[PR] Government's Defense of Mercury in Vaccines Shaken

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ALL,

RE: PRESS RELEASE

Attached is a CoMeD, Inc. PRESS RELEASE covering

recent events in the Omnibus Autism Proceeding

in the " vaccine court " that have shaken the

government's ability to deny that Thimerosal

(mercury) in vaccines can cause autism and

other developmental disorders in developing

children.

RE: THOSE NOT ACCEPTING E-MAIL ATTACHMENTS

For those who do not get SUCH, the follow-

ing is the rough-text of the Press Release's

content:

>

>GOVERNMENT'S DEFENSE OF MERCURY IN VACCINES

>SHAKEN BY WITHDRAWAL OF EXPERT REPORTS

>

>

>PRESS RELEASE CONTACTS:

>For Immediate CoMeD President [Rev. K.

>Release Sykes (Richmond, VA) ]

>July 13, 2008 CoMeD Sci. Advisor [Dr. King

> (Lake Hiawatha, NJ) ]

>

>

>WASHINGTON, DC - In the United States Court

>of Federal Claims, National Vaccine Injury

>Compensation Program, the contention by the

>Department of Health and Human Services

>(DHHS), that mercury in vaccines does not

>cause autism, has suffered an unexpected

>setback. In a June 27, 2008 Autism Omnibus

>Proceeding (OAP) conference, attorneys for

>the DHHS announced that they were withdraw-

>ing two key written reports and any state-

>ments which relied on those reports. Those

>key reports, written by two world-renowned

>toxicologists (Dr. Laszlo Magos, formerly

>from the Medical Research Council Labora-

>tories, England, and Dr. son,

>from the University of Rochester, Rochester,

>NY USA), were the toxicological pillars

>underpinning the government's claim that

>Thimerosal does not cause autism.

>

>On July 3, 2008, the three OAP Special

>Masters recorded that they had granted the

>DHHS' request to withdraw the expert

>reports of Drs. Magos and son. In

>addition, their court order[1] stated:

> " … respondent would be permitted to

> withdraw any reliance on those two

> expert reports, and that we would

> not consider those reports at all

> in resolving those test cases. "

>

>Ironically, though Drs. Magos and -

>son were expected to testify to the

>safety of Thimerosal in vaccines, their

>previous publications clearly document

>its significant toxicity. For example,

>Dr. son, working under a grant

>from the National Institutes of Health

>(NIH), essentially declared that organic

>mercurial antiseptics, including Thimerosal,

>should be heavily restricted or withdrawn,

> " as the fact that mercury readily pene-

>trates intact membranes and is highly

>toxic seems to have been forgotten " in

>a peer-reviewed study published in

>1977.[2]

>

>With the recent publication of studies

>proving a link between Thimerosal

>exposure and autism, the current exodus

>of experts who are willing to testify

>for the DHHS that Thimerosal does not

>cause autism appears to be escalating.

>

>Tellingly, Dr. Bernadine Healy, the former

>director of the National Institutes of

>Health, also recently said: " I think the

>government or certain public health

>officials in the government have been too

> quick to dismiss the concerns of these f

>amilies without studying the population

>that got sick. "

>

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>

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>

>[1] " AUTISM MASTER FILE - ORDER CONCERNING

> THEORY 2 GENERAL CAUSATION REBUTTAL "

>

http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/autism/7_03_08_autism.pdf,

>

>[2] Fagan DG, Pritchard JS, son TW,

> Greenwood MR. Organ mercury levels in

> infants with omphaloceles treated with

> organic mercurial antiseptic. Arch. Dis.

> in Childhood 1977; 52: 962-964.

>

Hopefully, most will find this Press Release

to be informative.

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