Legislation Protecting Vaccine Manufacturers From Liability Under Guise of Protecting Americans From Terror Introduced by Sen. Gregg

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Once again, Senators Gregg (R-NH) and Frist (R-TN) have introduced legislation to shield the pharmaceutical industry from responsibility for exposing American children to harmful levels of mercury from thimerosal, a mercury containing preservative widely used in infant vaccines. The bill, S. 3, "Protecting America in the War on Terror Act of 2005" introduced on January 24th includes language that protects vaccine producers from product liability under the guise of shielding the nation from biological terrorism and increasing the death benefit paid to US soldiers. SafeMinds, an advocacy group committed to raising awareness about causal links between the mercury and neurodevelopmental disorders like ADD/ADHD and autism, strongly opposes this effort. As this bill is at the top of the legislative docket it has the full support of Senator Frist.

This legislation marks the fourth occasion the Senator has attempted to insulate the vaccine industry from product liability by legally blocking civil claims for injuries caused by the mercury based vaccine ingredient. Three prior attempts to provide similar unprecedented protections for pharmaceutical companies have failed due to opposition by parents of mercury-injured children.

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Legislation Protecting Vaccine Manufacturers From Liability Under Guise of Protecting Americans From Terror Introduced by Sen. Gregg

"This is possibly the most egregious bill introduced yet as it inappropriately ties the provision to legislation designed to compensate the fa...

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