[14] Thimerosal has two distinctive components, an organic mercury compound and thiosalicylate, both of which are involved in thimerosal allergy. To determine whether patients with thimerosal ...

Last year, after the Hawaii legislature passed a bill limiting mercury in vaccines, the governor vetoed it because it “ignores the body of current scientific evidence on thimerosal-containing ...

In 1999, the AAP and the U.S. Public Health Service suggested that vaccine manufacturers remove thimerosal preservatives from vaccines to minimize potential mercury toxicity to the developing brain.

Senate Bill 537 would lead to a state ban of vaccines that contain thimerosal, a compound that is made up of 50 percent mercury, which is a known toxin that affects the nervous system. Thimerosal ...

As public health officials around the world scramble to protect their citizens from swine flu, some in the US are grappling with an additional issue: state laws that limit the use of a mercury ...

Kennedy has long been an outspoken activist against vaccines containing thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative that was ...

He expressed his concerns through a series of tweets, vehemently opposing the use of thimerosal, a mercury-containing compound, in vaccines. "California Gov says yes to poisoning more children ...

Like many vaccine opponents, Kennedy has stated he believes the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal in vaccines causes childhood neurological disorders, autism in particular. In 2005, he ...