To the editor:

I applaud the Journal-World for the article about the dangers of mercury with scientist Huggins’ statement, “Once you’ve got it, you’ve got it.”

Mercury has been linked to the neurodisease epidemic in children, including autism, ADHD, brain tumors, SIDS and epilepsy. Before you rush out to protect yourself against influenza with a flu shot you should be aware of the amount of mercury in a single vaccine. Each dose contains 25 micrograms of thimerosal, 49.6 percent mercury. The EPA and the FDA have set the standard for safe ingestion at 0.1 microgram per kilogram of weight; to be at a safe standard of ingestion you must weigh 550 pounds. You must also remember when you inject this, it travels to the brain 6-10 times quicker than ingestion.

Maybe Sen. Brownback and Dr. Gerberding, director of the CDC, should have been discussing the bioterrorism attacks going on right here at home in our own communities in the form of mercury poisoning in vaccines. The United Kingdom announced recently it will remove thimerosal from vaccines to protect its citizens.

Please be informed before you consent to any vaccine containing a known neurotoxin.

Linda Weinmaster,

Lawrence