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<p>None of the vaccines currently recommended for use as part of the United Kingdom
routine immunisation programme contains the preservative thiomersal.</p><p>The safety
of thiomersal-containing vaccines has been extensively evaluated in studies which
have found no evidence to suggest thiomersal is associated with any serious or long-term
risks. Such studies have mostly been in young children. The most recent assessment
in the <em>Weekly epidemiological record</em> was undertaken by the World Health Organization
in 2012, which advised that the available evidence strongly supports the safety of
the use of thiomersal in vaccines where required. A copy of the 2012 <em>Weekly epidemiological
record</em> is attached.</p><p> </p>
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