from: http://www.mercola.com/2000/nov/12/vaccine_recall.htm
US Congressman Dan Burton Requests Immediate Vaccine Recall In an October 25, 2000 letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Donna Shalala, Congressman Dan Burton (R-IN), Chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform, requested a recall of all vaccines containing Thimerosal. The mercury-based product Thimerosal is added to vaccines as a preservative. On July 18, 2000 the Committee conducted a hearing entitled, "Mercury in Medicine: Are We Taking Unnecessary Risks?" During the hearing, the FDA admitted that children are being exposed to unsafe levels of mercury through vaccines containing Thimerosal. It was also determined that symptoms of mercury poisoning mimic symptoms of autism -- a disease that has reached epidemic levels in the United States. However, the FDA has chosen to allow pharmaceutical companies to merely phase out their use of Thimerosal, leaving mercury-containing vaccines at public and private health facilities. In his letter to Secretary Shalala, Chairman Burton stated: "We all know and accept that mercury is a neurotoxin, and yet the FDA has failed to recall the 50 vaccines that contain Thimerosal...On their own website, the FDA states, 'lead, cadmium, and mercury are examples of elements that are toxic when present at relatively low levels'." "Our children are the future of this country. As a Government we have a responsibility to do everything within our power to protect them from harm, including ensuring that vaccines are safe and effective. Every day that mercury-containing vaccines remain on the market is another day HHS is putting 8,000 children at risk. Given that Thimerosal-free vaccines are available, and the known risk of mercury toxicity, to leave Thimerosal-containing vaccines on the market is unconscionable." Testimony from the July 18, 2000 hearing is available at www.house.gov/reform. To read the full-text letter from Chairman Burton to Secretary Shalala CLICK HERE (PDF format, 268kB). Press Release - The Committe on Government Reform, Dan Burton (R-IN), Chairman ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- If you would like to contact Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Donna Shalala's office to find out what is being done about this issue, below is a list of some of her immediate staff. Unless otherwise shown, all phone numbers are 202-690-7000 and fax numbers are 202-690-7203. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Donna Shalala, Ph D Executive Staff Analyst to the Secretary, Jolinda Gaither E-mail.....: [email protected] Staff Assistant, Virginia Bolden E-mail.....: [email protected] Staff Support Assistant, Edna Cosby E-mail.....: [email protected] Special Assistant, Sarah Kovner Phone......: 202-690-6347 Fax........: 202-690-7098 E-mail.....: [email protected] Special Assistant, Marsha Martin Phone......: 202-690-5400 Fax........: 202-690-7098 E-mail.....: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- DR. MERCOLA'S COMMENT: It is about time that they removed the mercury from the vaccines. I believe that the mercury present in the hepatitis B vaccine (which was mandated to be removed over one year ago) often given in the first few days of life, is one of the major contributors to the increase in autism that we have seen in this country. Vaccines have problems independent of the mercury issue, as the articles below hightlight. But to add insult to injury just does not make any sense. Related Articles: The Anthrax Vaccine Saga: How Not to Develop a Vaccine Program Dangers of Anthrax Vaccine Shoot First and Ask Questions Later Shots in the Dark Setting the Record Straight on Anti-Vaccination Stance Vaccine Links Vaccines and Immune Suppression Link Between Autism Increase And Vaccination Vaccines and Immunization References and Research Citations -- 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]>
