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Much controversy surrounding Thimerosal and Vaccines

West Palm Beach, FL: Since the 1930s, Thimerosal has been used as a preservative in a wide array of drug products, which includes the vaccines that have protected us from many life threatening diseases. However, the success of Thimerosal as a preservative relies on the ingredient mercury to be successful in what it is designed to do. But in recent years, the FDA has been concerned about the usage of mercury in drug products because of a theoretical potential of neurotoxicity when even the slightest amounts are used and administered into children. Now the FDA is working with the drug companies that manufacture vaccines to have Thimerosal removed from vaccines.

Full post as published by Lawyers and Settlements on March 15, 2008 (boomark / email).