Thimerosal: Let the Science Speak: The Evidence Supporting the Immediate Removal of Mercury—a Known Neurotoxin—from Vaccines

by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Bill Posey (Foreword), Martha R. Herbert (Introduction)

Over a decade ago, following a sharp rise in developmental disorders such as autism and ADHD, the mercury-containing preservative Thimerosal was widely believed to have been eliminated from vaccine supplies in the US and abroad. However, dangerous quantities of Thimerosal continue to be used, posing a significant threat to public health and leading to a crisis of faith in vaccine safety.

In this groundbreaking book, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Dr. Mark Hyman examine the research literature on Thimerosal and make a very clear statement about its potentially dangerous effects. In the past, the CDC, FDA, NIH, and AAP, as well as the US Congress, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the US Department of Agriculture, the European Medicines Agency, and the California Environmental Protection Agency have expressed concerns over the use of Thimerosal in vaccines. But despite the many voices calling for action, the media and policy makers have repeatedly failed to adequately address the issue.

Now, with Thimerosal: Let the Science Speak, the goals are to educate parents, doctors, and health policy makers; to eliminate this toxic chemical from the world’s vaccine supplies; to move toward safer alternatives; and to maintain or increase vaccination rates critical to the United States and developing nations. With safer options available, parents shouldn’t have to worry about the devastating effects of vaccinating their children.

Genres: Health, Science, Nonfiction, Medical, Parenting, Vaccines, Audiobook

505 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 30, 2014

About the author

Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. is an American activist, environmental attorney, and author. Kennedy serves as president of the board of Waterkeeper Alliance, a non-profit environmental group that he helped found in 1999.

He is the third of eleven children of Senator and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_....

Reviews

[Katherine · Rating 1 out of 5]

Thimerosal was removed from vaccines more than 15 years ago out of an abundance of caution. Autism diagnosis rates continued to rise afterwards. Also, subsequent reviews of scientific data found that thimerosal didn't actually harm anybody. These facts fail to stop Kennedy from continuing to lie his ass off to sell books. The unfortunate side effect of his actions: people getting scared into not vaccinating their kids, thus jeopardizing public health. Don't let the glowing reviews here fool you. This book is not worth the time. Read "On Immunity" by Eula Biss instead.

[Zy Marquiez · Rating 5 out of 5]

The subject of vaccinations – perhaps more so than any other in society – has an overwhelming polarizing effect. It’s quite unfortunate because there are a lot more than just two sides to the issue of vaccinations.

The establishment would like people to believe there are only two sides to the issue, the pro-vaccine and anti-vaccine sides. That’s because it makes it simpler to control the populace when most people fall for the illusion of there just being two camps. This is classic use of the left-right paradigm, which has countless permutations and uses for the establishment.

In any case, as someone who is a great advocate of informed consent, this book resonates quite well with me.

The reason is because although Big Pharma/Big Medica espouses that vaccines are safe, the evidence that has been accumulated by this author and countless other researcher over time indicates otherwise. That alone pulverizes the fantasy that most people are being informed of all potential data/issues by Doctors and the medical establishment.

Thimerosal – Let The Science Speak – The Evidence Supporting The Immediate Removal Of Mercury – A Known Neurotoxin – From Vaccines by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. carries out a veritable multi-pronged evisceration of all the flawed data that has been orchestrated regarding Thimerosal’s alleged safety by Big Medica & the establishment.

Citing hundreds – yes, hundreds – of data points, Kennedy shows more than ample evidence as to the numerous dangers of vaccines with the preservative Thimerosal, even at low doses.

Not only that, but the author cogently shows the science behind why Thimerosal has been classified as a neurotoxin. That’s the bad news.

The good news is that fortunately it not hard for the removal of Thimerosal to take place.

Coupled with that author also makes a sound argument that changing vaccines to single-doses rather than using multi does would actually end in the elimination of the preservatives 2-PE and Thimerosal. Furthermore, as the author states, the cost-effectiveness of single dose vaccines compared to their counterparts , could also be superior.

In conclusion, individual health should ultimately be the choice of the individuals and parents, and not something to be rammed down people’s throats by the state. To that effect, this book destroys what conventional scientists have been espousing for decades – that Thimerosal is in fact safe.

As the book showcases, nothing could be further from the truth.

Whether or not people are for/against vaccinations, EVERYONE should be pro-education, and this book helps do just that – educate people about the many dangers of the neurotoxin Thimerosal.

Parents, teachers, doctors, nurses, reporters, politicians et al. should read this book in order not only to become cognizant of the notable dangers of Thimersoal – which include brain damage and countless other issues, among other things – but to come to terms with the fact that we as a society have been lied too for so long, it’ s time to put ignorance to rest. After all, the health of your loved ones is counting on it.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this book, Robert Kennedy Jr. explores the research literature on thimerosal and its potentially dangerous effects as a neurotoxin. Over the years, all of the major health organizations have expressed concerns over thimerosal, but the US lags behind the rest of the world in completely removing this toxin from all vaccines that can poison the most vulnerable: children and fetuses. On page 97-98, a member of the FDA noted that the agency must quickly inform pediatricians that the products have too much mercury, to be open with consumers about why this was not caught earlier, and show contrition, be honest now and move forward to replace these products. Otherwise the public could lose faith in the recommendations of the public health service."

I think many have lost faith, as predicted, in the recommendations and forced immunizations by the public health services. In 2003 (p. 100) Congress called this institutional malfeasance for misplaced protectionism of the pharmaceutical industry.

The WHO is more concerned about using multiple dose vaccine vials (that include themerosol) which are less expensive than the non-thermerosol single dose vaccines, to not jeopardize their international vaccine efforts, ultimate health of the children be damned.

Thank you to Mr. Kennedy for taking up this battle that has growing support among parents. I cringe every time my grandchildren receive vaccines.

[Eric · Rating 1 out of 5]

''Thimerosal: Let the Science Speak'' is a deeply deceptive book, using flawed arguments, bad science and conspiracy-mongering to promote a rabidly antivaccine agenda. The book was published 12 years after thimerosal was eliminated from several vaccines that had contained it as a preservative, leaving only one, an uncommonly used type of flu vaccine. Diagnoses of autism have not plummeted since thimerosal's removal (as you'd expect if it was the culprit). Multiple studies have confirmed its safety. And yet here we have Kennedy Jr. and his allies demanding removal of thimerosal from ''vaccines'', instead of just advising parents to make sure their kids get single dose flu vaccine. It makes no sense unless you consider the motives of RFK Jr. et al.

The book (whose contributors claim to support vaccination as an important public health measure) harps repeatedly on several themes: the large body of science validating vaccine safety is deeply flawed as well as riddled with conflicts of interest, scientists are in thrall to corporate influence, government agencies tasked with evaluating vaccines are deliberately covering up evidence of harm, and so on. If physicians, researchers and health officials are so untrustworthy (to the point of being downright evil) when it comes to informing us about vaccines, how then are we supposed to believe anything they say on the subject, including vaccines' role in eliminating or vastly reducing the burden of preventable infectious diseases? The answer is evident: pretenses aside, the author(s) do NOT want readers to think that vaccines are important or necessary. Their accusations are designed to feed into similar beliefs of those who are already deeply anti-vaccine, as well as others inclined to distrust experts and ''the establishment''.

Since this book's appearance, RFK Jr. has doubled down on his extreme antivax advocacy while deceptively portraying himself "rabidly pro-science" and pro-immunization. He's even allied himself with extreme right-wingers in Germany who oppose Covid-19 health measures.

The book is not about ''letting the science speak'', it's about the mystery author(s) (none are identified as actually writing the book; RFK Jr. is only listed as editor), shouting themselves hoarse on a matter that was resolved years ago, for a purpose that can only be viewed as denigrating immunization, one of the most valuable public health measures ever created.

*for evidence on the verdict the ''jury'' has returned on the subject of thimerosal and neurodevelopmental disorders, see the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia page on thimerosal and vaccines.

[Jo-Ann Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

An incredibly readable and important book. Every parent, caregiver, medical worker, politician and therapist should read the scientific evidence about the ingredients in vaccines that make them unhealthy and dangerous for ourselves and our children. I would bet it also applies to our animals.

Other countries seem to take a more sensible approach to their vaccines and vaccination schedules. However, in the US, the tail is wagging the dog and the regulatory agencies have ignored scientific evidence and our lawmakers have backed them up to the point we are poisoning ourselves.

The problems with the studies that promote dangerous vaccines are completely explained, as are the conflicts of interest of the researchers who did the studies. As Kennedy explains, this should not be a pro-vaccine or anti-vaccine issue but a safe vaccine versus dangerous vaccines that anyone with half a brain should not support or accept.

This book is very well laid out, very easy to read and understand. It gives you all you need so you may ask intelligent questions to make your own informed decisions.

In my opinion, the only people who could give this book a less than 4 star review either have not read it or are being paid by the drug companies making fortunes from making us ill.

[Kevin Ortega · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible! A book for those that refused to be labeled "antivaxxers." A book for those that are pro safe vaccines! This book breaks down the IOM's hasty decision to exclude biological studies into a causal relationship between vaccines and neurological defects. Instead, epidemiological studies were given the most weight and such studies had high thimerosal baselines or excluded children that were most susceptible in the data. With these botched misconstrued guidelines, can we trust the recommendation for aluminum adjuvants?

[Yaser Had · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best I have ever read so far on vaccines. I’m super glad that I never vaccinated my kids and never will. I would recommend watching a documentary named “ The Truth About Vaccines “.

[Sandra]

Whether all this conclusively points to the actual damage or not, why not just remove anything containing mercury and/or aluminum from all products and medications given to humans, especially pregnant women and babies? There are safer alternatives. It was apparently used in pesticides, eyedrops and many other products for human consumption (who the heck puts mercury into teething products for babies?), but now we know better. The amount of (circumstantial or not) evidence presented here, even if just 10% of it is legitimate, would support the precautionary principle and lead sane people to push for removal of these toxic metals from all products asap. Right? Apparently, they are still present in many OtC products and vaccines (mercury in seasonal flu vaccines, aluminum in a number of other childhood ones), including those given to babies.

This is not an anti-vax book, despite many such opinions and accusations levied at it. There are no indirect complaints nor innuendos about vaccines themselves- the only anti in here is anti-toxins. It is primarily concerned with removal of toxic metals, mercury and aluminum, from products and vaccines given to everyone, especially children and babies. Why is this so controversial?

There is a portion of the book that attempts to tie the rise in autism and ASD diagnosis with the use of mercury and aluminum in ever more expanding number of childhood vaccines. Are all the studies done inconclusive? Apparently yes but are statistically significant (no idea how this works). Are they disturbing in their numbers, scope and implications? Absolutely.

Also, what is with the ever increasing number of childhood vaccinations, and combos/cramped schedules? Do we know for sure that what this does to the (immature) immune systems is completely positive? Do we even try to study it (we are not, apparently, but even that is obfuscated by the noise and screams of being 'anti-vax')?

Being cautious, especially when it concerns babies and children, is not crazy, conspiratorial or anti-science. Way back when we got a puppy, we did not follow the vaccination schedule recommended by the vet. Instead, we had her take a single vaccine type at a time, then the next a few months later (instead a combo of 4-5 at the same time). She had a particularly bad reaction to one of the first jabs she got, which was a scary experience I'll never forget. We also did not re-vaccinate her every year (a few years later that was changed to every two years), and instead did yearly titers. She had all the antibodies until she was 13, which means we only had to get her boosters for rabies every few years. We spared her dozens of unnecessary shots. Was she a miracle unicorn dog that retained positive titers for over a decade or this was a regular thing not properly tested or communicated to us? This experience cemented my caution about the quantity and the vaccine combos, not vaccines themselves. Given the experience of the past few years, now I am sadly not as confident in The Experts either. If that makes me anti-vaxxer, so be it. I just feel quite sad about it all.

I do not have the knowledge nor time to evaluate all the studies and information presented in this book. Therefore, I will not be rating it.

[Fransu · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a very well researched book that was clearly written to inform the public of the dangers of Thimerosal a form of mercury that's used as a preservatives in our flu vaccines. Robert Kennedy Jr. has done a fantastic job in gathering information and examples on his quest for the immediate removal of thimerosal. After reading this book it is a bit unsettling to think about the rising cases of autism today that's linked with the amount of vaccines that potentially have Thimerosal. Great read for anybody that would like to know more about this topic.

[Jessica Nyhoff · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read. Although he is vilified in the press & censored on social media, RFK Jr. backs up all his claims with peer reviewed articles, interviews with doctors & scientists. Unfortunately history has shown that silence can be bought & it seems the only thing that matters is money.

[Shane Linetty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informative, but is a hard read because it is written like an academic book.

[Jemarlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would like to have finished this book. Audible decided to remove it. Very disappointing.

[Michael Jolls · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is very good but it’s like reading (emphasis on the word “reading”) – statistics. Reading statistics is possibly the quickest way to make your eyes glaze over and lose train of thought. Yes there are charts throughout “Thimerosal”, but unlike his recent 2023 book, “Vax-Unvaxx” which had a lot more graphs, this one throws a lot of numbers at you which are appalling, but it's a little much to take in. That hurdle aside, published in 2014, “Thimerosal” is a case in point of why the noun “Big Pharma” and the term “For Profit” must always be thought of as one entity at all times. An over of the history of mercury and the different types (ethylmercury & methylmercury), how they function, to which studies have been documented over the years, the book is captivating. In the final quarter, when addressing the reports intentionally skewed to downplay correlation between Thimerosal and the wide range of ways it attacks our bodies, ties the whole piece together.

[Steven]

Too generous with the mainstream view.