POLIO VACCINE AND THE SV40 LINK TO CANCER

ONCE UPON A TIME, THE CDC INCLUDED ON ITS OWN WEBSITE THE FACT THAT SV40 HAS BEEN FOUND IN SEVERAL HUMAN CANCERS.

THERE IS ARCHIVED PROOF OF THAT AS A CAPTURED SCREENSHOT <HERE>.
IN JULY, 2013, THE REFERENCE TO THE LINK BETWEEN SV40 AND CANCER WAS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.

THE CDC THEN REMOVED THAT INFORMATION.
WHY?

WAS IT BECAUSE THE MAJOR STUDY USED TO DENY THE LINK IS NOW KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN FLAWED, THAT ONE OF THE RESEARCHERS INVOLVED IN THAT STUDY ADMITTED IN SWORN TESTIMONY THAT IT HAD "SEVERAL PROBLEMS"?

WHATEVER THE REASON, IT SEEMS INVALID, AND IT SEEMS ESPECIALLY INHUMANE TO DELETE SUCH INFORMATION.

REMOVING THE REFERENCE TO A POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN SV40 AND HUMAN CANCER CAN NEVER CHANGE THE FACT THAT SUCH A LINK HAS BEEN FOUND, OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

"Cancer has risen exponentially since the 1960s, and by 2002 there were 61 reports from 49 different laboratories across the world suggesting an increased incidence of certain cancers caused by SV40.

The British journal The Lancet revealed SV40 WAS responsible for over 25,000 cases of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma each year.

By 2003, 60 more labs had been identified which demonstrated a connection to the SV40 virus and cancer.

ARE THERE OTHER KNOWN CARCINOGENS IN VACCINES?
ABSOLUTELY, AND WE WILL DISCUSS THIS LIST BELOW AT THE TRIPLE ASTERISKS ***.

WHETHER OR NOT TO VACCINATE SHOULD BE, MUST BE, EVERY INDIVIDUAL'S FREE-WILL CHOICE. 
CERTAINLY, IF WE HAVE LEARNED ANYTHING, IT IS THAT NOT EVERYTHING ON EARTH IS EITHER BAD FOR OR GOOD FOR ALL.  SOME THINGS ARE BAD FOR SOME WHILE, TO OTHERS, THE SAME SUBSTANCE IS A' BLESSING'.

AS FAR AS VACCINES GO, SOME CAN MOST ASSUREDLY RECEIVE VACCINES
WITH NO ADVERSE EFFECTS, WHILE FOR OTHERS ONE INJECTION KILLS, OR
CAUSES SUCH DAMAGE THAT THE BODY CANNOT RECOVER FROM IT ENTIRELY.

A FEW PROBLEMS WITH THE OLD "VACCINES ARE NECESSARY FOR ALL AND ALL
MUST HAVE THEM" MENTALITY CAN BE SEEN BY ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SEE.
ONE MUST SIMPLY UNDERSTAND THAT NO TWO HUMAN SYSTEMS REACT EXACTLY THE SAME.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, TO ME, IS THE PROVEN FACT THAT ALL KNOWN
INFORMATION REGARDING ADVERSE EFFECTS OF VACCINES IS SELDOM REVEALED BY THOSE WHO MANUFACTURE OR DELIVER VACCINES TO PATIENTS.

AS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY HERE, PACKAGE INSERTS FOR VACCINES ARE NOT SHOWN TO PATIENTS.
PHYSICIANS TOO OFTEN FAIL TO ISSUE EVEN THE PRINTED WARNINGS OR CAUTIONS CLEARLY INDICATED BY THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES THAT CREATE THESE VACCINES.

THIS MEANS THAT FEW PATIENTS ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO MAKE FULLY INFORMED DECISIONS, ARE NOT ABLE TO WEIGH ALL RISKS IN ORDER TO MAKE THE JUDGEMENT CALL WHETHER OR NOT TO VACCINATE.

PERHAPS AN EVEN BIGGER PROBLEM WITH DECISIONS TO VACCINATE IS THAT VACCINES ARE GIVEN TO PREGNANT MOTHERS-TO-BE AND THEN TO NEWBORN INFANTS WHOSE IMMUNE SYSTEMS ARE UNPROVEN, SO THAT WE CANNOT POSSIBLY KNOW HOW THEIR BODIES WILL RESPOND TO VACCINES, WHETHER IN UTERO AFTER THE MOTHER IS VACCINATED, OR IN THE FIRST DAYS AFTER BIRTH.

THIS IS A GAMBLE, AN UNNECESSARY ONE AND ONE WHICH CAN AND HAS CAUSED FAR TOO MANY DEVOTED, LOVING PARENTS MUCH GRIEF WHEN THEIR NEWBORNS RESPOND WITH ANAPHYLAXIS OR OTHER SERIOUS, KNOWN SIDE EFFECTS THAT DAMAGE THE CHILD FOR LIFE.

CASE IN POINT, THE FIRST POLIO VACCINES THAT MILLIONS OF US NOW-OLDER ADULTS RECEIVED AS CHILDREN.

THAT VACCINE HAD A KNOWN CONTAMINANT IN IT WHICH THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY WHICH MANUFACTURED IT CHOSE NOT TO REVEAL TO THE PUBLIC, BUT WHICH WAS EVENTUALLY DISCLOSED...AFTER IT WAS TOO LATE.

ONCE A VACCINE IS ADMINISTERED, NO ONE CAN REVERSE IT, "TAKE IT BACK".
WHAT'S DONE IS DONE.

THE TEA ROOM IS WEARY OF SEEING THE MYTH THAT THE SV40 CONTAMINANT KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN IN THE EARLIEST 'INACTIVATED' INJECTABLE AND LIVE VIRUS ORAL VACCINES NEVER CAUSED CANCERS.

WHAT FOLLOWS IS, PERHAPS, 'NEW NEWS' FOR MANY READERS, BUT OLD NEWS TO THOSE MILLIONS OF US WHOSE CANCEROUS TUMORS DID INDEED SHOW POSITIVE FOR THAT SV40 "MARKER".

"Recently, several studies have reported the detection of DNA from simian virus 40 (SV40), a macaque polyomavirus, in tumor tissues obtained from non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) patients.

SV40 accidentally contaminated poliovirus vaccines administered to millions of individuals in 1955–1962.

A link between SV40 and NHL is biologically plausible because SV40 causes hematological malignancies in laboratory rodents."  

WELL, WE'VE KNOWN THAT FOR DECADES.

CAN WE SEE PROOF IN HUMANS?
YES, YES WE CAN.

Cancer risk associated with simian virus 40 contaminated polio vaccine.

PUBLISHED 1999

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

"The presence of SV40 in monkey cell cultures used in the preparation of the polio vaccine from 1955 through 1961 is well documented.
Investigations have consistently demonstrated the oncogenic behavior of SV40 in animal models. Early epidemiologic studies were inadequate in demonstrating an increase in cancer incidence associated with contaminated vaccine.

 Recently, investigators have provided persuasive evidence that SV40 is present in human ependymomas, choroid plexus tumors, bone tumors, and mesotheliomas, however, the etiologic role of the virus in tumorigenesis has not been established.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

Using data from SEER, we analyzed the incidence of brain tumors, bone tumors, and mesotheliomas from 1973-1993 and the possible relationship of these tumors with the administration of the SV40 contaminated vaccine.

RESULTS:

Our analysis indicates increased rates of ependymomas (37%), osteogenic sarcomas (26%), other bone tumors (34%) and mesothelioma (90%) among those in the exposed as compared to the unexposed birth cohort.

CONCLUSIONS:

These data suggest that there may be an increased incidence of certain cancers among the 98 million persons exposed to contaminated polio vaccine in the U.S.; further investigations are clearly justified."


CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE, 2003

Abstract

Simian virus 40 (SV40) has been detected in human tumors in over 40 different laboratories.
Many of these reports linked SV40 to human mesotheliomas.

Concerning SV40,  the Institute of Medicine (IOM) concluded that

(1) 'the evidence is strong that SV40 is a transforming virus;

 (2) the evidence is of moderate strength that SV40 exposure could lead to cancer in humans under natural conditions' (IOM, 2002).

Similar conclusions were reached at an International consensus meeting on SV40 and human tumors held at the University of Chicago in 2001.

G Klein and C Croce, who chaired the final panel that reviewed all the published evidence linking SV40 to human tumors, stated that 'the presence of SV40 in human tumors has been convincingly demonstrated' (Klein et al., 2002).

In addition, a workshop organized by the Biological Carcinogenesis Branch of the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, chaired by J Pagano, has reached similar conclusions (Wong et al., 2002).

Therefore, three independent scientific panels have all agreed that there is compelling evidence that SV40 is present in some human cancers and that SV40 could contribute to the pathogenesis of some of them.

It should be noted that the presence of SV40 in mesothelioma and other human tumor types has been challenged by a research team that has consistently reported negative findings (Strickler et al., 2001).

However, a member of this research team has recently acknowledged - in sworn testimony - sensitivity problems and possible irregularities that raise concerns about these negative reports (MacLachlan, 2002).

These revelations, together with the conclusions of the three independent panels mentioned above, appear to bring to an end the apparent controversy about the presence of SV40 in human mesotheliomas and brain tumors."

FOR THE STUDIES ON EACH OF THE BELOW, SIMPLY CLICK ON THE NUMBER ASSIGNED TO EACH.

SV40 DETECTED IN NUMEROUS HUMAN CANCERS

SV40 DNA sequences have been recovered not only from the suspect cancers but at low frequencies from TEN other cancers 46 and from bladder tumors.30

Others have reported SV40 DNA sequences in thyroid nodules, 57 in hepatocellular carcinoma 58 and in genital tract tumors.59


NOW, EVEN ALL THAT MAY NOT SEEM PROOF ENOUGH TO MANY THAT THE OLD POLIO VACCINES WERE, CAN BE, HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE DANGEROUS.

FOR THOSE, ALLOW ME TO PRESENT AN ANALOGY, A HYPOTHETICAL EXPERIMENT:

LET'S IMAGINE THAT I HAVE A PISTOL AND THAT PISTOL CONTAINS AN AMAZINGLY HUGE NUMBER OF 1,000 CHAMBERS INTO WHICH A BULLET MAY BE PLACED.

YOU CAN SEE THE MANY CHAMBERS ON THE CYLINDER.

WHAT YOU CANNOT SEE, WHAT I DO NOT TELL YOU, IS INTO HOW MANY OF THOSE CHAMBERS I HAVE PLACED A BULLET.

I ASK YOU TO "TRUST ME" AND JUST PLACE THE BARREL OF THAT PISTOL AGAINST YOUR OR YOUR CHILD'S TEMPLE AND SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER.

WILL YOU TRUST ME THAT NO HARM WILL COME TO YOU OR YOUR CHILD?

EVEN IF I WERE YOUR CLOSEST AND MOST TRUSTED FRIEND, WOULD YOU PULL THAT TRIGGER?

WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THERE WAS ONE ROUND IN THAT WEAPON, BUT IT WAS A BLANK, HARMLESS?

THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT WE EACH DO WHEN WE ACCEPT ANY SUBSTANCE INTO OUR FRAGILE HUMAN BODIES WITHOUT KNOWING ALL THE POSSIBLE WAYS THAT CAN AFFECT US.

IN THE ABOVE HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION, HOW MANY WOULD REALLY PULL THE TRIGGER?

HOW MANY WOULD DO SO IF YOU WERE ALLOWED TO EXAMINE THE WEAPON YOURSELF AND SAW IT CONTAINED ONE BULLET, BUT THEN HAD TO SPIN THAT CYLINDER AFTER YOU SAW THE ONE BEFORE YOU SQUEEZED THE TRIGGER?

IS THIS MERELY PARANOIA ON THE PART OF THOSE WHO REQUIRE 100% PROOF THAT VACCINES ARE SAFE?

WOULD YOU FEEL YOU WERE PARANOID IF YOU DEMANDED TO EXAMINE THAT WEAPON AND THEN DECIDED NOT TO FIRE IT?

UNLIKE THE ABOVE EXAMPLE, WE CANNOT POSSIBLY KNOW WHETHER OR NOT A YEAR, 10 YEARS, 20 YEARS OR MORE MAY PASS AND THEN ONE DAY EVIDENCE WILL COME TO LIGHT THAT CONFIRMS OUR DOUBTS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF "ALL" VACCINES. 

WILL EVEN ONE VACCINE BE SHOWN TO CAUSE SOME FATAL REACTION, SOME DEBILITATING COMPLICATION WHICH THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF BUT CHOSE NOT TO REVEAL?
THAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.

MERCK HID RESULTS FOR QUITE SOME TIME ABOUT SV40.

A RECENT WHISTLEBLOWER JUST INFORMED THE U.S. CONGRESS THAT THE CDC HID EVIDENCE OF A LINK BETWEEN AUTISM AND THE MMR VACCINE.

HERE IS SOMETHING ELSE TO THINK ABOUT. DIRECTLY BELOW IS WHAT WE'RE TOLD TO BELIEVE :

RISK OF ANAPHYLAXIS AFTER VACCINATION OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

"Results. We identified 5 cases of potentially vaccine-associated anaphylaxis after administration of 7, 644, 049 vaccine doses, for a risk of 0.65 cases/million doses (95% confidence interval: 0.21–1.53).
None of the episodes resulted in death.

Vaccines that were administered before the anaphylactic episodes were generally given in combination and included measles-mumps-rubella, hepatitis B, diphtheria-tetanus, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and oral polio vaccine.

One case of anaphylaxis followed measles-mumps-rubella vaccine alone.

At the site at which we reviewed additional allergy codes, we identified 1 case after 653 990 vaccine doses, for a risk of 1.53 cases/million doses (95% confidence interval: 0.04–8.52).

Conclusions. Patients and health care providers can be reassured that vaccine-associated anaphylaxis is a rare event. Nevertheless, providers should be prepared to provide immediate medical treatment should it occur."

REALLY?
IS THAT COMFORTING TO ALL?
ONE CHANCE IN A MILLION?


CLEVELAND CLINIC, FOR ONE, DISAGREES.
SEEMS ANAPHYLAXIS IS NOT ALWAYS PROPERLY DIAGNOSED, NOT ALWAYS REPORTED, AND IS SOMETIMES MISCODED.

Anaphylaxis is a serious allergic reaction that has a rapid onset and can cause death.1,2 In the past, the term anaphylactic reaction referred to symptoms triggered by immunoglobulin (Ig) E–dependent activation of immune effector cells, whereas anaphylactoid reactions were clinically similar to anaphylactic reactions but were not mediated by antigen-specific IgE. Although some experts have advocated that the term anaphylactoid be eliminated, other influential clinical practice guidelines consensus documents continue to use the term anaphylactoid – thus, anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions will be discussed as a single entity in this chapter. 2

Published incidence and prevalence data are likely inaccurate because anaphylaxis is underdiagnosed, underreported, and miscoded. 3,4

Some of the most recent data suggests that the incidence is approximately 50 to 200 episodes per 100,000 person-years with a lifetime prevalence ranging between 0.05% and 2%. 5

It is estimated that up to 1,500 fatalities are caused by anaphylaxis per year in the United States. 6

Both the incidence and prevalence of anaphylaxis have been increasing, with a disproportionate increase in cases seen in children and younger patients.7

With children especially a fivefold increase in hospital admissions for food-associated anaphylaxis has been noted over the past decade. 8

Risk factors affecting the incidence of anaphylaxis have been identified.

TRIGGERS OF ANAPHYLAXIS

DRUGS
Antibiotics
Antisera
Aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Opiates
Perioperative medications
Topical benzocaine
Vaccines
Monoclonal antibodies, including biologics such as cetuximab and omalizumab

CONCLUSIONS:
Anaphylaxis is a common medical condition affecting both adult and pediatric patients and its incidence and prevalence continue to increase, especially in younger people.

IN "FORENSIC PATHOLOGY REVIEWS, VOLUME 3", EVIDENCE EXISTS THAT SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME, IN SOME CASES, WAS A RESULT OF ANAPHYLAXIS FOLLOWING VACCINES.

CITED STUDIES INCLUDED <THIS ONE>:

THERE ARE MANY OTHERS, SUPPRESSED AS THEY MAY BE:

Crib deaths nearly disappeared in Japan in 1975 when first inoculations were postponed until the 24th month of life.

The "insult" leading to crib deaths  Kalokerinos found, was an inoculation.

SIDs increased alarmingly after a “routine” immunization campaign.
Death was common if a baby was inoculated during or soon after an illness, while scorbutic or sub-scorbutic.

Connaught Labs’ 1986 DTP vaccine insert reads, “Sudden infant death has occurred in infants following administration”.

William Torch, at the University of Nevada School of Medicine, noted that in one survey two-thirds of 103 American children who had suddenly died had been given DTP (diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis) vaccine within 3 weeks of death.
Many died within 1 day of the procedure.

“In 1979, during a vaccination campaign in Tennessee there were 8 SIDs immediately following routine DPT vaccination. Of this group, 5 children died within 1 day of vaccination”.

A study that same year at UCLA, sponsored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, indicated that, in the USA, approximately 1,000 babies die annually as a direct result of DPT vaccination, and these are classified as SIDs.

One survey is reported to have found a 7.3-percent risk of SID within 3 days after inoculation.  "


*** Toxic, CARCINOGENIC Vaccine Ingredients FEW Know About

1~ Formaldehyde – There is sufficient evidence from cancer studies in humans proving the carcinogenic effects of this ingredient.

Both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer admit formaldehyde is a known carcinogen.

2~ Mercury is a known carcinogen and for many years children received up to 237 micrograms (mcg) from vaccines during the first two years of life.
This far exceeds the EPA’s recommended safe (to ingest, not inject), level of 1/10th of 1 microgram per kilogram a day.

A rabbit will die if given 35 mcg of mercury.

3~ Thimerosal, which is in many vaccines, is a mercury-containing compound that is 50 times more toxic than simple mercury.

The CDC claims to have removed “most” thimerosal from common pediatric vaccines, leaving only “trace amounts.”

There are NO safe amounts of mercury established for humans and yet, children receive combined vaccines that can build up mercury in the body and cause potential problems.

4~ Aluminum. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved aluminum for use as an adjuvant in human vaccines to boost immune response.

Aluminum is PROVEN harmful to all life forms.

The FDA limits the dosage to 0.85 milligrams per vaccine to minimize exposure; but children receive other vaccines at the same time that also contain aluminum.

The American Academy of Pediatrics admits that aluminum interferes with many cellular and metabolic processes in the body’s nervous system and tissues.

Repeated exposure to aluminum can have damaging effects and yet children receive repeated injections during the recommended vaccine schedule.

In 1983, children received up to 23 doses of eight vaccines before the age of eighteen.
Today children receive as many as 69 doses of 16 different vaccines, all given by the age of eighteen.

Aluminum is also widely associated with breast cancer.

5~ Polysorbate 80  

Polysorbate 80 is a toxic substance that should never be ingested or placed on the skin, much less injected, and yet it is in vaccines.

Studies with lab rats show Polysorbate 80 has both carcinogenic and infertility effects.

Yet this carcinogenic ingredient is found both in Merck’s cancer vaccine, Gardasil, and is also used in chemotherapy given to cancer patients.

OTHER FACTS ON VACCINES MANY ARE NOT INFORMED OF?
TRY...http://www.nvic.org/CMSTemplates/NVIC/pdf/49-Doses-PosterB.pdf


FOR ALL WHO READ THE ABOVE AND STILL FEEL IT'S SAFE TO VACCINATE, AND FOR THOSE WHO KNOW THE ABOVE HAZARDS AND CHOOSE NOT TO VACCINATE, LET ME JUST SAY THAT IT IS A PERSONAL CHOICE, ALWAYS.
BUT WHEN WE MAKE THAT CHOICE FOR A CHILD, ANYONE WHO HAS NO WAY OF REALIZING THE RISKS, THE STUDIES, THE PACKAGE INSERT WARNINGS, BUT ESPECIALLY A CHILD WHO HAS NO SAY IN THE MATTER BUT WHO WILL BE THE ONE AFFECTED BY OUR DECISIONS, SHOULD WE ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION, PERHAPS?

MY PARENTS WERE NOT INFORMED, NOR WERE THE PHYSICIANS AND NURSES WHO TRUSTED THE POLIO VACCINES THAT SO MANY OF US HAD IN THE 1950s, EARLY1960s AND ON UNTIL EVEN THE EARLY 1990s IN SOME COMMUNITIES.

I WAS CERTAINLY NOT INFORMED, NOR GIVEN A CHOICE.
I WAS A SCHOOL CHILD.
WE WERE LINED UP AND INJECTED, THE END.

BUT IT WASN'T THE END...
THE END, FOR FAR TOO MANY OF US, WAS TERMINAL CANCER.
FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE SURVIVED ONE OR MORE BATTLES WITH CANCER, WE CAN ONLY WISH WE'D HAD A TRULY INFORMED CHOICE.

WHAT WILL BE THE END RESULT FOR CHILDREN WHOSE MOTHERS WERE VACCINATED WHILE PREGNANT, FOR NEWBORNS WHO ARE TOO EARLY VACCINATED, OR FOR EVEN SOME KIDS AND ADULTS WHO RECEIVE VACCINATIONS, PERIOD?

WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE...FOR HOW LONG IS YET TO BE SEEN.

BOTTOM LINE?
THERE'S THAT ODD PISTOL WITH SO MANY CHAMBERS... DO WE PULL THAT TRIGGER OR NOT?

EACH OF US MUST HAVE THE CHOICE NOT TO DO SO.

TO TAKE AWAY THE RIGHT OF ANYONE TO CHOOSE TO NOT VACCINATE IS NO DIFFERENT FROM FORCING SOMEONE TO PLAY RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH A LOADED GUN.








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September 10, 2003
Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness
U.S. House Government Reform Committee
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
“The SV40 Virus: Has Tainted Polio Vaccine Caused an Increase in Cancer?”



 "There is frank admission that the limitations of technology and lack of scientific knowledge means there can be no guarantee the vaccines will not be contaminated with substances that could prove harmful to humans one day.

Nevertheless, there are plans to set allowable thresholds for adventitious agent contamination of vaccines being made out of cancer cells that would contain residual DNA and RNA. 
 (Attachment 9: Excerpts from May 12, 2000 FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee meeting transcript and Attachment 10: Excerpts from May 16, 2001 FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee meeting transcript)

 I do not think Congress or the public understands any of this.
There should be a much wider discussion in the larger scientific community outside of federal health agencies and the pharmaceutical industry, as well as in Congress and by the public at large before decisions are made to proceed with producing vaccines that use cancer cells and have legally allowable thresholds of adventitious agent contamination.



"Past is often prologue. So much can be learned from understanding the mistakes of the past so that the same mistakes are not made in the future. 

Outstanding questions about the links between vaccines, government vaccine policies and the epidemic of chronic disease in our children, including autism, learning disabilities, ADHD, asthma, diabetes and, as we have discussed today, cancer are not going away.
Questions about the links between vaccines that US military soldiers are required to take, including anthrax and smallpox vaccines, and the subsequent death or permanent health problems being suffered by those previously healthy, young recruits are not going away.

They will never go away when the main defense of industry and government health officials is that when anything bad happens after vaccination it is just a coincidence.

I can tell you, the American public, especially parents, are not buying it.

And they shouldn’t buy it, especially when the kind of evidence that you will hear today suggests official government and industry denials are simply a way of avoiding taking responsibility for failing to do everything they can to minimize the risks of vaccines.  

We owe it to our children and grandchildren to do everything we can to find out the truth about vaccine risks and make the mass vaccination system as safe as it can be.

I believe that can only be done if Congress exercises more oversight authority over federal health agencies responsible for vaccine research, development, regulation, policymaking, promotion and monitoring of vaccine side effects.

Conflict of interest legislation is urgently needed to separate government health agencies from financial and other ties with the vaccine industry so that government health officials can be free to do the job they are supposed to do: protect the health and well being of every American and not simply protect the vaccine supply.

(Attachment 11: Investigative news report by UPI reporter Mark Benjamin. July 20, 2003. Chicago Sun Times, Washington Times)  "