RFK Jr. Calls for Global Ban on Mercury in Vaccines

Allowing mercury in vaccines while calling it dangerous in batteries and makeup is a ‘double standard,’ he said.

Thiomersal, also known as thimerosal, is a mercury compound that is one of the safety concerns about the swine flu vaccine and other vaccines. William West/AFP/Getty Images

All countries should remove mercury from vaccines following the precedent set by the United States, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said via a video address during the Nov. 3 meeting of the Minamata Convention on Mercury in Geneva, Switzerland.

“The Minamata Convention was born from a shared moral conviction that no human being should suffer from exposure to mercury,” Kennedy said.