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  • Fact Check: Vaccine Ingredients NOT Toxic To People In Amounts In Shots -- They're Approved By FDA

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    Are the ingredients put in vaccines toxic to people? No, that's not true: Before a vaccine is licensed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and recommended for use by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) it's tested and evaluated in labs. While there are substances used in the production of the shots that are toxic to humans,…

    • May 3, 2022
    • by: Ed Payne
    Fact Check: Vaccine Ingredients NOT Toxic To People In Amounts In Shots -- They're Approved By FDA Ingredients OK
  • Fact Check: Vaccines Are NOT Linked To Autism; Science Shows No Causation

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    Are vaccines definitively linked to autism? No, that's not true: While some people believe this to be the case -- and are spreading their belief online in advance of release of vaccines to battle COVID-19 -- it remains just that, belief. Peer-reviewed and replicated medical research shows no causation between vaccines and autism. There is also no evidence that a…

    • Nov 23, 2020
    • by: Eric Ferkenhoff
    Fact Check: Vaccines Are NOT Linked To Autism; Science Shows No Causation Disputed
  • Fake News: Flu Vaccine Does NOT Contain 25,000 Times More Mercury Than Legally Allowed In Drinking Water

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    Do flu vaccines contain 25,000 times more mercury than is legally allowed in drinking water? No, that's not true: Some flu vaccines do contain a trace amount of the organic compound Thimerosal, whch is 50-percent mercury. Thimerosal, used as a preservative only in multi-dose vials, breaks down in the body as ethyl mercury, which is removed from the body and…

    • Sep 30, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Flu Vaccine Does NOT Contain 25,000 Times More Mercury Than Legally Allowed In Drinking Water
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