Parents of Children Exposed to Mercury-Laden Vaccines Hold DC Rally to Support Repeal of Homeland Thimerosal Liability-Shield Provision

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Parents of Children Exposed to Mercury-Laden Vaccines Hold DC Rally

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Parents of Children Exposed to Mercury-Laden Vaccines Hold DC Rally

to Support Repeal of Homeland Thimerosal Liability-Shield Provision

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -/E-Wire/-- Parents of autistic children and their supporters will gather on Capitol Hill for the "Know the Cause, Find the Cure" rally to support legislation to repeal the Homeland Security Act's thimerosal-liability-shield provision. The event will take place at Upper Senate Park near the Senate Russell Office Building starting at 9:00am on January 8th.

At 10:15 A.M., US Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), joined by several other Members of Congress, parents and their children, and advocates, will announce legislation to remove provisions inappropriately snuck into the Homeland Security Act at the last minute. These provisions give Eli Lilly and other vaccine makers a "get-out-of-court-free card" by stifling legal recourse for thousands of autistic children exposed to mercury through infant vaccines.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) now affects approximately 1 in 150 American children, according to a recent Centers for Disease Control investigation---up from 2 in 10,000 prior to 1980. The recent tracking of autism cases by the state of California indicates a connection between ASD and the number of thimerosal-laden vaccines administered to infants which resulted in mercury exposures many times over levels considered "safe" by federal agencies. In 2001, the Institute of Medicine released a report also suggesting the link between autism and thimerosal is "biologically plausible." Currently there is no cure for autism.

Mercury Policy Project

Michael Bender, Mercury Policy Project, [REDACTED-PHONE], [REDACTED-PHONE],

Lori McIlwain, The Autism Autoimmunity Project, [REDACTED-PHONE],

Sallie Bernard, Safe Minds, [REDACTED-PHONE],

JoAnne Pike, Moms on Mission for Autism, [REDACTED-PHONE]

http://www.mercurypolicy.org

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