Health Canada's website states that:

"In Canada, the only thimerosal-containing vaccine included in the regular childhood vaccination schedule is hepatitis B vaccine. Other routine childhood vaccines such as those for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) and PentacelTM (for diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and inactivated polio) do not contain thimerosal as a preservative. Hence, Canadian infants are not subject to the same cumulative level of mercury exposure due to vaccine during the first 6 months of life as American infants. There are no scientific data to indicate harm related to the level of exposure to mercury in thimerosal-containing hepatitis B vaccines. Therefore, NACI does not recommend any alteration to the current infant vaccination policies."

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/ccdr-rmtc/99vol25/25sup/acs7.html English
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/ccdr-rmtc/99vol25/25sup/dcc7.html French
Canadian Communicable Disease Report PDF English & French

Canadian health authorities quietly replaced the old mercury containing vaccines given to infants, with two mercury free vaccines, PENTA- 4 vaccines in one (1994) and Pentacel - 5 vaccines in one(1997). The absence of scientific data to prove or disprove harm done to children who have been exposed to dangerous levels of mercury via injectible vaccines is of little consolation to parents whose children were injected with unacceptably high levels of this nerve poison prior to 1994, and who now suffer from neurological disabilities

"The most likely sources of the mercury are maternal dental fillings, maternal fish consumption, consumer products (eye drops, nasal sprays, others), Rho-gam shot, Influenza vaccine during pregnancy, and childhood vaccines. The increase in autism appears to correlate with the increased use of vaccinations. In children who are fully vaccinated, by the sixth month of life they have received more mercury from vaccines than recommended by the EPA. There are many similarities in symptoms between mercury toxicity and autism, including social deficits, language deficits, repetitive behaviors, sensory abnormalities, cognition deficits, movement disorders, and behavioral problems. There are also similarities in physical symptoms, including biochemical, gastrointestinal, muscle tone, eurochemistry, neurophysiology, EEG measurements, and immune system/autoimmunity." (quoted from notes (part 3), taken at the recent DAN! - Defeat Autism Now Conference - Oct./01)

The devastating effects of mercury poisoning are well documented and have been known since the 1930's. To protect their unborn infants from mercury poisoning, pregnant women are advised against eating shellfish and other species of fish contaminated with high levels of mercury and are cautioned about the risks of mercury containing dental amalgam fillings, yet health officials encourage pregnant women to receive flu vaccine injections which contain thimerosal, a mercury compound that can cross the placenta and affect the growing fetus.

For health officials to approve and promote the injection of vaccines which contain neurotoxins that have the potential to injure and destroy the immature brain and nervous system of human infants is tantamount to criminal negligence.

Other important websites to explore include:

In depth Information on Mercury Toxicity - Dr. Boyd Haley

http://www.altcorp.com/DentalInformation/thimerosal.htm

www.safeminds.org

http://www.safeminds.org

Autism Research Institute/Mercury Detoxification

http://www.autism.com/ari/mercurydetox.html

Dr. Stephanie Cave, MD treats children suffering from autism spectrum disorders and has recently released a new book - "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Children's Vaccinations"