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NY Gov. bans thimerosal from medicines for children under 3, pregnant women
August 31 , 2005
New York Gov. George Pataki signed a bill Tuesday banning thimerosal, a mercury preservative, from medicines given to children under 3 years old and pregnant women. Taking effect in 2009, the law exempts thimerosal containing flu vaccines in case of an epidemic.
Government regulators recently dismissed the controversial debate that has persisted for years regarding a link between thimerosal and autism, and the measure was strongly opposed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. However, the New York Chapter of the National Autism Association president, John Gilmore, believes the bill "sends an important national message that elected officials in the states are looking at federal policy and coming to the realization that they can't trust Washington to do what needs to be done."
Parent advocates were afraid the opposition from doctors and the state department of health would ultimately reign, but in the end advocates of thimerosal elimination were pleased with the decision. Thimerosal is 49.6 percent ethyl mercury by weight, which for years has been blamed for causing an autism epidemic. The majority of mainstream experts blame flaws and conflicts of interest in some studies, but many parents, doctors and scientists believe there is an absence of conclusive evidence dismissing the possibility that thimerosal is not to blame for the rise in autism.
Before Pataki signed the bill, the District II New York Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics said the legislation "represents very bad pubic health policy that is based on junk science and mass hysteria, not on the evidence of science." On the other side, in an editorial last week, the Buffalo News said Pataki should sign the bill because "while it has not been proven, some experts link mercury-laced thimerosal, used to prevent bacterial contamination, to autism and other neurological disorders," adding "if there is even a slight chance thimerosal could be linked to these neurological disorders, why take chances?"
Similar bans have been passed in Missouri, Delaware, Illinois, California and Iowa, and legislation is currently pending in 14 states.
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