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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major divisions of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The CDC is the principle agency addressing health, safety and related issues and services. The agency was founded over 60 years ago. According to the CDC, its mission is to protect health and promote "quality of life through the prevention and control of disease, injury, and disability." [1]
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Vaccines
There is a surprising amount of medical documentation of vaccine failure. Measles, mumps, small pox, polio and Hib outbreaks have all occurred in vaccinated populations. In 1989 the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) reported that measles outbreaks occurred in schools where 98% of the children had received immunizations. [1] Outbreaks and epidemics have occurred in all parts of the country after immunizations, including areas that had not reported measles for years. [2] In 1984, the CDCP reported a measles outbreak in population that was documented as 100% vaccinated. [3], [4] See also pharmaceutical industry.
On March 29, 2008, CDC chief Julie Gerberding admitted that vaccines trigger autism in a subset of the population with mitochondrial disorders on CNN's House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupta. (right)
Increasing rate of birth defects
The Birth Defects Monitoring Program (BDMP) monitors birth defects using data collected when newborn infants are discharged from hospital. The BDMP was initiated by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in 1974. In 1990, researchers looking for trends examined records for 38 types of birth defects from 1979-80 through 1986-87. During this seven-year period, of the 38 types of birth defects, 29 increased; two decreased; and seven remained stable (meaning they changed less than 2% per year during the period). [5]
Approximately 25% of all infant deaths could be eliminated with better pre-natal services. Infant deaths would decrease by 10 to 25% if women gave up smoking during pregnancy. Alcohol abuse during pregnancy is the leading cause of preventable birth defects. [6]
Government funded vivisection
U.S. agencies that fund animal testing include the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
Government funded animal testing spends billions of dollars every year and kills millions of animals in an essentially unregulated industry. Hundreds of institutions and thousands of individuals profit off vivisection. Furthermore, the government pays for the same experiments to be done over and over. In the fiscal year ending in 2005, these seven government agencies funded over 28,937 projects for experiments on 27 species, including: monkeys, dogs, cats and rodents. These included 1200 separate projects (at up to $495,600,000) examining drug addiction. 778 projects studying "neural information processing" in 11 species racked up approximately $321,314,000. No experiment, however ridiculous, useless or painful; is illegal. The majority of animals used in experimentation receive absolutely no protection under current laws. Government funded animal testing costs U.S. taxpayers over $12 billion annually. [7] See also U.S. Government's War on Animals, section 5.
CDC animal testing
Animals by species, numbers & locations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia [8]
Numbers of primates being used & held
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia [9]
Personnel
- Dr. Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H., Director [10]
Past directors
- 1998 - 2002: Jeffrey P. Koplan, M.D., M.P.H.
- 1993 - 1998: David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.
- 1990 - 1993: William L. Roper, M.D., M.P.H.
- 1983 - 1989: James O. Mason, M.D., M.P.H.
- 1977 - 1983: William H. Foege, M.D., M.P.H.
- 1966 - 1977: David J. Sencer, M.D., M.P.H.
- 1962 - 1966: James L. Goddard, M.D., M.P.H.
- 1960 - 1962: Clarence A. Smith, M.D., M.P.H.
- 1956 - 1960: Robert J. Anderson, M.D., M.P.H.
- 1953 - 1956: Theodore J. Bauer, M.D.
- 1952 - 1953: Justin M. Andrews, Sc.D.
- 1947 - 1951: Raymond A. Vonderlehr, M.D.
- 1944 - 1946: Mark D. Hollis, Sc.D.
- 1942 - 1943: L. L. Williams, M.D. [11]
Contact
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd
Atlanta, GA 30333, U.S.A
Phone: (404) 639-3311
Public inquiries: (404) 639-3534
Toll free: (800) 311-3435
Web address: http://www.cdc.gov
Articles & sources
Sourcewatch Resources
- Animal testing
- Barry R. Bloom
- March of Dimes
- Pharmaceutical industry
- United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention On the Social Costs of Smoking
- U.S. Government's War on Animals
References
- ↑ Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 38 (8-9), Center for Disease Control, December 1989
- ↑ Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Measles, CDC.gov, 38:329-330, 1989
- ↑ Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, CDC.gov, 33 (24), June 1984
- ↑ Alan Phillips Contradictions between Medical Science and Immunization Policy Tetrahedron, 2003
- ↑ Peter Montaque Birth Defects: Part 1, Rachel's Environment & Health Weekly, #410, October 1994
- ↑ The March Of Dimes' Crimes Against Animals, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, accessed June 2009
- ↑ Animal Experimentation in the United States, Stop Animal Exploitation NOW!, 2007
- ↑ Research Facilities: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, Humane Society of the United States, accessed January 2009
- ↑ Numbers of Nonhuman Primates at U.S. Research Facilities, HSUS, accessed December 2009
- ↑ CDC Federal Advisory Committees, CDC.gov, accessed November 2009
- ↑ Past CDC Directors/Administrators, CDC.gov, accessed November 2009
External articles
- Evelyn Pringle CDC Downplays Birth Defects of SSRIs to Boost Sales, Oped News, July 2007
- Ted McKenna, "CDC names 17 eligible firms for IDIQ contract", PR Week, March 22, 2007.
