What research is being conducted by the Federal Government regarding the safety of vaccines containing thimerosal?
There is no evidence to suggest that thimerosal in vaccines causes any health problems in children and adults beyond local reactions like redness and swelling at the injection site. However, efforts to remove thimerosal from the U.S. vaccine supply have been accompanied by research investigations to better assess the potential health effects of exposure to thimerosal containing vaccines: • The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health funds thimerosal research that focuses on better understanding of what happens to thimerosal once it is introduced into the body and how this compares to current knowledge of methylmercury pathways. • Pharamacokinetics is the study of how an agent is absorbed, distributed, metabolized (broken down), and excreted. For more information go to www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/thimerosal.htm. • The FDA has been actively addressing the issue of thimerosal as a preservative in vaccines. For more information, go to htt
There is no evidence to suggest that thimerosal in vaccines causes any health problems in children and adults beyond local hypersensitivity reactions (like redness and swelling at the injection site). However, efforts to remove thimerosal from the U.S. vaccine supply have been accompanied by research investigations to better assess the potential health effects of exposure to thimerosal containing vaccines: • The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funds thimerosal research that focuses on better understanding of what happens to thimerosal once it is introduced into the body and how this compares to current knowledge of methyl mercury pathways. • A recent study sponsored by the NIAID and conducted at the University of Rochester assessed mercury levels in 40 infants who received vaccines containing thimerosal and 21 infants who received thimerosal-free vaccines. The scientists measured the level of mercury in the infant
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