GOVERNMENT'S DEFENSE OF MERCURY IN VACCINES SHAKEN BY WITHDRAWAL OF EXPERT
RE****TS
PRESS RELEASE CONTACTS: For Immediate CoMeD President [Rev. Lisa K.
Release
Sykes (Richmond, VA) 804-364-8426] July 13, 2008 CoMeD Sci. Advisor [Dr.
King (Lake Hiawatha, NJ) 973-263-4843]
WA****NGTON, 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 re****ts and any statements which
relied on those re****ts. Those key re****ts, written by two world-renowned
toxicologists (Dr. Laszlo Magos, formerly from the Medical Research
Council
Laboratories, England, and Dr. Thomas Clarkson, 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 re****ts of Drs. Magos and
Clarkson. In addition, their court order[1] stated: ". respondent would be
permitted to withdraw any reliance on those two expert re****ts, and that
we
would not consider those re****ts at all in resolving those test cases."
Ironically, though Drs. Magos and Clarkson were expected to testify to
the
safety of Thimerosal in vaccines, their previous publications clearly
do***ent its significant toxicity. For example, Dr. Clarkson, 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restricted or withdrawn, "as the fact that mercury readily penetrates
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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[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, Clarkson TW, Greenwood MR. Organ mercury
levels
in infants with omphaloceles treated with organic mercurial antiseptic.
Arch. Dis. in Childhood 1977; 52: 962-964.
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