Pharmaceutical birth control pollution in drinking water could cause

Pharmaceutical birth control
pollution in drinking water
could
cause
fertility
apocalypse in U.S.
If you and your family still
drink water right out of the
tap,
you
might
want
to
reconsider in light of a new
study released by the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS). For
the past several years, we’ve
been warning our readers that pharmaceutical drug residues
persist in unfiltered tap water, and the USGS has now
confirmed that birth control drugs are among those present,
threatening a possible widespread infertility epidemic in the
coming years.
Published in the journal Scientific Reports, the USGS study
looked at the effects of the synthetic hormone 17aethinylestradiol, or EE2, a common additive in most
contraceptive pills, on Japanese medaka fish exposed to it
through drinking water during their first week of development.
Although the exposed fish and their immediate offspring
appeared to be unaffected by the drugs, the second generation
was affected.
According to the National Catholic Register, the second
generation of exposed medaka fish experienced difficulty
fertilizing their eggs, suffering an astounding 30 percent
reduction in reproduction capacity. Their embryos were also
much less likely than those of their parents to survive. Those
that did survive, representing the third generation of fish,
also suffered the effects of exposure to 17a-ethinylestradiol,
showing a 20 percent impairment in fertility and survival
rates.
“This study shows that even though endocrine disruptors may
not affect the life of the exposed fish, it may negatively
affect future generations,” explained lead author Ramji
Bhandari, a USGS visiting scientist and assistant research
professor from the University of Missouri. “If similar trends
were observed in subsequent generations, a severe decline in
overall population numbers might be expected by the F4
generation.”
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals in
public water and tainted food are
destroying the male species
The paper also looked at the effects of exposure to bisphenolA (BPA), a prolific endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC) that
is still used in the manufacture of plastics, thermal receipt
paper and food can linings. Just like 17a-ethinylestradiol,
BPA was found to disrupt the normal reproductive cycles of the
medaka fish, impairing their ability to produce offspring and
maintain survival in subsequent generations.
If this can happen to fish, it most certainly can happen to
humans as well, say scientists. All sorts of EDCs, chemical
byproducts and industrial waste products are present in
American sewers, and existing water purification systems are
unable to capture all of them. This means that people who
drink the water from an average city tap are also downing
trace amounts of contraceptives, antidepressants, statins,
SSRIs and more.
You might recall the Associated Press (AP) report we covered
back in 2008 that found that the drinking water consumed by
some 41 million Americans is contaminated with pharmaceutical
drugs. AP researchers who took water samples from 50 of the
largest cities in the U.S., as well as from 52 smaller
communities, found that nearly all of them contained traces of
painkillers, hormone drugs, antibiotics and more.
A USGS survey conducted between 1999 and 2000 made similar
findings, concluding that at least 80 percent of water samples
collected from 139 American rivers and streams in 30 states
were contaminated with a range of pharmaceuticals ranging from
antibiotics and antidepressants to hormone replacement pills
and contraceptives.
“…male reproductive organs are sensitive to estrogens, which
interfere with normal function,” says Frederick vom Saal, a
professor in the Division of Biological Sciences at the
University of Missouri, another one of the study’s authors.
“[E]strogens have a contraceptive effect in males,” he added,
with the National Catholic Review noting that EE2 has been
linked to causing testicular tumors.
“EE2 can cause effects in human tissues at concentrations in
blood below one part per trillion, so this is an extremely
potent drug.”
Sources:
http://www.ncregister.com
http://www.naturalnews.com
Source:
http://www.naturalnews.com/050383_birth_control_tap_water_phar
maceutical_contamination.html#
Author: Jonathan Benson
21-year-old woman suffers
fatal blood clot one month
after
starting
on
birth
control pills
While newer, “third generation”
types of the Pill are said to
come without the frustrations of
weight gain and headaches that
typically come with taking older
types of oral contraceptives, it
has
an
extremely
serious
drawback: the potential to cause clots and lead to death.
That’s exactly what the mother of 21-year-old Fallan Kurek
says happened to her daughter, who collapsed within one month
of taking the newer version of the Pill. She maintains that
the contraceptive, which was prescribed to the U.K. resident
to help regulate her periods, caused her to collapse and then
die just days later from a blood clot in her lungs.
This accusations are not baseless; a study has linked the
progestogen hormone called levonorgestrel, which is found in
the newer forms of the Pill that Kurek happened to be taking,
to being two-and-a-half more times likely to experience clots
than not taking oral contraceptives at all. Pills containing
the hormone estrogen also have this life-threatening
potential.
Latest study more thorough than
others before it, links blood clots
with newer
preparations
contraceptive
drug
While many studies have indicated links between birth control
pills and possible blood clots, this particular one, conducted
by researchers from the University of Nottingham in the U.K.,
is thought to be more conclusive due to the fact that it
didn’t use as many testing methods as past studies. For
example, it is noted that studies from the past often used
only healthy subjects (non-smokers or those at a healthy
weight, for example), didn’t provide dosage details, or had a
variety of methodological approaches; their study took these
factors into consideration and made adjustments accordingly.
The study, which was published in the British Medical Journal
(BMJ), states:
In these population based, case-control studies using two
large primary care databases, risks of venous thromboembolism
associated with combined oral contraceptives were, with the
exception of norgestimate, higher for newer drug preparations
than for second generation drugs.
To clarify, venous thromboembolism is also referred to as VTE
and is the same thing as a blood clot. As for the exception of
norgestimate, experts say this exclusion is due to a
difference in how it metabolizes, making its classification as
a third-generation drug not entirely established.
Some
contraceptives
have
an
increased risk of causing blood
clots by as much as four times
Even more disturbing is their finding that the detrimental
issues aren’t just relegated to hormones such as
levonorgestrel and estrogen, which could result in a whopping
two-and-a-half-times likelihood of clot formation. In fact,
their finding also involves the fact that women taking newer
forms of the Pill containing “…drospirenone, gestodene,
cyproterone, and desogestrel within the last 28 days had
around a four times increased risk of VTE.”
Ultimately, the published study concludes:
This study, based on two large primary care databases,
investigated risks of VTE associated with combined oral
contraceptives prescribed to the general female population in
the UK. We believe this study has the statistical power and
sufficient adjustment for relevant confounders to be regarded
as an important clarifying study, which has produced the most
reliable possible risk estimates using currently available UK
prescription data. Risks associated with combined oral
contraceptives were, apart from norgestimate, higher for newer
drug preparations than for second generation drugs.
High percentage of women taking
oral contraceptives makes study
alarming
Unfortunately, Kurek’s death isn’t the first instance of a
person dying from taking a third-generation oral
contraceptive, which are often also prescribed to clear
problem skin or regulate menstrual periods. The latter was the
case for London’s Nancy Berry, who died of a blood clot at the
age of 16. She was taking a third-generation contraceptive
pill for only a month prior to her death.
Experts say that 28 percent of women in the U.K. and 18
percent of women in developed countries worldwide are using
oral contraceptives, which raises serious health concerns in
the event they are given these more dangerous types.
Sources:
(1) http://www.dailymail.co.uk
(2)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150526215027.htm
(3) http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h2135
Source:
http://www.naturalnews.com/049946_oral_contraceptives_blood_cl
ots_hormones.html
Author: Jennifer Lilley
Is It Time to Acknowledge
Round-Up as a Contraceptive?
How much longer will we deny the growing body of research
linking Roundup to infertility before calling this chemical a
contraceptive?
Following closely on the heels of the EPA’s decision to allow
Roundup herbicide residues in your food at concentrations
a million times higher than shown carcinogenic, a concerning
new study published in the journal Free Radical Medicine &
Biology implicates the herbicide, and its main ingredient
glyphosate, in male infertility, at concentration ranges well
within the EPA’s “safe level” for food.[1]
Performed by Brazilian researchers, the study found acute
Roundup exposure at low doses (36ppm, 0.036g/L) for 30 minutes
induced cell death in Sertoli cells in prepubertal rat
testis. Sertoli cells are known as “mother” or “nurse” cells
within the testicles, as they are responsible for maintaining
the health of sperm cells, and are required for normal male
sexual development.
Roundup herbicide exposure was found to induce oxidative
stress and to activate multiple-stress response pathways
within affected cells, and was associated with an increase in
intracellular calcium (Ca2+) concentration leading to Ca2+
overload, and cell death.
Thirty minute incubation tests with glyphosate alone (36 ppm)
also increased Ca2+ uptake, and both Roundup and glyphosate
were observe to downregulate reduced glutathione levels. As
glutathione is an antioxidant (electron donor) found within
every cell in the human body, protecting it against oxidative
stress, as well as maintaining a wide range of biochemical
reactions such as DNA and protein synthesis and repair, amino
acid transport, prostaglandin synthesis, amino acid and enzyme
activation, a dysregulation of glutathione can result in a
wide range of adverse effects.
The researchers noted
Glyphosate has been described as an endocrine disruptor
affecting the male reproductive system; however, the
molecular basis of its toxicity remains to be clarified. We
could propose that Roundup® toxicity, implicating in Ca2+
overload, cell signaling misregulation, stress response of
the endoplasmic reticulum and/or depleted antioxidant
defenses could contribute to Sertoli cell disruption of
spermatogenesis that could impact male fertility.
This study adds to a growing body of research implicating
Roundup herbicide in male infertility:
A 2007 study published in the journal Reproductive
Toxicology found that Roundup herbicide altered the
structure of the testis and epididymal region (part of
the tubular spermatic duct system), as well as the serum
levels of testosterone and estradiol, in male ducks,
leading the researchers to conclude that Roundup “…may
cause disorder in the morphophysiology of the male
genital system of animals.”[2]
A 2010 male rat study published in the Archives of
Toxicology revealed prepubertal exposure to commercial
formulation of the herbicide glyphosate alters
testosterone levels and testicular morphology, leading
researchers to describe the herbicide as “a potent
endocrine disruptor.”[3]
A 2011 male rat study published in the Archives of
Toxicology revealed maternal exposure to glyphosate
disturbed the masculinization process and promoted
behavioral changes and histological
problems in reproductive parameters.[4]
and
endocrine
A 2011 study published in the journal Toxicology In
Vitro found a glyphosate-based herbicide induced
necrosis and apoptosis in mature rat testicular cells in
vitro, and testosterone decrease at lower levels.[i] In
the study, Roundup and glyphosate at concentrations as
low as 1 part per million produced a testosterone
decrease in sperm cells by 35%.
A more recent 2013 study in male rats published in the
journal Ecotoxicology and Reproductive Safety found
glyphosate (in combination with another pesticide)
provoked severe oxidative stress in male testes,
resulting in inhibited testosterone production and
disrupted gonadotropin levels.[5]
Given the growing body of research clearly revealing Roundup’s
toxicity to the germline of animal species, the argument can
be made that this chemical has contraceptive properties and
therefore genocidal consequences. By directly affecting the
biologically immortal cells within the testes, whose DNA
contains over 3 billion years worth of information essential
for there being a future for our species as a whole, Roundup
should be considered an instrument of mass destruction. At the
very least, the precautionary principle should be applied, and
any chemical that signals the potential to disrupt or destroy
our species’ germline cells, should be banned unless the
manufacturer can prove beyond a reasonable doubt its safety to
exposed populations.
For additional research on the wide spectrum of adverse health
effects now linked to glyphosate-based herbicide formulations
such as Roundup, view our research articles on GMOs, as well
as
view
and
download
our
free
biomedical
PDF
on glyphosate/Roundup research.
Article Resources
[1] Vera Lúcia de Liz Oliveira Cavalli, Daiane Cattani,
Carla Elise Heinz Rieg, Paula Pierozan, Leila Zanatta,
Eduardo Benedetti Parisotto, Danilo Wilhelm Filho,
Fátima Regina Mena Barreto Silva, Regina Pessoa-Pureur,
Ariane Zamoner. Roundup Disrupted Male Reproductive
Functions By Triggering Calcium-Mediated Cell Death In
Rat Testis And Sertoli Cells. Free Radic Biol Med. 2013
Jun 29. Epub 2013 Jun 29. PMID: 23820267
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A B Mahecha, Cleida A Oliveira. Effects of the herbicide
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Epub 2006 Nov 11. PMID: 17166697
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Dalazen Santos, Patricia Wisniewski, Daniele Antonelo
Campos, Paula Bargi de Souza, Priscila Viau, Maria
Martha Bernardi, Maria Tereza Nunes, Claudio Alvarenga
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Marcela N García, Susana M Galletti, Ana L Errecalde,
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By Sayer Ji
Contributing Writer for Wake Up World
The
“Cancer-Causing
Convenience” All Women Should
Avoid
Human and animal studies show that a group of genes called the
major histocompatibility complex (MHC) can influence odor. In
general, females prefer the odor of mates with a dissimilar
MHC — but this effect is reversed in women on oral
contraceptive pills.
A study found that that single women preferred the odor of
MHC-similar men, but women in relationships preferred the
opposite. This means that that the use of contraceptive pills
could influence mate preference.
According to FYI Living:
“The women on pills preferred men with similar MHC genes.
Studies indicate that, ‘women consider the olfactory domain
to be an important factor in their assessment of potential
partners.’ Thus, due to serious alterations in odor
preference, the use of oral pills could influence partner
choice.”
This is something that most people would rarely ever
consider, but according to researchers, women who are on
birth control pills may inadvertently be misled to select
less compatible long-term partners than women who aren’t on
the Pill€¦ Whether or not this is of any real concern to
most is debatable, but contraceptive pills may also wreak
havoc in your life in more direct ways, which I’ll review
in a moment.
How the Pill May Influence
Woman’s Choice of Partner
a
It’s a fairly well-known fact that odor plays an important
role when selecting a partner. This includes the scents
that you cannot consciously detect, such as pheromones. (A
few years ago, researchers discovered that a specific
olfactory nerve, dubbed “Nerve O,” appears to be the route
through which pheromones are processed. Nerve “O” has
endings in your nasal cavity, but the fibers go directly to
the sexual regions of your brain. Because Nerve O bypasses
your olfactory cortex, it does not register a conscious
smell, but rather identifies chemical sexual cues.)
Humans, like animals, also have major histocompatibility
complex-associated (MHC) odor preferences that influence
their choice of mates. Researchers have discovered that
women, in general, prefer the body odor of men with
dissimilar MHC. It is believed that this may be part of a
natural selection process to prevent and control genetic
inbreeding. When partners have similar MHC, their chances
of successfully reproducing are diminished.
However, when a woman is on the Pill, her odor preferences
change. The Pill essentially mimics pregnancy, and when a
woman is pregnant, she tends to prefer the scent of men
with similar MHC as her ownperhaps as a biological cue to
now seek out and bond with supportive family members as
opposed to potential mates.
What this means is that when you’re taking a hormonal
contraceptive, you interfere with your biology and risk
producing a hormonal imbalance that might make you more
attracted to men with similar chemical makeup. If you were
on the pill when you met your mate, you might, therefore,
feel less attracted to him when you stop taking itor worse,
you may have greater trouble getting pregnant. Needless to
say, either of these scenarios could cause problems within
the relationship…
However, there’s another issue that may be of even greater
importance, and that is the health effects that birth
control pills have on the female body.
Artificially controlling your menstrual cycle with
synthetic hormones may certainly seem like an ideal method
of a highly effective, relatively inexpensive and easily
reversible birth control. And contraceptive pills are a
convenient way to prevent pregnancy €¦ but that’s where
their benefits end. Birth control pills are linked to
numerous very serious health risks, so it’s important to
carefully weigh the benefit of convenience against its
considerable risks.
Artificially Manipulating Your
Hormones is a Risky Proposition
Most birth control pills, patches, vaginal rings, and
implants contain a combination of the derivatives of the
hormones estrogen and progestin. They work by mimicking
these hormones in your body to fool your reproductive
system into producing the following effects:
Preventing your ovaries from releasing eggs
Thickening your cervical mucus to help block sperm
from fertilizing an egg
Thinning the lining of your uterus, which makes it
difficult for an egg to implant, should it become
fertilized
However, your reproductive system does not exist in a
bubble €¦ it is connected to all of your other bodily
systems, and therefore the Pill is capable of altering much
more than your reproductive status.
Well-Documented Risks of Synthetic
Estrogen and Progestin
If you’re on one of the hormonal birth control methods
(whether it’s the pill, patch, vaginal ring or implant), it
is important to understand that you are taking synthetic
progesterone and synthetic estrogen — something that is
clearly not advantageous if you want to maintain optimal
health.
These contraceptives contain the same synthetic hormones as
those used in hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which has
well-documented risks, including an increased risk of blood
clots, stroke, heart attack, and breast cancer. In fact,
studies have found that HRT increases post-menopausal
women’s breast cancer risk by at least one percent per
year, and HRT with progestin increases your risk by eight
percent per year, potentially going as high as 30 percent
after just four years of use!
So, what are the risks for women who start taking synthetic
hormones at an early age and stays on them for up to 15
years or longer?
In exchange for the convenience of preventing pregnancy
(which you can do naturally just as well, and I’ll explain
how below), you are putting yourself at risk of:
Cancer: Women who
take birth control
pills increase their
risk of cervical and
breast cancers, and
possibly liver cancer
as well.
Fatal blood clots:
All birth control
pills increase your
risk of blood clots
and subsequent
stroke. And if your
prescription contains
the synthetic hormone
desogestrel,
your risk of fatal
blood clots nearly
doubles!
Migraines
Thinner bones: Women Heart disease: Longwho take birth
term use of birth
control pills
control pills
havelower bone
mayincrease plaque
mineral density (BMD) artery buildups in
than women who have
your body that may
never used oral
raise your risk of
contraceptives.
heart disease.
Impaired muscle
gains: A recent study
Long-term sexual
dysfunction: The
Pill may interfere
found that oral
with a protein that
contraceptive
keeps testosterone
use impairs muscle
unavailable, leading
gains from resistance to long-term sexual
exercise training in
dysfunction
women.
including decreased
desire and arousal.
Weight gain and mood
changes
Yeast overgrowth and
infection
Newer Hormonal Birth Control
Methods May be Even Riskier
Two of the newer hormonal contraceptivesthe hormonereleasing vaginal ring, NuvaRing, and the combination pills
Yaz and Yasmin, which also contain the hormone drospirenone
in addition to estrogen and progestinmay be of even greater
concern than the older “classics.”
The NuvaRing is a flexible vaginal ring that is replaced
once a month. It releases estradiol and etonogestrel. The
latter is known as a “third generation” progestin
desogestrel, which has been linked to serious health
concerns and may double your risk of blood clots when
compared to second generation contraceptives. The NuvaRing
delivers a relatively high dose of this hormone.
Other types of birth control also contain this third
generation hormone, including some implants.
More than 4,000 lawsuits have also been filed against Bayer
for serious side effects suffered by women taking the newer
birth control pills Yaz and Yasmine. The four most common
adverse effects are blood clots, gallbladder disease, heart
attack and stroke. The first trial is scheduled to begin in
September, and according to some legal estimates, the
number of lawsuits filed may at that point reach 30,000.
Safer Options ExistTop Eight
Natural Birth Control Methods
Because the health risks of hormonal contraceptives are so
significant, and other safer options exist, I strongly
advise against them. Nearly all patients who visit
my Natural Health Center are asked to stop using hormonal
contraceptives like birth control pills as soon as
possible.
Many women opt for hormonal contraceptives because they’re
unaware of the other effective birth control methods out
there. The following options, which include both natural
family planning and barrier methods, are effective ways to
prevent pregnancy without damaging your health.
Male condoms: Condoms have a 98 percent effectiveness
rate when used correctly. A water-based lubricant
will increase the effectiveness; do not use an oilbased lubricant, however, as they break the latex.
Female condoms: These thin, soft polyurethane pouches
fitted inside the vagina before sex are 95 percent
effective. Female condoms are less likely to tear
than male condoms.
Diaphragm: Diaphragms, which must be fitted by a
doctor, act as a barrier to sperm. When used
correctly with spermicidal jellies, they are 92 to 98
percent effective.
Cervical cap: This heavy rubber cap fits tightly
against the cervix and can be left in place for 48
hours. Like the diaphragm, a doctor must fit the cap.
Proper fitting enhances the effectiveness above 91
percent.
Cervical sponges: The sponge, made of polyurethane
foam, is moistened with water and inserted into the
vagina prior to sex. It works as a barrier between
sperm and the cervix, both trapping and absorbing
sperm and releasing a spermicide to kill them. It can
be left in for up to 24 hours at a time. When used
correctly, the sponge is about 89-91 percent
effective.
Aside from these barrier methods, there are also natural
family planning (NFP) tools that a woman can use to track
her ovulation. Many women feel empowered by NFP because it
allows them to get in touch with their fertility cycle.
Some of the most popular NFP methods include:
Calendar Method: Abstention from sex during the week
the woman is ovulating. This technique works best
when a woman’s menstrual cycle is very regular.
However, it may not work very well for couples who
use it as the sole means of contraception, as its
success rate is only around 75 percent. You can boost
its effectiveness by combining it with the
temperature and mucus methods described below.
The Temperature Method: This is a way to pinpoint the
day of ovulation so that sex can be avoided for a few
days before and after. It involves taking your basal
body temperature (your temperature upon first waking)
each morning with an accurate “basal” thermometer,
and noting the rise in temperature that occurs after
ovulation.
Beware that illness or lack of sleep can change your
body temperature and make this method unreliable by
itself, but when it is combined with the mucus
method, it can be an accurate way of assessing
fertility. The two methods combined can have a
success rate as high as 98 percent.
The Mucus Method: This involves tracking changes in
the amount and texture of vaginal discharge, which
reflect rising levels of estrogen in your body. For
the first few days after your period, there is often
no discharge, but there will be a cloudy, tacky mucus
as estrogen starts to rise. When the discharge starts
to increase in volume and becomes clear and stringy,
ovulation is near. A return to the tacky, cloudy
mucus or no discharge means that ovulation has
passed.
As you can see, there are many alternatives to the Pill and
other hormonal contraceptives out there, and my advice to
women is to seriously evaluate the risks versus benefits
before taking any type of birth control pills.
Posted By Dr. Mercola | June 29 2011
Are New Vaccines Laced with
Birth-Control Drugs?
During the early 1990s, the World Health Organization (WHO)
had been overseeing massive vaccination campaigns against
tetanus in a number of countries, among them Nicaragua,
Mexico, and the Philippines. In October 1994, HLI received a
communication from its Mexican affiliate, the Comite’ Pro Vida
de Mexico, regarding that country’s anti-tetanus campaign.
Suspicious of the campaign protocols, the Comite’ obtained
several vials of the vaccine and had them analyzed by
chemists. Some of the vials were found to contain human
chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG), a naturally occurring hormone
essential for maintaining a pregnancy.
hCG and Anti-hCG Antibodies
In nature the hCG hormone alerts the woman’s body that she is
pregnant and causes the release of other hormones to prepare
the uterine lining for the implantation of the fertilized egg.
The rapid rise in hCG levels after conception makes it an
excellent marker for confirmation of pregnancy: when a woman
takes a pregnancy test she is not tested for the pregnancy
itself, but for the elevated presence of hCG.
However, when introduced into the body coupled with a tetanus
toxoid carrier, antibodies will be formed not only against
tetanus but also against hCG. In this case the body fails to
recognize hCG as a friend and will produce anti-hCG
antibodies. The antibodies will attack subsequent pregnancies
by killing the hCG which naturally sustains a pregnancy; when
a woman has sufficient anti-hCG antibodies in her system, she
is rendered incapable of maintaining a pregnancy.(1)
HLI reported the sketchy facts regarding the Mexican tetanus
vaccines to its World Council members and affiliates in more
than 60 countries.(2) Soon additional reports of vaccines
laced with hCG hormones began to drift in from the
Philippines, where more than 3.4 million women were recently
vaccinated. Similar reports came from Nicaragua, which had
conducted its own vaccination campaign in 1993.
The Known Facts
Here are the known facts concerning the tetanus vaccination
campaigns in Mexico and the Philippines:
* Only women are vaccinated, and only the women between the
ages of 15 and 45. (In Nicaragua the age range was 12-49.) But
aren’t men at least as likely as young women to come into
contact with tetanus? And what of the children? Why are they
excluded?
* Human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) hormone has been found
in the vaccines. It does not belong there — in the parlance of
the O.J. Simpson murder trial, the vaccine has been
“contaminated.”
* The
three
since
more,
vaccination protocols call for multiple injections —
within three months and a total of five altogether. But,
tetanus vaccinations provide protection for ten years or
why are multiple inoculations called for?(3)
* WHO has been actively involved for more than 20 years in the
development of an anti-fertility vaccine utilizing hCG tied to
tetanus toxoid as a carrier — the exact same coupling as has
been found in the Mexican-Philippine-Nicaragua vaccines.(4)
The Anti-Fertility Gang
Allied with the WHO in the development of an anti-fertility
vaccine (AFV) using hCG with tetanus and other carriers have
been UNFPA, the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the World
Bank, the Population Council, the Rockefeller Foundation, the
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, and a number of
universities, including Uppsala, Helsinki, and Ohio State.(5)
The U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development (part of NIH) was the supplier of the hCG hormone
in some of the AFV experiments.(6)
The WHO begain its “Special Programme” in human reproduction
in 1972, and by 1993 had spent more than $356 million on
“reproductive health” research.(7) It is this “Programme”
which has pioneered the development of the abortificant
vaccine. Over $90 million of this Programme’s funds were
contributed by Sweden; Great Britain donated more than $52
million, while Norway, Denmark and Germany kicked in for $41
million , $27 million, and $12 million, respectively. The
U.S., thanks to the cut-off of such funding during the ReaganBush administrations, has contributed “only” $5.7 million,
including a new payment in 1993 by the Clinton administration
of $2.5 million. Other major contibutors to the WHO Programme
include UNFPA, $61 million; the World Bank, $15.5 million; the
Rockefeller Foundation, $2.5 million; the Ford Foundation,
over $1 million; and the IDRC (International Research and
Development Centre of Canada), $716.5 thousand.
WHO and Philippine Health Department Excuses
When the first reports surfaced in the Philippines of tetanus
toxoid vaccine being laced with hCG hormones, the WHO and the
Philippine Department of Health (DOH) immediately denied that
the vaccine contained hCG. Confronted with the results of
laboratory tests which detected its presence in three of the
four vials of tetanus toxoid examined, the WHO and DOH scoffed
at the evidence coming from “right-to-life and Catholic”
sources. Four new vials of the tetanus vaccine were submitted
by DOH to St. Luke’s (Lutheran) Medical Center in Manila — and
all four vials tested positive for hCG!
From outright denial the stories now shifted to the allegedly
“insignificant” quantity of the hCG present; the volume of hCG
present is insufficient to produce anti-hCG antibodies.
But new tests designed to detect the presence of hCG
antibodies in the blood sera of women vaccinated with the
tetauns toxoid vaccine were undertaken by Philippine pro-life
and Catholic groups. Of thirty women tested subsequent to
receiving tetanus toxoid vaccine, twenty-six tested positive
for high levels of anti-hCG! If there were no hCG in the
vaccine, or if it were present in only “insignificant”
quantities, why were the vaccinated women found to be
harboring anti-hCG antibodies? The WHO and the DOH had no
answers.
New arguments surfaced: hCG’s apparent presence in the vaccine
was due to “false positives” resulting from the particular
substances mixed in the vaccine or in the chemicals testing
for hCG. And even if hCG was really there, its presence
derived from the manufacturing process.
But the finding of hCG antibodies in the blood sera of
vaccinated women obviated the need to get bogged down in such
debates. It was no longer necessary to argue about what may or
may not have been the cause of the hCG presence, when one now
had the effect of the hCG. There is no known way for the
vaccinated women to have hCG antibodies in their blood unless
hCG had been artificially introduced into their bodies!
Why A Tetanus Toxoid “Carrier”?
Because the human body does not attack its own naturally
occurring hormone hCG, the body has to be fooled into treating
hCG as an invading enemy in order to develop a successful
anti-fertility vaccine utilizing hCG antibodies. A paper
delivered at the 4th International Congress of Reproductive
Immunology (Kiel, West Germany, 26-29 July 1989) spelled it
out: “Linkage to a carrier was done to overcome the
immunological tolerance to hCG.”(8)
Vaccine Untested by Drug Bureau
After the vaccine controversy had reached a fever pitch, a new
bombshell exploded; none of the three different brands of
tetanus vaccine being used had ever been licensed for sale and
distribution or registered with the Philippine Bureau of Food
and Drugs (BFAD), as required by law. The head of the BFAD
lamely explained that the companies distributing these brands
“did not apply for registration.”(9) The companies in question
are Connaught Laboratories Ltd. and Intervex, both from
Canada, and CSL Laboratories from Australia.
It seemed that the BFAD might belatedly require re-testing,
but the idea was quickly rejected when the Secretary of Health
declared that, since the vaccines had been certified by the
WHO — there they are again! — there was assurance enough that
the “vaccines come from reputable manufacturers.”(10)
Just how “reputable” one of the manufacturers might be is open
to some question. In the mid-`80s Connaught Laboratories was
found to be knowingly distributing vials of AIDS-contaminated
blood products.(11)
Epilogue
At this juncture, evidence is beginning to appear from
Africa.(12) HLI has called for a Congressional investigation
of the situation, inasmuch as nearly every agency involved in
the development of an anti-fertility vaccine is funded, at
least in part, with U.S. monies.
NOTES:
(1) “Abortifacient vaccines loom as new threat,” HLI Reports,
November 1993, pp. 1-2.
(2) World Council Reports, 28 November 1994, pp. 4-5.
(3) A call placed by this writer on 5 May 1995 to the
Montgomery County (Maryland) Health Department, Epidemology
Division — Infectious Diseases — Adult Immunizations, elicited
the following information:
Q. For how long a time does the tetanus vaccination offer
protection?
A. 10 years.
Q. Have you ever heard of any adult requiring three tetanus
vaccinations within a 3 or 4 month time period, and a total of
5 vaccinations in all within a year or so?
A. Whaaaat! Never. No way!
Reports from the Philippines appear to confirm the 10-year
immunity afforded by tetanus toxoid vaccinations: prior to the
campaigns begun in 1993, the so-called booster shots were
given only every 10 years.
(4) More than a score of articles, many written by WHO
researchers, document WHO’s attempts to create an antifertility vaccine utilizing tetanus toxoid as a carrier. Some
leading articles include:
“Clinical profile and Toxicology Studies on Four Women
Immunized with Pr-B-hCG-TT,” Contraception, February, 1976,
pp. 253-268.
“Observations on the antigenicity and clinical effects of a
candidate antipregnancy vaccine: B-subunit of human chorionic
gonadotropin linked to tetanus toxoid,” Fertility and
Sterility, October 1980, pp. 328-335.
“Phase 1 Clinical Trials of a World Health Organisation Birth
Control Vaccine,” The Lancet, 11 June 1988, pp. 1295-1298.
“Vaccines for Fertility Regulation,” Chapter 11, pp. 177-198,
Research in Human Reproduction, Biennial Report (1986-1987),
WHO Special Programme of Research, Development and Research
Training in Human Reproduction (WHO, Geneva 1988).
“Anti-hCG Vaccines are in Clinical Trials,” Scandinavian
Journal of Immunology, Vol. 36, 1992, pp. 123-126.
(5) These institutional names are garnered from the journal
articles cited in the previous footnote.
(6) Lancet, 11 June 1988, p. 1296.
(7) Challenges in Reproductive Health Research, Biennial
Report 1992-1993, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1994, p.
186.
(8) G.P. Talwar, et al, “Prospects of an anti-hCG vaccine
inducing antibodies of high affinity…(etc),” Reproductive
Technology 1989, Elsevier Science Publishers, 1990, Amsterdam,
New York, p. 231.
(9) “3 DOH vaccines untested by BFAD,” The Philippine Star, 4
April 1995, pp. 1, 12.
(10) “BFAD junks re-testing of controversial shot,” Manila
Standard, 7 April 1995; “DOH: Toxoid vaccines are safe,” The
Philippine Star, 7 April 1995.
(11) “Ottawa got blood tainted by HIV.” Ottawa Citizen, 4
April 1995.
(12) A nearly two-year old communique from Tanzania tells a
familiar story: tetanus toxoid vaccinations, five in all,
given only to women aged 15-45. Nigeria, too, may have been
victimized; see The Lancet, 4 June 1988, p. 1273.
Credit: Copyright June/July 1995 by James A. Miller, special
correspondent for Human Life International. This article was
originally published in HLI Reports, Human Life International,
Gaithersburg, Maryland; June/July 1995, Volume 13, Number 8.
Permission to reprint granted to Thinktwice/New Atlantean
Press.