1. Vaccine Benefits, Risks, Alternatives and the Florida Law David Berger, MD Medical Director Wholistic Pediatrics Tampa, FL (813) 960-3415 www.wholisticpeds.com

4. “ The developing fetus and young children are thought to be disproportionately affected by mercury exposure, because many aspects of development, particularly brain maturation, can be disturbed by the presence of mercury. Minimizing mercury exposure is, therefore, essential to optimal child health ….. Mercury in all of its forms is toxic to the fetus and children , and efforts should be made to reduce exposure to the extent possible to pregnant women and children as well as the general population .” MERCURY Statement: Pediatrics 2001 Jul, American Academy of Pediatrics: Committee on Environmental Health.

5. Vaccine inserts would typically say “0.01% thimerosal as a preservative”, which to anyone would sound like an extremely small amount. When called to testify in front of the Institute of Medicine, an independent group formed by our government to monitor safety issues, Dr. Neil Halsey of Johns Hopkins University and head of the vaccine recommendation committee that reports to the CDC, went on record as saying “ No one ever did the math…. No one knows what dose of mercury, if any, from vaccines is safe. We can say there is no evidence of harm but the truth is no one has looked ” Thimerosal/Mercury in Vaccines

9. 8/2008 www.vaccinesafety.edu

10. Type Name Manufacturer mcg mercury DTaP Tripedia Sanofi Pasteur ≤0.3 DT No Name (single) Sanofi Pasteur ≤0.3 DT No Name (multi ) Sanofi Pasteur 25 Td No Name Mass Public Health 8.3 Td Decavac Sanofi Pasteur ≤0.3 TT No Name Sanofi Pasteur 25 Hep A/B Twinrix GlaxoSmithKline ≤1 Influenza Afluria multi dose CSL 24.5 Influenza Fluzone –Full dose for 3y) Sanofi Pasteur 25 Influenza Fluzone – ½ dose < 3y/o) Sanofi Pasteur 25 Influenza Fluvirin Novartis 25 Influenza Fluvirin (Prsv Free) Novartis ≤1 Influenza Fluarix GlaxoSmithKline ≤1 Influenza FluLaval ID Biomedical 25 Jap Enceph. JE-VAX Osaka Univ. 17.5 -35 Meningococus Menomune (multidose) Sanofi Pasteur 25 Updated full table maintained in “Vaccine” Section at www.wholisticpeds.com Previous tables dating back to 2000 are also presented. Vaccines that Still Contain Mercury

11. On average, for each 1000 lb of environmentally released mercury, there was a 43% increase in the rate of special education services and a 61% increase in the rate of autism. Palmer et al. Health & Place 12 (2006) 203–209 Total toxicity Autism rates Proximity to point sources of environmental mercury release as a predictor of autism prevalence. Palmer et al. Health & Place 2008

12. Mercury levels in Certain Fish Species (PPM) (EPA 2006; http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/sea-mehg.html) MACKEREL KING 0.730 SHARK 0.988 SWORDFISH 0.976 TILEFISH (Gulf of Mexico) 1.450 BASS (SALTWATER, BLACK, STRIPED) 3 0.219 BASS CHILEAN 0.386 BLUEFISH 0.337 CARP 0.14 GROUPER (ALL SPECIES) 0.465 HALIBUT 0.252 LOBSTER (NORTHERN/AMERICAN) 0.310 MACKEREL SPANISH (Gulf of Mexico) 0.454 MARLIN * 0.485 ORANGE ROUGHY 0.554 SNAPPER 0.189 TUNA (CANNED, ALBACORE) 0.353 TUNA(FRESH/FROZEN, ALL) 0.383 TUNA (FRESH/FROZEN,ALBACORE) 0.357 TUNA (FRESH/FROZEN, BIGEYE) 0.639 TUNA (FRESH/FROZEN, SKIPJACK) 0.205 TUNA (FRESH/FROZEN, YELLOWFIN) 0.325 TUNA (FRESH/FROZEN, Species Unknown) 0.414

16. Some Children with Autism Do Not Clear Mercury Mercury in first-cut baby hair of children with autism versus typically-developing children J. B. Adams; J. Romdalvik; K. E. Levine; Lin-Wen Hu (Arizona State University) Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry , May 2, 2008 Children with autism were examined to determine amounts of mercury (Hg) in their baby hair and the factors that might affect Hg body burden. US children with autism (n = 78) and matched controls (n = 31) born between 1988 and 1999 were studied . Hg in first-cut baby hair was determined using cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometry (CVAFS). Twenty samples were split and also measured with Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA). Logistic regression analysis showed that compared to children with higher levels of mercury (above 0.55 mcg g-1), children with lower levels of mercury in their hair (below 0.55 mcg g-1) were 2.5-fold more likely to manifest with autism . Children with autism had similar mercury exposure as controls from maternal seafood and maternal dental amalgams. Children with autism also had 2.5-fold higher incidence of oral antibiotic use during their first 18 months of life. Their mothers were possibly more likely to use oral antibiotics during pregnancy or nursing. The amount of Hg in the baby hair of children with autism showed a significant correlation with the number of maternal dental amalgams. The lower level of Hg in the baby hair of children with autism indicates an altered metabolism of Hg, and may be due to a decreased ability to excrete Hg. This is consistent with usage of higher amounts of oral antibiotics, which are known to inhibit Hg excretion in rats due to alteration of gut flora, and may exert a similar effect in humans. Higher usage of oral antibiotics in infancy may also partially explain the high incidence of chronic gastrointestinal problems seen in individuals with autism.

19. Vaccine Induced Autoimmunity (Cohen&Shoenfeld, Tel Aviv University, Journal of Autoimmunity , 1996)

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