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| Americans Surprised, Concerned that 90% of Flu Shots Contain Mercury | 0 comments |
| 22 Nov 2006 @ 23:42 This is a topic I have recently learned about from my friend Jock Doubleday. I rarely see a doctor and have no children so this health concern has alluded me. Though my 86 year old mother, who gets a flu shot yearly, did complain of a myriad of symptoms this year after she received her vaccine. This article is from the Organic Consumers website. Americans Surprised, Concerned that 90% of Flu Shots Contain Mercury * Health Officials' Aggressive Flu Shot Campaign May Disregard Safety, According to Survey of 9,000 Americans *74 Percent of Respondents Unaware Flu Shots Contain Mercury, 78 Percent Disagree with CDC About Vaccinating Pregnant Women and Children PRNewswire, Nov 13, 2006 Straight to the Source PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- As health officials step up their effort to vaccinate Americans against the flu, a new survey suggests serious concerns over the toxin mercury, an ingredient in over 90 percent of this season's flu shot supply. PutChildrenFirst.org, a parent-led organization advocating vaccine safety, commissioned a survey of over 9,000 Americans to learn their plans for getting flu shots, their knowledge of its ingredients, and who they hold responsible for making sure vaccines are safe. The survey revealed that the overwhelming majority of Americans were unaware that most flu shots contain mercury and that they would refuse a shot with mercury. "More than 75 percent of Americans feel a mercury-containing flu shot should not be given to a pregnant woman or a child, despite recommendations from medical authorities to do just that," said Lisa Handley, a founding parent of PutChildrenFirst.org. Her own son, Jamison, had an adverse reaction to a flu shot containing mercury in 2003. "I know firsthand how life-changing a flu shot with mercury can be, since our son began his regression into autism after his flu shot." More > |