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The references are not sources I would place much trust in.

I suppose that would have to be your response now, wouldn't it?

Let's look at the references more closely so I can better understand the reasons for your mistrust:

The National Cancer Institute: They found, by reviewing the statistics, that there was no increased incidence of cancer in persons who may have received vaccine containing SV40. Can you offer us any statistics showing that what they published was incorrect and that cancer rates actually increased among those receiving the vaccine containing SV40? If not, we'll just have to accept their findings as factual.

Here's something from the British Journal of Cancer that comes to the same conclusion. You could spend years reviewing the referenced literature. What is it about this organization, and all the referenced publications, that you don't trust?

Thirty-five year mortality following receipt of SV40- contaminated polio vaccine during the neonatal period

Journal of the American Medical Association: You don't trust this publication? Why not? Here's what they found:

Results.— Age-specific cancer rates were generally low and were not significantly elevated in birth cohorts exposed to SV40-contaminated vaccine. Specifically, compared with the unexposed, the relative risk of ependymoma was not increased in the cohorts exposed as infants (RR, 1.06; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.69-1.63), or as children (RR, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.57-1.69) nor did the exposed have an increased risk of all brain cancers. Osteosarcoma incidence also showed no relation to exposure as infants (RR, 0.87; 95% CI, 0.71-1.06) or children (RR, 0.85; 95% CI, 0.59-1.22). Last, mesotheliomas were not significantly associated with exposure, although the cohorts studied have not yet reached the age at which these tumors tend to occur.

Contamination of Poliovirus Vaccines With Simian Virus 40 (1955-1963) and Subsequent Cancer Rates

Now, look through the study, and the massive amount of referenced literature, and tell us what it is, specifically, that you take issue with.

Department of Vaccine Research - Sweedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control: I have to admit that I've never heard of these folks. Apparently you have. What is it about this organization that you don't trust?

Here's their conclusion: The use of potentially SV40 contaminated inactivated polio vaccines in Sweden has not been shown to be associated with increased cancer incidence.

Potential exposure to SV40 in polio vaccines used in Sweden during 1957: no impact on cancer incidence rates 1960 to 1993.