Aluminum in vaccines: Does it create a safety problem?, 2018, Esposito

Andy · Sep 1, 2018

Only posting as the abstract mentions ME right at the end.

Abstract
For almost a century, aluminum (Al) in the form of Al oxyhydroxide (a crystalline compound), Al hydroxyphosphate (an amorphous Al phosphate hydroxide), Al phosphate, and Al potassium sulfate has been used to improve the immunogenicity of vaccines. Al is currently included in vaccines against tetanus, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, human papillomavirus, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and infections due to Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis. Official health authorities consider the inclusion of Al in most of the presently recommended vaccines to be extremely effective and sufficiently safe.

However, the inclusion of Al salts in vaccines has been debated for several years because of studies that seem to indicate that chronic Al exposure through vaccine administration can interfere with cellular and metabolic processes leading to severe neurologic diseases. Children, who in their first years of life receive several vaccine doses over a reduced period of time, would be most susceptible to any risk that might be associated with vaccines or vaccine components. The main aim of this paper was to discuss the data presently available regarding Al neurotoxicity and the risk for children receiving vaccines or other pharmaceutical preparations containing Al. Analysis of the literature showed that no apparent reason exists to support the elimination of Al from vaccines for fear of neurotoxicity.

The only problem that deserves attention is the suggested relationship between Al oxyhydroxide-containing vaccines and macrophagic myofaciitis or myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Currently, definitive conclusions cannot be drawn on these risks and further studies must be conducted. Until then, Al remains the best solution to improve vaccine efficacy.
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Amw66 · Sep 1, 2018

Andy said: ↑

Only posting as the abstract mentions ME right at the end.

Paywalled at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X18311654?via=ihub
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I think for those who cannot detox the aluminium out due to genetics, that this is a potential problem.

CFS_for_19_years · Sep 3, 2018

Full text: http://sci-hub.tw/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.08.036

The neurotoxicity of aluminum (AL)

Additional interesting data have been collected regarding MMF.
This condition is characterized by a muscular lesion at the site of a
previous i.m. vaccination in which large macrophages frequently
containing Al oxyhydroxide and lymphocytes are included
[77]
.
Muscle lesions are systematically associated with systemic signs
and symptoms of diseases such as diffuse myalgias, chronic fati-
gue, and cognitive impairment. Taken together, these findings con-
stitute the so-called myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue
syndrome (ME/CFS) that is diagnosed in approximately 50% of all
patients with MMF
[78,79]
. Because no exposure to Al other than
that due to vaccines was detected, immunization was considered
the possible cause of the disease. However, this disease is rare
and is diagnosed primarily in adults months or years after vaccine
administration, most likely depending on inter-patient variation in
the clearance of Al oxyhydroxide.
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Conclusions

The problem that deserves attention is the suggested relation-
ship between Al oxyhydroxide -containing vaccines and MMF or
ME/CSF. This relationship is supported by a series of experimental
findings and specific data collected from patients that suggest that,
in some cases, the Al contained in macrophages at the site of injec-
tion can reach the brain and cause damage in a few individuals
who most likely have a genetic predisposition. Importantly, the
described cases of MMF and ME/CSF are very few, and MMF cases
not related to adjuvants have been described. Currently, definitive
conclusions cannot be drawn. Thus, several studies must be con-
ducted.
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