Thimerosal and Vaccines — A Cautionary Tale

2007/09/26 by Paul A. Offit · 75 citations
Environmental Science · Medicine · #Mercury impact and mitigation studies #Thimerosal #Medicine #Thiomersal #Immunology #Dermatology

paper · pdf · doi:10.1056/nejmp078187

published in New England Journal of Medicine 357(13), 1278-1279 (Massachusetts Medical Society)

openalex publication_date 2007/09/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

On July 9, 1999, the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics asked pharmaceutical companies to remove thimerosal from vaccines. Dr. Paul Offit writes that the alarm caused by the removal of thimerosal from vaccines has been quite harmful.

Citations

• Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines and Autistic Spectrum Disorder: A Critical Review of Published Original Data

Cited by

• Generation Rescue [wikipedia]

Related

• Vaccines and Autism: A Tale of Shifting Hypotheses
• Preventable deaths from substandard medicines: lessons from a century of pharmaceutical malpractice
• 63 Years and 715 Days to the “Boxed Warning”: Unmasking of the Propylthiouracil Problem
• Fool’s-gold science
• Religious exception for vaccination or religious excuses for avoiding vaccination