Originally published Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 1:38 PM
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Washington OKs mercury in swine flu vaccine
The state Health Department will allow more mercury than usual in some of the swine flu vaccine to make sure shots are available to pregnant women and children under three.
The Associated Press
The state Health Department will allow more mercury than usual in some of the swine flu vaccine to make sure shots are available to pregnant women and children under three.
The department says mercury-free swine flu vaccine may not always be in stock, so it wants to give people the choice of using vaccine with the mercury preservative called thimerosal. While thimerosal is believed to be safe, most vaccines for children under six are thimerosal-free.
The suspension of the mercury limit announced Thursday lasts six months and applies only to the swine flu vaccine expected to become available in October.
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