Thimerosal is an organic compound that is 49.6 percent ethylmercury. Eli Lilly and Co., the Indianapolis-based drug giant, developed and registered thimerosal under its trade name Merthiolate in 1929 and began marketing it as an antibacterial, antifungal product. It became the most widely used preservative in vaccines. Thimerosal cannot be used with live-cell vaccines, such as MMR (measles, mumps, rubella)… return to article
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Reader Comments (15)Page 1 of 1 pagesYeah right. Senator Bill Frist is going to bring up a bill to help a drug company.
All Americans know doctors and legislators work for the public good. And safeguard the ‘common man’ from dastardly diseases and unscrupulous corporations.
Why I’ll bet right this very second there’s a legislator, a doctor and a drug company poring over data to find the next ‘cure’ and then of course the disease it fixes.
Boy do I feel better already.
Posted by Chris Stevens on Nov 12, 2003 at 3:55 PM
While the medical community continues a collective chorus of denial, not a single one of them is willing to address those researchers who have been studying the toxic effects of thimerosal and knows the thousands of published articles and studies on this dangerous neurotoxin. It would seem that the statements they often present can only be described as both intellectually and medically dishonest. While they warn us about consuming 17 micrograms of fish, there is no concern about injecting infants and toddlers with a cumulative amount of over 250 micrograms of Thimerosal, what the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences defines as “very toxic by ingestion and inhalation. Some physicians suggest the increase in autism is the result of better diagnosis. There have been at least three studies that have said this is not the case including one in JAMA. But let’s use a little bit of common sense here. Do you really think that doctors, psychiatrists, parents and educators failed to recognize all those 8, 9, 10 year old kids who flapped their hands wildly, engaged is odd repetitive behavior, were severely intellectually challenged and WHO CAN’T TALK ? And if autism has always been around, and we are just diagnosing it better, then where are all the adult autistics? How many of you 40 and 50 year olds grew up with autistic neighbors and classmates? This epidemic is real, it is huge, and the CDC knows that thimerosal has caused it. And unfortunately, the American taxpayers will have to pay for the lifetime support of these children, estimated to be over 10 million dollars for each child affected.
For all those MD’s who are so confident there is no risk in injecting this known neurotoxic poison in the body of child, and believes there is no evidence that the mercury in vaccines has caused an epidemic of neurodevelopmental disorders including autism, let me issue any of you a small challenge. Have the courage to debate this issue in public, we will be happy to accommodate any of you.
A truth’s initial commotion is directly proportional to how deeply the lie was believed…When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker, a raving lunatic. --Dresden James
Posted by Bobbie Manning on Nov 12, 2003 at 8:56 PM My grandson was perfect until he received 5 immunizations at the same time 3 in one leg and 2 in another. .We noticed the chsange ie autistic symtoms soon after injections. .I have been a nurse for31 years and also gspent 2 years giving immunizations as a shot nurse. I know the vial the vaccine medicine is in needs to be rooled to distribute all the ingrediants. If the nurse or medical assistant gave those injections without rooling vial my grandson got a large dose of thermosil. This is evident in the out come of his diagnosis.The clinics, Doctors, nurses and drug manufactures are to blame and justice should be done, if these were your children you know how you would vote on the issues!!
Posted by Bonnie Acker on Nov 14, 2003 at 1:07 AM I am so upset I didn’t check my spelling on previous comment. My point was, in the physicians desk reference drug book it states “you can give up to 3-4 vaccines at the same time.” Why would any nurse or doctor with their knowledge do this???? As a immunization nurse for 2 years and a nurse for 31 years I know the danger of mixing drugs, for infants and children the only reason is to save the insurance company money. I never gave more than 2 vaccines at a time. Injection sites need to be a distance away to not mix, also the vial concentrates the thermisol at the bottom. If not mixed EACH time a syringe is drawn, a child could get more than a double dose of the mercury! I’ve seen nurses grab a vial out of the fridge and draw a dose without rolling the vial. We ned to protect the children , Therisol is still being use in some clinics. They removed rectal thermometers from the market due to danger of mercury poisoning. This is a national crisis!!!
Posted by Bonnie Acker on Nov 14, 2003 at 1:26 AM As a parent of a mercury poisoned child, I would like to thank you for this article. It was only 3 years ago that we discovered this link for the labels of developmental delay, mental retardation, seizures of unknown origin, indiopathic migraines, immune dysfunction, hypothyroidism, and a host of others that plague our beautiful 18 year old. She is improving on a metal removing protocol but it has cost us our link with most of the medical mainframe as they do not acknowledge this damage. In fact, my workplace, a large university healthcare entity, is in the midst of vaccinating hundreds of my coworkers with the flu vaccine which contains 25 mcg of this neurological toxin without any thought or effort to educate about the adverse effects. Sincerely, Mary Brookhart
Posted by M Brookhart on Nov 14, 2003 at 7:50 AM I think we have been lied to about everything , we all seem to be rather stupid . And it came from things like this , the toxic effects of thermosial . And the new drug for ADHD , Straterra ? Duh !!!
Posted by Lea Oliver on Nov 15, 2003 at 1:38 PM Thank you for having the courage to tell the truth. My son was diagnosed with “Asperger’s Syndrome,” a form of high functioning Autism, at age 3. I later discovered that all the vaccines(except one) injected into my son had mercury. He is now 9 and we have completed a year of chelation with DMSA/DMPS. DMSA is actual used in mainstream medicine to treat lead poisoning. After years of trying different interventions (special diets, supplements, OT, auditory therapy, vision therapy,speech, etc.) we saw the most improvement with chelation. Until the media investigates the many, many cover-ups with thimerosal will my son and other children have the best medical help to undo the damage. Thousands of children each day are still being injected with mercury, a known neurotoxin. We need help from the media to stop this devastation. Keep up your courageous efforts. Thank you. www.MomsAgainstMercury.com
Posted by Angela Medlin on Nov 15, 2003 at 3:35 PM This is one of the most honest articles I have read in along time. As a parent of a Mercury Toxic child by Thimerosal in vaccines, I have to thank you for having the courage to publish the truth. The media is the only other entity that is more powerful than the pharmaceutical companies. We need you on our side. www.momsagainstmercury.com
Posted by Amy Carson on Nov 15, 2003 at 6:53 PM I am glad to finally read an article that exposes Eli Lilly for what it is. A company who achieves profits at any expense. Our children deserve better than our government aiding and abetting criminal companies. I wonder how Senator Frist and President Bush would feel about Eli Lilly if it were their children being harmed instead of their pockets being lined. Who do they think they are kidding?
Posted by Karey Williams on Nov 16, 2003 at 7:08 PM Comparing the various hypotheses, including mercury, MMR, “refrigerator mother” etc. against the recent profound increase of immgration to areas high in arctic European ancestry (probably Finnish and/or Saami ancestry)—and doing so via the same methodology (looking at by-State statistics related to these hypotheses)—it is apparent that immigration is importing some sort of pathogenic influence to which the immigrants are immune but to which people of arctic European ancestry are quite susceptible.
See:
http://laboratoryofthestates.com/imbamcoa.htmlSorry—the mercury hypothesis just did seem to stack up when I ran the numbers. The only thing that may mitigate in its favor at this point is the appearance of an anomalous linear relationship inside an otherwise uncorrelated cluster of points. This could be a randomly arising feature but if not it may relate to some sort of more-accurate measurement technique that is applied in only a minority of States—if mercury is in fact causing the problem.
Posted by James Bowery on Nov 16, 2003 at 11:17 PM I loath the statement suggesting that immigration should be to blame for introducing pathogens. Looking at the infinite percentage rise of autism throughout the country, one would have to be in complete denial of the thimerosal link. That or simply not eduated at all on mercury toxicology. EVERYONE KNOWS there is a danger to the mercury level in the human body. All you have to do is look at the list of ingredients in every vaccine (especially the thimerosal). 35 micrograms kills a rabbit. But guess what, infants are getting more 35 mg when calculating in the hepatits b vaccine before six months of age! 25 mg in the flu shot for adults and 25 mg in the flu shot for children. an adult averaging 110 pounds should only be consuming 5 ACCORDING TO CDC. While this is over 5 times the allowed amount for the adults, calculate the insane amount for a 40 pound child!!!!!
Immigrants may be importanting some pathogens but the vaccines are what’s infecting the population. Immigrants are easily immune to pathogens because their immune systems are not compormised by thimerosal, alumunim hydroxide and other adjuvants in vaccines. Can anyone not see the logic in that? Compromise your immune system and you really shouldn’t expect anything but it’s lack of function!
There’s NO SUCH THING as a safe vaccine. Vaccines didn’t eliminate diseases from the human race either. If they did, why the heck are kids still getting vaccinated? And is it any wonder that according to Dr. Torches study on SIDS (involving 103) infants, over 2/3 were fully vaccinated. Deaths accured 1-6 months with 2-4 being the peak point. These are times of polio, hib, DTP..etc vaccinations. Coincidence? I DON’T THINK SO. Before asking for safe vaccines and or denying adjuvants, such as thimerosal, had anything to do with autism, SIDS...ETC. do your research so you at least look like you know what you’re talking about (James B).
Posted by Kimberley Medlin on Nov 21, 2003 at 1:21 PM Can someone explain how Eli Lily determined that thimerosal is safe, when the 22 subjects used in the trial of it died? Determined that it was safe to inject into infants. Thank you for writing the article. I have a son that suffered many complications after a “routine” round of shots, and all denied vaccine relation, even though it happened directly after his vaccines, and no other cause has been found. We will never allow another vaccine near any of our 5 children!!
Posted by Christine Ewton on Nov 23, 2003 at 3:07 PM Hello, I am also a parent of a child how slipped into this thing called autism. I prefer to say that my son is mercury injured. He was born normal and met all developmental stages, and then all of a sudden he slowly lost his speech, and spiraled downhill in communication. Our government should be ashamed of themselves protecting the companies that have created the most biggest scandel in medical history. I feel upset because I notice on the latino stations, and information on the net are not available to the latino community. They want to keep as many people as possible in the dark about this serious issue. I was one of those people that didnt know. I want to thank you for writing about this terrible problem. There should be more journalist like you. I definitely feel that the latino community should be informed more about this. I tried to send information to the univision station, but to my surprize, there is no contact information whatsoever there. That is really strange. Telemundo does have contact information. I sent them a letter concerning this issue. Well, once again, thanks.
Posted by Deborah Adames on Nov 27, 2003 at 9:56 PM To those parents who think that we need the media to expose this cover up… sorry to say… they are part of it. Sir Christopher Hogg is CEO of GlaxoSmithKline and also a “non-executive chairman” of Reuters News… a major “news feed” for other news agencies. I highly doubt that there will be much “bad press” for the pharmaceuticals any time soon given the very influencial role of this man in both industries as well as the very influencial role of our President (whose father sat on the Eli Lilly Board of Directors) and all the Eli Lilly execs so closely tied to Bush Jr.. Note that Rumsfeld was also CEO for Searle.. another pharmaceutical. So, I don’t expect to see any truth coming out of the media or the government on these issues. And by the way, Alzheimer’s and schizophrenia also very much appear to play into this. All three disorders - autism, Alzheimer’s and schizophrenia basically originated in the same clinic. Autism used to be called “childhood schizophrenia”. Schizophrenia (discovered by Emil Kraepelin) used to be called “dementia praecox”. And amazingly, Alzheimer’s was called “dementia praecox” too… not to mention the fact that Alois Alzheimer’s was the young protege of Emil Kraepelin and that they certainly appeared to have “agreed to call these disorders something different” based on age of onset. Much more on all this on my website for those who are interested. http://www.autismhelpforyou.com
Posted by Jeanne A. Brohart on Nov 30, 2003 at 8:06 PM At last! Someone has put all of these facts together on paper. It will save me from having to state or type, over and over, my reasons for protesting the Frist provision in the Homeland Security Bill.
I’ve never seen a more comprehensive article on this subject. Your publication and Ms. Fuentes are to be commended!
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