"...The New York Times reported an "unusual" invitation-only press conference in which representatives of the three federal agencies involved in the cover-up, CDC and FDA and the National Institute of Child Health Development, defended the use of thimerosal in vaccines.
Although thimerosal is now discontinued in most American vaccines, it is still being administered to millions of children in the developing world with the help of American tax dollars. The public attempts by federal regulators to exonerate thimerosal will help ensure that this practice continues.
story by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
~When celebrities talk, I listen. Seeing John Stewarts name was the only reason I read this story.
Am I becoming like the majority of Americans who are unable to recognize the harmful or criminal actions of corporations or governments unless a favored celebrity or politician first points them out?
(Uninspired observation/curse by Stewart by the way.)
>related: Thimerosal Immunity to Pork
Critics may gripe about whether the new Homeland Security Act fights terrorism well, but no one can say it doesn't do a great job of protecting drug companies from autistic children.
A short provision at the end of the act, added quietly just days before its passage, exempts Eli Lilly and other firms from direct civil litigation over whether vaccine additives cause autism. Parents suing on behalf of their autistic children are shunted to a federal "vaccine court," where damages are capped. Conveniently, in late November 2002 the Justice Department also requested that the court seal documents relating to hundreds of the lawsuits, complicating the cases for plaintiffs...
EDITORIAL [Scientific American Feb03]