Thimerosal in Vaccines

• Parents questioned whether mercury-containing Thimerosal (used as a preservative in vaccines) might cause autism.

• Today, with the exception of some  influenza vaccines, none of the vaccines used in the United States to protect preschool-aged children against 12 infectious diseases contain Thimerosal as a preservative.

• Parents also questioned whether the MMR vaccine which combines 3 vaccines into 1 injection causes autism since symptoms of the disorder often become apparent about the time children start getting immunized.

• In response to this concern, researchers in Europe, Canada, and the United States looked closely at this issue.

• Studies have looked at the timing of the vaccine and the vaccine itself and have found…

There’s no link between the vaccines and autism.