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Instead of looking at the science, he’s decided to side with the panic-spreaders and pander to the emotions of the panic victims.
Archive for the ‘Thimerosal’ Category
January 29th, 2008
Category: Health Care, Thimerosal
This Thursday’s episode of an ABC court drama perpetuates the groundless and harmful myth that vaccines contribute to autism. Why are the penalties so low for spreading these falsehoods? Why does junk science (in its actual rather than its corporate bumper-sticker formulation) continue to attract such a following?
March 6th, 2006
Category: Thimerosal
Contrary to the implicit claim of the Geier and Geier paper, the rate of diagnosed autism among California children aged 3-5 has continued to rise.
November 20th, 2002
Category: Thimerosal
The final version of the Homeland Security bill still has the provision to protect Eli Lilly from suits about the use of thimerosal in infant vaccines. A Democratic amendment to remove it (along with a couple of other howlers) failed 51-48.
McCain was the only Republican who voted for the amendment, saying of the bill [...]
November 14th, 2002
Category: Thimerosal
Thimerosal is a solution of alcohol and ethyl mercury previously used as a preservative in some medicines, including some infant vaccines. It is possible, though not established, that its use in vaccines, combined with the increasing number of vaccinations infants receive, was the reason, or a reason, for the surge in autism cases during [...]
