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Kittycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 03:53 PM
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14. Yes and No
Edited on Sun Oct-15-06 03:58 PM by Kittycat
Initially, they were told to stop including it - but they could use up any inventory on hand first.

But, when i spoke with the nurse regarding the Flu Vaccine, she said they offer a Pediatric version for children under 3 and pregnant women. It's marketed as thimerosol free, but it's not. She said it still contains trace amounts, and it's listed on the packaging ingredients. But apparently, the level is low enough that the government isn't making them report or market it in such a manner. Similar to how they do the transfats (if it's less than one gram, they don't have to list it on the label, and can say it contains none per serving).

None of this matters when it comes to RhoGam though. It contains like 25mg of thimerosol per dose.

We just need to keep on protecting those pharma companies - I mean who would pay for all of our congressmen and senators campaigns otherwise?
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