Re: Pediatrics published Verstraeten ERRORS

[Guest guest]

The mercury exposure limits were published, in " Pediatrics " Oct 2003,

10X higher than the real limits, thereby minimizing the perceived

impact of any thimerosal exposure. Was it a mistake, or done on

purpose? We'll never know. I can't imagine that Verstraeten, who

worked with those numbers every day for years, would make an obvious

10X mistake like that.

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> page 9

> http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac/documents/StandardsCAImm.pdf

>

>

> Two errors occurred in the article by the National Vaccine Advisory

> Committee,

> titled " Standards for Child and Adolescent Immunization Practices, "

> that was

> published in the October 2003 issue of Pediatrics (2003;112:958 –

> 963). On page 958,

> left column (first footnote), the National Vaccine Advisory

Committee

> is based in

> Washington, DC. On page 963, left column (second paragraph of

> the " National

> Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) " section), the correct

affiliation

> for R.

> Paradiso, PhD, is Wyeth Vaccines.

> Decimal errors occurred in the article by Verstraeten et al,

> titled " Safety of

> Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines: A Two-Phased Study of Computerized

> Health

> Maintenance Organization Databases, " that was published in the

> November 2003

> issue of Pediatrics (2003;112:1039 –1048). On page 1039, right

column

> (first paragraph),

> the fifth sentence currently reads: " . . . may have exceeded the

1995

> EPA

> guidelines for exposure to organic Hg (1 g/kg/d vs 3

> g/kg/d). . . . " It should

> read: " . . . may have exceeded the 1995 EPA guidelines for exposure

> to organic Hg

> (0.1 g/kg/d vs 0.3 g/kg/d). . . . "

> Also in this article, as indicated, Verstraeten, MD, was an

> employee of

> the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when he worked on

the

> study. He

> is currently employed by GlaxoKline.

>