Congress repealed the measure in 2003. Nevertheless, Frist continues to work for the drug industry. Late in the night of Dec. 18, 2005, Frist slipped into a "must pass" Defense Appropriations bill a measure giving drug companies immunity from liability for putting dangerous drugs and vaccines on the market - after committee members were assured that it did not contain this provision.
Frist wants to prohibit families with autistic children from holding drug companies accountable for placing thimerosal in vaccines, even though these drug companies knew how toxic thimerosal is to human tissue.
Who will be responsible for the cost of this health care crisis imposed on us by the drug industry? If Frist has his way - no accountability or responsibility for the drug industry - it will be deceived and devastated families, and the American taxpayer.
For more information parents can contact SafeMinds at 404-934-0777 or www.safeminds.org.
(Great Falls attorney Larry Anderson is immediate past president of the Montana Trial Lawyers Association and has no connection with any litigation involving the mercury-based toxin, Thimerosal)Next Page 1 | 2
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Evelyn Pringle is a columnist for OpEd News and investigative journalist focused on exposing corruption in government and corporate America.
