Thimerisol (mercury) still in flu vaccines

[Claire]

Not sure if all of the newcomers have read about the 'potential' (I want to say definite, but I will restrain myself) thimerisol (mercury-based preservative) link to tics and other neurological disorders. Just making sure you know they are still in many of the flu shots. I have heard that Chiron's vaccines do not have them, but in any case, apparently you can check.

 

I love their insistance that it really doesn't matter, but they are taking it out over time anyway. Why oh why in 2000 did they finally order it out of all children's vaccines EXCEPT flu vaccines that the also recommend for children??

 

http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/07/30/child...s.ap/index.html

 

"Some parents have been reluctant to get their children flu shots because, unlike other childhood inoculations, the influenza vaccine still contains a small amount of a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal. While numerous scientific organizations insist the small amount won't harm, Gerberding said manufacturers will make between 5 million and 6 million child doses that are thimerosal-free, a step toward eventually eliminating the preservative."

 

This is a sore spot for me because my son slept 14 hrs straight on the day he was born, then got his first shot (with thimerisol/mercury), and didn't sleep more than 1.5 hours straight for 8 months and it took him 2 hours a night to get him to sleep--for a total of 12 hours of disturbed sleep every 24 hours, as opposed to the average 16 hours for babies. He was still getting up 2 times a night until age 6. At age 10 it still took at least an hour to sleep, no matter how tired he was (and he is very active).

 

Melatonin 'saved' us last January (very low dose). As most know, he does have high mercury--and I can't think of another source for him (he didn't even like fish except occasional fish and chip). Nw, with his mercury going down (and some help from magnesium?), he is finally falling asleep normally....and he is almost 11!