" (...) Nevertheless, because any potential risk is of concern, the US Public Health Service (USPHS), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and vaccine manufacturers agree that thimerosal-containing vaccines should be removed as soon as possible. (...)" in: Pediatrics September 1999, VOLUME 104 / ISSUE 3 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS JOINT STATEMENT OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS (AAP) AND THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE (USPHS) http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/104/3/568 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/104/3/568.full.pdf
At one month of age, high mercury exposures resulted in elevated relative risks for several neurological disorders, including autism Source: Minute: 10 Second: 17
"Abstract The present epidemic of meningitis in Indianapolis began in November, 1929. This report includes cases admitted to the Indianapolis City Hospital between Nov. 11, 1929, and April 1, 1930. One patient was received in November, 52 in December, 22 in January, 44 in February, and 25 in March. Less than ten other patients either died without treatment or were treated elsewhere. The epidemic is still in progress, cases being admitted at the rate of about fifteen a month. The disease at present appears to be less virulent than during the early months.Practically 90 per cent of the early cases were employees or relatives of employees in two departments of a large industrial concern. Later, however, contacts were from several other sources, and eventually a considerable number could not be traced. Eighty-eight patients were white and fifty-six were Negroes. During the early weeks of the epidemic, almost all patients were (...)" Smithburn, K. C., M.D.; Kempf, G. F., M.D.; Zerfas, L. G., M.D.; Gilman, L.H., M.D. MENINGOCOCCIC MENINGITISA CLINICAL STUDY OF ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR EPIDEMIC CASES in: Journal of the American Medical Association 95 (1930): 776–780; Powell and Jamieson, “Merthiolate as a Germicide,” 306–307. https://www.researchgate.net/public...NE_HUNDRED_AND_FORTY-FOUR_EPIDEMIC_CASES [accessed Sep 14 2018]. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/240957
" (...) In 1935, in a letter from the Director of Biological Services, of the Pittman-Moore Company to Dr. Jamieson of Eli Lilly, ‘‘we have obtained marked local reaction in about 50 percent of the dogs injected with serum containing dilutions of Merthiolate varying from 1 in 40,000 to 1 in 5,000 . . . no connection between the lot of serum and the reaction. In other words, Merthiolate is unsatisfactory as a preservative for serum intended for use on dogs . . ." MERCURY IN MEDICINE REPORT HON. DAN BURTON OF INDIANA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, May 20, 2003 Congressional Report E 1011-30 https://www.aapsonline.org/vaccines/mercinmed.pdf page 9
