Why are we still injecting mercury into pregnant women , infants and children ?

On July 7 th , 1999 a joint statement was issued by the U.S. Public Health Service and the American Academy of Pediatrics which called for the immediate reduction and elimination of thimerosal from infant vaccines. While tremendous progress has been made in this area, it is very concerning to note that recent recommendations for pregnant women and infants regarding receipt of flu vaccine, much of which contains thimerosal, mercury based preservative. Following the precautionary principal the Institute of Medicine in their October 2001 Immunization Safety Review on “Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines and Neurodevelopmental Disorders” Recommended that pregnant women, infants and children not receive vaccines preserved with thimerosal.