Eli Lilly rider to Homeland Security Act
Quote From Wikipedia:
"Political analysts and the parents of autistic children were baffled when it was learned, shortly after the passage of the HSA, that a rider to the bill had been added just prior to passage, that would shield Eli Lilly and the pharmaceutical industry from billions of dollars in anticipated lawsuits over vaccines. "It's a mystery to us," who inserted the rider, said Eli Lilly spokesman Rob Smith at the time. The provision was designed to force lawsuits over the preservative thiomersal, calling the suits into a special 'vaccine court'. Thiomersal was used in a some vaccines originally developed and marketed by Eli Lilly in 1930, two decades before autism spectrum disorders were first described by Leo Kanner and Hans Asperger. The provision could have resulted in the dismissal of thousands of cases filed by parents, who contend mercury in thimerosal poisoned their children, causing autism and other neurological ailments, but the congress convened in2003. Senate Bill 3, currently under consideration as of June, 2005, may restore elements of the rider."
How much money will Lilly pad thier pockets with, on dismissed law suits from parents of the autistic? A bunch!
What does an Eli Lilly Drug Co., and Homeland Security have in common?
Four Possible Answers:
4. They are both in the Homeland Security Act.
3. Nothing.
2. Everything.
1. Eli Lilly pays congressmen for special treatment and bad law for the citizen.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/12/eveningnews/main532886.shtml
http://zmagsite.zmag.org/May2004/levine0504.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_Security_Act
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