Thimerosal and Flu Vaccines
Some vaccines, including some of the available flu vaccines, contain thimerosal, a preservative that is used in many vaccines and other medicines (including contact-lens storage and cleaning solutions) to prevent bacteria from growing in the solutions. Thimerosal is a mercury-based chemical. Although no one has shown that thimerosal in vaccines poses a danger of mercury poisoning in infants or children, there is a theoretical risk of such poisoning.
Influenza infection is dangerous to infants. However, only two of the three flu vaccines on the market are meant to be given to children under age 2 years, and those vaccines are not recommended for children younger than six months. Therefore, most public health authorities, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recommend that infants at risk receive flu vaccine starting at age 6 months whether or not the vaccine contains thimerosal. In any event, most vaccines are now made without thimerosal, so even the theoretical risk of mercury poisoning from vaccines has been reduced.
http://www.drreddy.com/shots/flu.htmlThanks for the links, I went there and read them throughly. Will discuss with our pediatrician.
Although no one has shown that thimerosal in vaccines poses a danger of mercury poisoning in infants or children, there is a theoretical risk of such poisoning. That is untrue. The drug manufacturers ARE fighting tooth and nail to deep six the studies showing that thimerasol is dangerous however...
And from the FDA data that I posted, thimerosal IS present in the flu vaccine.