autism, and 1 in 5 show signs of learning disabilities. This needless epidemic of mercury induced neurological disorders is being perpetuated by the unwillingness of the FDA to fulfill its mission of ensuring the safety of pharmaceutical agents. At this time, parents are not being informed that pediatric vaccines carry a deadly neurotoxin and that the safety of these products has never been established through clinical testing. Through government mandated vaccination programs, our children are being used as an unwilling test group for reckless experimentation that borders on criminal negligence. Not since the days of the "Tuskegee Experiment" has the government shown such reckless disregard to the health of certain citizens. Parents are not given an opportunity to give informed consent, and the mercury content is not even listed on the vaccine data sheet shown to parents. The most tragic fact is that thimerosal is not necessary! Parents do have choices of which they are not being made aware, and mercury free vaccines are widely available. In fact, in July of 1999 the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a notice to its members stating a preference for thimerosal-free vaccines. The Coalition for SAFE MINDS is an educational movement dedicated to informing the public of the dangers posed by mercury-tainted pharmaceuticals. To this end, we will be holding a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC to discuss this problem, what has happened to date, and the upcoming litigation on this issue. The conference will take place at October 24th, at 9am in the Murrow Room, and several distinguished experts will be available to answer your questions. Light refreshments will be served, and all interested media persons are invited to attend. -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
