PP26 Efficacy of HPV vaccines: a review of the evidence used by the WHO S Scharer1,2, AM Pollock1, P Sevcikova1 + Author Affiliations 1Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK 2Institute of General Practice, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria Abstract Background In 2009 the World Health […]
United Nations tries to ban mercury in vaccines; AAP and WHO fight to keep it
[SaneVax: According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “All forms of mercury are quite toxic, and each form exhibits different health effects.” Consider the fact that no safety tests have ever been conducted on the use of thimerosal (a mercury compound) in vaccines – it has been presumed safe, despite being banned in many countries. In […]
More than a Pinprick: The Risk to India’s Newborns
By Vijay Simha, Tehelka A SLY FUDGING OF FACTS IS PUSHING INDIA INTO BUYING VACCINES BACKED BY THE WHO THAT MAY HAVE KILLED CHILDREN IN OTHER COUNTRIES. BABIES, THEY say, are a nice way to start people. They are also, it would appear, a nice way to start profit. If the babies are Indian, there’s […]
SafeMinds Applauds Proposed Global Treaty Ban on Mercury in Vaccines
No amount of mercury is insignificant when directly injected into the body of an infant, young child or pregnant woman. ATLANTA, Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — SafeMinds applauds UNEP’s draft treaty language which does not exempt the use of mercury in pharmaceutical products, including vaccines, from the global ban. Governmental regulators, public health officials and pharmaceutical companies […]
WHO worries mercury treaty could affect costs, availability of vaccines
By: Helen Branswell, The Canadian Press The World Health Organization is trying to fend off an effort to include a mercury derivative used in vaccines from being banned in a global treaty on mercury currently under negotiation. The next round of talks for the proposed binding treaty begin on Oct. 31, and the Geneva-based UN health […]
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