Mercury, aluminum toxicity and vaccinations.

The approximate number of recommended immunizations for children birth to age 6 in 1983 was 10 immunization shots!

According to the 2011 CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Immunization Schedule, there are now a minimum of approximately 26 immunization recommendations for children from birth to age 6, not including the recommended seasonal influenza vaccination. To reference the 2011 CDC Immunization Schedule, view the following link: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/child-schedule.htm. This immunization schedule then goes on to recommend several additional immunizations for children aged 7-18 years.

Thimerosal, which contains the organic compound ethyl mercury, is a known neurotoxin and used as a major ingredient in childhood vaccines. There are over 15,000 articles in the medical literature describing the adverse health effects on the human body with exposure to varying amounts and forms of mercury.

In 1999 the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) urged government agencies to reduce children's exposure to mercury from all sources. The potential risk is a concern. The AAP and the USPHS (United States Public Health Service) both agree that the use of thimerosal-containing vaccines should be reduced or eliminated. In 2011, children are still being injected with thimerosal-containing vaccines.

There is a growing number of physicians, scientists and parents that feel and state that thimerosal has played, and continues to play a large role in contributing to the emergence of multiple chronic illnesses in children and adults, including the neurological spectrum disorders.

Aluminum, which is present in the environment and in many childhood vaccines, may be another heavy metal affecting the health of children and adults. There are suspected reactions that manifest in many ways that we have yet to understand by science and medicine.

MOTHERING No. 146, January-February 2008, pp. 46-53, states, “Aluminum is a heavy metal with known neurotoxic effects on human and animal nervous systems. It can be found in the following childhood vaccines – DTaP, Pediarix (DTaP-Hepatitis B-Polio combination), Pentacel (DTaP-HIB-Polio combination), Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae B (HIB), Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), and Pneumococcal vaccines.”

PEDIATRICS Vol. 97, 1996, pp. 413-416 in 1996, issued a position paper on Aluminum Toxicity in Infants and Children which stated in the first paragraph, “Aluminum is now being implicated as interfering with a variety of cellular and metabolic processes in the nervous system and in other tissues.”
A review of the medical literature on aluminum reveals a surprising lack of scientific evidence that injected aluminum is safe. There is limited understanding of what happens to children when aluminum is injected into their bodies, including whether or not it accumulates in tissues and organs or is properly eliminated from the body. It is also unknown if genetic factors affect long term adverse health outcomes for those injected with aluminum containing vaccines.

AMA, Vol. 297, No. 24, June 27, 2007,pp. 2755-2759, stated, “It is now estimated one in 6 children under the age of 18 in the U S has developmental/learning disabilities.” They also referenced that an increased percent of US children have asthma and growing numbers of children are manifesting different types of allergies. This would suggest they have impairment, or even possible damage to their nervous and immune systems.

Many scientists feel it is even more concerning that there is a lack of accepted scientific data explaining whether injected aluminum interacts with other vaccine ingredients to cause harm to children. Boyd Haley, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Kentucky completed lab experiments showing the damaging effects on nerve cells when he exposed them to aluminum, especially in the presence of other vaccine ingredients like mercury, formaldehyde, and the antibiotic neomycin.