And I was told they had stopped

putting MERCURY in VACCINES!!

August 12, 2004
Health Advocacy in the Public Interest (HAPI)
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

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~