Gary Null: Why Does the American Academy of Pediatrics Put Corporate Profits Ahead of Children’s Health?

Progressive Radio Network, December 21, 2012



The United Nation’s recent announcement that its forthcoming Fifth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee session, scheduled in January 2013, would propose a ban of ethylmercury (commonly known as thimerosal) from all medications and vaccines worldwide has laid bare the battle lines between those government health departments and professional medical organizations who value the health of children from those who favor drug profiteering. It is no surprise the pharmaceutical industry and its special interest groups are moving aggressively to oppose the UN’s binding treaty. One of Big Pharma’s prime directives is to resist any legislation, domestic or international, that threatens sales and revenues. Therefore, it comes as a surprise that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)—once a leader in advocating the removal of mercury from all medical products and vaccines—would hold hands with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Big Pharma to oppose the UN’s proposal.