Hi folks! I took today off as a vacation day from work (woohoooo!!)

So this morning I found a nifty letter you can fax to your congressman- with names and fax numbers at bottom to fight for ridding Thimerosol from vaccines--

By the way- I now know why I always like that Senator Lieberman. He is open to listen to our info on this and has appealed to Congress to look into this further, mentioning to them that it seems more than a coincidence that Autism rates have really increased incredibally since Thimerasol was used.

Here is the letter--with fax numbers you can copy and fax. I dont own a fax machine and my job won't let any employee use theirs:

(Scroll down to the very bottom of my post for the fax numbers )
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Dear Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee,

I urge you to work to include report language in the Labor HHS
appropriations bill that validates the need for NIEHS to coordinate
studies on the association between Thimerosal and autism.

We applaud the effort by Senators Lieberman, Harkin and Specter to
insert language in the Labor HHS conference report to have the National
Institute of Environmental Health Science ("NIEHS") fund studies of
the VSD with CDC and external researchers and have this research
overseen by an expert panel that includes consumers and parents of
children who have been injured by Thimerosal in vaccines.

There is substantial support for this effort in the scientific
community. Two former NIEHS directors support this effort and say if
this language appears, the current NIEHS director will act.

The reason why this is so important is that beginning in 1988 the
amount of Thimerosal in routine mandatory vaccines given to American
children dramatically increased. By 1992 the amount children received
tripled to levels that far exceeded the available EPA standard for
organic mercury exposure. During the very same period the autism rate
increased from approximately 1 in 2000 children to 1 in 166, a dramatic
increase that has not been satisfactorily explained.

The Vaccine Safety Data Link ("VSD") is a database maintained by the
Centers for Disease Control ("CDC") and paid for with public funds.
It is a valuable source of statistical data to determine possible
causes of disease in our children. Even though the public has paid for
this unique resource, the public has no meaningful access to the VSD.
In February of 2005 the Institute of Medicine issued a report
criticizing the CDC's mishandling of the VSD. The IOM report strongly
suggested that the CDC's of the VSD was illegal. This situation is
unacceptable. Our nation is in the middle of a public health emergency
because of the soaring autism rates--the VSD is a valuable resource
that can aid our understanding of what has caused the rise in rates of
neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism. The VSD should be made
available to researchers outside the CDC ("external researchers")
immediately.

Of immediate and continuing concern is the fact that Thimerosal remains
in most flu shots in amounts that far exceed acceptable levels as
established by the EPA and FDA. Most vaccines-not just flu shots -
that we ship off to third world nations contain the same dangerous
amounts of Thimerosal. For this reason it is imperative that we
actively and openly study the one database that was constructed by our
government for the very purpose of understanding whether vaccines or
their constituents have anything to do with the astronomical increase
in chronic diseases in children, including autism.

Epidemiological studies of these issues have been done, but only one
study has been done using the VSD and no studies have involved all the
stakeholders in this issue, that is, consumers, parents of affected
children and those who are concerned about vaccine safety.

As a citizen who is acutely concerned about the issue of VSD access I
will be watching you, as an elected representative, to make sure that
the concerns of the American people are protected through the
legislative process.

Please do your job and make sure that the truth is determined through
sound and honest science. Please support report language in the Labor
HHS appropriations bill that reflects and promotes the need for NIEHS
to coordinate studies on the association between Thimerosal and autism.
Support the initiative to make the VSD available to honest researchers.

Support the initiative taken by Senators Lieberman, Spector and Harkin
and in so doing help protect a generation of American children and
children worldwide.

Sincerely,







FAX NUMBERS:

Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Fax: (202) 224-9450
Fax: (601) 965-4919

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)
Fax: (202) 224-2354
Fax: (907) 258-9305

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA)
Fax: (202) 228-1229
Fax: (215) 597-0406

Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM)
Fax: (202) 228-3261
Fax: (505) 346-6720

Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO)
Fax: (202) 224-8149
Fax: (573) 634-6005

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Fax: (202) 224-2499
Fax: (502) 582-5326

Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT)
Fax: (202) 224-8594
Fax: (406) 252-7768

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Fax: (202) 224-3416
Fax: (205) 759-5067

Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Fax: (202) 224-4952
Fax: (603) 224-0198

Sen. Robert Bennett (R-UT)
Fax: (202) 228-1168
Fax: (801) 524-5730

Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID)
Fax: (202) 228-1067
Fax: (208) 343-2458

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Fax: (202) 224-0776
Fax: (214) 361-3502

Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH)
Fax: (202) 224-6519
Fax: (614) 469-2982

Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Fax: (202) 228-1265
Fax: (785) 233-2616

Sen. Wayne Allard (R-CO)
Fax: (202) 224-6471
Fax: (303) 220-8126

Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-WV)
Fax: (202) 228-0002
Fax: (304) 343-7144

Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
Fax: (202) 224-6747
Fax: (808) 541-2549

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Fax: (202) 224-3479

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Fax: (202) 224-9369
Fax: (515) 284-4937

Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Fax: (202) 224-8858
Fax: (410) 962-4760

Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV)
Fax: (202) 224-7327
Fax: (702) 388-5030

Sen. Herbert Kohl (D-WI)
Fax: (202) 224-9787
Fax: (414) 297-4455

Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
Fax: (202) 224-0238
Fax: (206) 553-0891

Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
Fax: (202) 224-1193
Fax: (701) 250-4484

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Fax: (202) 228-3954
Fax: (415) 393-0710

Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Fax: (202) 228-0400
Fax: (312) 353-0150

Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Fax: (202) 228-5765
Fax: (605) 332-2824

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA
Fax: (202) 224-9735
Fax: (504) 589-4023