VACCINE NEWS Slightly OT
VACCINE NEWS Slightly OT but a hot-button issue for some homeschoolers. Thimerasol, a mercury-based preservative, has been accused by some of causing (or triggering) autism. Scientific studies are slim-to-none so, for now, there is just a correlation between the use of thimerasol and the incidence of autism. Parents were outraged when a rider was slipped into the Homeland Security bill protecting Eli Lilly (the manufacturer) from lawsuits. According to this article, the protection for Lilly was recently repealed. Good! I know how companies can get nailed by juries who don’t necessarily have a good understanding of the science. My own employer, DuPont, was hit by a bunch of lawsuits over Benlate. But, IMO, preventing lawsuits by means of special legislation is a cure worse than the disease.