The CDC committee votes to abolish the Mercury Thimérosal Vaccines against flu

A vaccine ingredient is under the spotlight this week, because a curator called Thimeralal was included on the agenda for a meeting of the CDC Advisory Committee on Vaccination Practices (APIP).

“The presentation concerning Thimérosal in vaccines” was listed as an element of the agenda for Thursday, June 26, followed by “recommendations proposed concerning the antigripping vaccine containing the Thimérosal”.

The Thimérosal (also spelled Thimersal) is a mercury-based preservative that has been used in vaccines and multi-dose drugs since the 1930s as a means of preventing contamination, according to the CDC.

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The ingredient is intended to prevent contamination by stopping the growth of bacteria and fungi, the same source indicates.

Due to growing concerns about potential mercury exposure, the American Academy of Pediatrics, public health service agencies and vaccine manufacturers have agreed that Thimérosal should be “reduced or eliminated in vaccines”.

A vaccine ingredient is under the spotlight this week, because a curator called Thimeralal was included on the agenda for a meeting of the CDC Advisory Committee on Vaccination Practices (APIP). (istock)

In 2001, the Thimérosal was removed from all the vaccines recommended for children 6 and under – with the exception of the flu.

Today, multidose flu vaccines still contain thimerosal, but other versions are available without the ingredient.

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At the meeting of June 27, the CDC advisory committee on vaccination practices voted to recommend that all adults (including pregnant women) and all children aged 18 and under should receive seasonal flu vaccines only in single dose formulations that do not contain Thimérosal, according to meeting notes published by the CDC.

The CDC advisory committee on vaccination practices has voted to recommend that all adults (including pregnant women) and all children aged 18 and under should receive seasonal flu vaccines only in single dose formulations that do not contain thimerosal. (istock)

Despite these recommendations, the CDC and other health agencies said there was no evidence that the Thimérosal presents health risks.

“The use of Thimérosal in medical products has a very safe trace,” said the agency’s website. “Data from many studies show no evidence of damage caused by the low doses of Thimérosal in vaccines.”

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Dr. Jacob Glanville, CEO of Cetivax, a biotechnology company in San Francisco, has reiterated that American children have not received Thimérosal for more than 20 years in their vaccines, but that it remains in certain multi-use flacal vaccines, mainly outside the United States

Today, multidose flu vaccines still contain thimerosal, but other versions are available without the ingredient. (Reuters)

“We support any effort to remove it entirely – there are other preservatives who are not based on Mercury,” Glanville told Fox News Digital.

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Glanville noted that his business vaccines never contain mercury, aluminum, formaldehyde or materials derived from pigs or cows.