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Calculating Aluminum in Vaccines
Here are the current levels of aluminum per shot of the following vaccines, as listed on each vaccine's packaging:
- HIB - PedVax – 225 mcg Aluminum
- PC (Pneumococcal) Vaccine – 125 mcg Aluminum
- DTaP – Taptacel Brand (Sanofi Pasteur) – 330 mcg Aluminum
- DTaP – Tripedia Brand (Sanofi Pasteur) – 170 mcg Aluminum
- DTap – Infanrix Brand (GlaxoSMithKline) – 625 mcg Aluminum
- DT (Sanofi Pasteur) – 170 mcg Aluminum
- dT – Decavac (Sanofi Pasteur) – 280 mcg Aluminum
- Heb P – Recombivax (Merck) – 250 mcg Aluminum
- Hep B – Engerix-B (GlaxoSMithKline) – 250 mcg Aluminum
- Hepatitis A – 250 mcg Aluminum
- HPV – Gardasil – 225 mcg Aluminum
Combination Vaccines
- Comvax (hep B and HIB) – 225 mcg Aluminum
- Pentacel (DTaP, HIB and Polio) – 330 mcg Aluminum
In other words, a newborn who gets a Hepatitis B injection on day one of life would receive 250 mcg of aluminum. This would be repeated at one month with the next Hep B shot. When, at two months, a baby gets its first big round of shots, the total dose of aluminum could vary from 295 mcg (if a non-aluminum HIB and the lowest-aluminum brand of DTaP are used) to a whopping 1225 mcg (if the Hep B vaccine is given along with the brands with the highest aluminum contents). These doses are repeated at four and six months. With most subsequent rounds of shots, a child would continue to get some aluminum throughout the first two years. But the FDA recommends that premature babies, and anyone with impaired kidney function, receive no more than 10 to 25 mcg of injected aluminum at any one time.
Source: The Vaccine Book, Dr. Bob Sears
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