Saturday, August 07, 2004

Britain Halts Administration of Vaccine Containing Thimerosal

Thimerosal (a.k.a. "thiomersal" outside the U.S.) is a mercury-based preservative used in some vaccines. There has been controversy over whether it causes autism. On the one hand, British health authorities say there is no link between autism and thiomersal. On the other hand, they are scrapping vaccines that use it.

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