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Aluminum Salts Emerge as Likely Target as Officials Scrutinize Childhood Vaccines
Federal officials review aluminum salts in vaccines amid public concern and leadership changes, despite large studies finding no autism link, and consider schedule adjustments.
- Earlier this month, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Department of Health and Human Services began reviewing the science on aluminum and possible contaminants in childhood vaccines, driven by his leadership and a reshaped CDC vaccine advisory committee.
- Kennedy's long-standing skepticism, rooted in his Children's Health Defense role, has led him to focus on aluminum and challenge studies he views as exculpatory, prompting disputes with journals and researchers.
- A Pediatrics paper this month and a large Danish study together indicate no major safety concerns with aluminum-containing vaccines, including no link to neurodevelopmental disorders in more than 1.2 million children.
- The CDC's advisory committee has already acted by voting to stop universally recommending the hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns, while HHS postponed a planned children's health announcement last week.
- Aluminum's established role and widespread environmental exposure mean daily aluminum exposure from food, soil, and water exceeds vaccine exposure, and World Health Organization analyses found no link to autism despite skepticism in recent months.
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However, health professionals have defended the use of adjuvants such as aluminium salts, highlighting their role in the efficacy of vaccines
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With further probable changes in the US recommended vaccination schedule over the next year under the leadership of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his agency’s recent scrutiny of a particular additive — aluminium salts — might offer a clue about what’s to come. Earlier this month, members of the vaccine advisory committee at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), selected by Kennedy after firing the previous group, sugges…
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