Recently published studies have shown that the mercury levels in the blood, faeces and urine of children who had received thiomersal-containing vaccines were much lower than those accepted by the American Environmental Protection Agency. It has also been demonstrated that the elimination of mercury in children was much faster than what was expected on the basis of studies conducted with methyl mercury originating from food.
Recently, the hypothesis that mercury contained in vaccines could be the cause of autism and other neurological developmental disorders created a new debate in the medical community and the general public. To date, none of the epidemiological studies conducted in Europe and elsewhere support this assumption.
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Vaccine Basics: Vaccine Safety. The Vaccine Basics gateway page on vaccineinformation. Understanding Thimerosal, Mercury, and Vaccine Safety. Timeline: Thimerosal in Vaccines Timeline shows key activities of government agencies concerning thimerosal in vaccines from to Listing of studies, including description, study design, publication date, and objective.
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Research does not show any link between thimerosal in vaccines and autism , a neurodevelopmental disorder. Many well conducted studies have concluded that thimerosal in vaccines does not contribute to the development of autism. Even after thimerosal was removed from almost all childhood vaccines, autism rates continued to increase, which is the opposite of what would be expected if thimerosal caused autism. Measles, mumps, and rubella MMR vaccines do not and never did contain thimerosal.
Varicella chickenpox , inactivated polio IPV , and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines have also never contained thimerosal. Influenza flu vaccines are currently available in both thimerosal-containing for multi-dose vaccine vials and thimerosal-free versions. For a complete list of vaccines and their thimerosal content level, see the U.
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Section Navigation. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Syndicate. Paul, Minnesota. Even in , before the laws were enacted, a US Institute of Medicine panel found that the scientific evidence did not support a link between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism, and several subsequent studies have backed up that conclusion N.
But vaccine experts say that antithimerosal advocates remain vocal. Mary Selecky, Washington's secretary of health, received a flurry of complaints after she suspended the thimerosal restrictions in September. Peterson is concerned that the thimerosal bans have helped fuel a backlash against vaccination. But as the scientific evidence mounts, laws limiting thimerosal have been harder to get through state legislatures.
This year alone, advocacy groups and individuals in 12 states tried—and failed—to pass similar restrictions, according to Peterson. What's more, the laws are mostly redundant, as thimerosal was removed from nearly all vaccines by Even so, the six states' thimerosal bans remain on the books; Washington's is scheduled to go back into effect in March.
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