SafeMinds 2004 Press Releases
SafeMinds Report Shows CDC Ignored Autism Mercury
Documents Show Agency Discovered Elevated Autism Risk and Withheld from Public/Congress
November 22, 2004 SafeMinds Press Release
SafeMinds...has released a report showing that government analysts were aware of a potential vaccine-autism link as early as 1999, but hid that information from the public and Congressional inquiry. Read more.
SafeMinds Applauds Schwarzenneger's Signature on New Vaccine Law
Looks to Next Week's Hearing on National Legislation
September 29, 2004 SafeMinds Press Release
SafeMinds...applauds California Governor Arnold Scwarzenegger for Tuesday's signing of a new law... Read more.
SafeMinds to Present Latest Evidence Exposing Vaccine-Autism Link at Tomorrow's Congressional Hearing
September 7, 2004 SafeMinds Press Release
SafeMinds...will give Congress an update tomorrow on the research linking America's autism epidemic to a preservative in many vaccines, Thimerosal. Read more.
Medical Journal Editoria Bias Deceives Doctors, Leads to Bad Medicine
August 2, 2004 SafeMinds Press Release
SafeMinds...is concerned with the growing political influence and bias exhibited by the editorial decisions of certain medical journals, and the detrimental effect this will have on America's health care systems. Read more.
New Columbia University Study Confirms IOM Vaccine-Autism Report is Wrong
June 9, 2004 SafeMinds Press Release
SafeMinds...applauds the release of a study from Columbia University that demonstrates the link between Thimerosal, a mercury-laden preservative found in some vaccines, and neurodevelopmental injury. Read more.
SafeMinds Analysis of IOM Vaccine Report: The Failures, The Flaws and the Conflicts of Interest
May 19, 2004 SafeMinds Press Release
In the first of a series of forthcoming analyses, SafeMinds...issued the following assessment of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Vaccine Safety Committee's report on the link between childhood autism and mercury-containing vaccines. Read more
SafeMinds Outrages That IOM Reports Fails American Public
May 18, 2004 SafeMinds Press Release
SafeMinds...issued the following statements in response to the release of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Vaccine Safety Committee report on the link between mercury-containing vaccines and autism. Read more.
SafeMinds Prepares for Release of Institute of Medicine Report on Vaccine Link to Child Autism Epidemic
May 12, 2004 SafeMinds Press Release
SafeMinds...is cautiously awaiting the public release of the governmentâ??s report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) regarding the vaccine link to Americaâ??s autism epidemic... Read more.
ABC's Primetime Live Report on Autism: Yellow Journalism at it's Worst
April 23, 2004 SafeMinds Response
SafeMinds...is outraged by the biased comments made in last night's Primetime Live Thursday story, "Out of Darkness," that profiled a family with three autistic children... Read more.
New Data Showing First Drop in 20 Years Provides Cautious Hope that Vaccine Induced Autism on Decline
April 20, 2004 SafeMinds Press Release
SafeMinds...expressed cautious optimism over a recent report (April 2004) from the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) that showed, for the first time in 20 years, a decrease in new requests for autism related services for two consecutive quarters... Read more.
SafeMinds Applauds Action by House to Protect Children from Neurotoxin
April 5, 2004 SafeMinds Press Release
SafeMinds ... joins NoMercury.org and the Mercury Policy Project in applauding the introduction of HR 4169 by U.S. Reps. Dave Weldon, M.D. (R-Fla.) and Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), a bipartisan bill that would remove vaccines that contain Thimerosal mercury from the market... Read more.
SafeMinds: FDA/EPA Misses Boat on Fish-Based Mercury Warning
March 23, 2004 SafeMinds Press Release
SafeMinds ... has issued the following response to the recent joint warning issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The warning advised women of childbearing age or who were pregnant, and young children to avoid consuming certain fish known to be high in mercury content because of the risk it would pose to their health... Read more.
White House Agrees with SafeMinds on Mercury Issue
March 16, 2004 SafeMinds Press Release
SafeMinds ... applauds Bush administration officials' decision to be more proactive against mercury poisoning... Read more.
FDA Allows U.S. Doctors to Continue Use of FBI-Identified 'Terrorist Tool' in Treatment of Children
March 9, 2004 SafeMinds Press Release
SafeMinds ... is disturbed by the lack of consistency displaed by U.S. government agencies regarding the safety of mercury for humans... Read more.
CDC Orders Premature Mercury-Vaccine Autism Meeting
January 21, 2004 SafeMinds Press Release
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has ordered the Institute of Medicine to conduct a February 9th hearing to discuss the relationship between autism and mercury-based vaccines, where reports claiming no link between thimerosal (mercury) in vaccines and autism will be allowed with little response time for opposing scientific views. Read more.