Comments | outlawblade: Another reason why people in the FDA need to be bitch slapped.

outlawblade

Another reason why people in the FDA need to be bitch slapped.

Jul 13, 2006 10:08

From the Boston Globe ( Read more... )

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somehedgehog July 13 2006, 14:18:07 UTC

I posted my thoughts on this about a year ago: http://somehedgehog.livejournal.com/139604.html

dunriver July 13 2006, 15:48:45 UTC

My thoughts are mixed on this one. IMO, a large part of the rise in Autism rates is really just the increased ability to diagnose it. Add to that the expansion of related syndromes that are now placed under the umbrella of "autism", and it explains a majority of the rise in autism rates. Now, as for Thimerosal... we know mercury can cause brain damage. It seems pretty simple to say - using it in infant/toddler vaccines is probably a bad idea ( ... )

FDA outlawblade July 13 2006, 16:19:41 UTC

This information and problem can be quoted from a surprisingly large number of sources so I don't know that RK Jr's overall political agenda has to do with it ( ... )

Re: FDA somehedgehog July 13 2006, 16:46:53 UTC

"In a 1991 memo, Dr. Maurice Hilleman, one of the fathers of Merck's vaccination programs, warned his bosses that 6-month-old children administered the shots on schedule would suffer mercury exposures 87 times the government safety standards. He recommended that Thimerosal be discontinued and complained that the US Food and Drug Administration, which has a notoriously close relationship with the pharmaceutical industry, could not be counted on to take appropriate action as its European counterparts had. Merck ignored Hilleman's warning, and for eight years government officials added seven more shots for children containing Thimerosal ( ... )

Re: FDA dunriver July 13 2006, 16:53:55 UTC

You miss understood me on both counts, no doubt the result of me posting quickly and not reviewing it ( ... )

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