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Birth. Before leaving the hospital, your newborn will be injected with these ingredients:

Hepatitis B shot:
10 micrograms hepatitis B surface antigen adsorbed on 0.25 mg aluminum as aluminum hydroxide
4.5 mg sodium chloride
0.49 mg disodium phosphate dehydrate (a buffer)
0.352 mg sodium dihydrogen phosphate dehydrate
*grown on yeast cultures*

At 2 months of age, your child will be injected with these ingredients:

Hepatitis B shot:
10 micrograms hepatitis B surface antigen adsorbed on 0.25 mg aluminum as aluminum hydroxide
4.5 mg sodium chloride
0.49 mg disodium phosphate dehydrate (a buffer)
0.352 mg sodium dihydrogen phosphate dehydrate
*grown on yeast cultures*

Rotavirus oral dose:
Sucrose (quantity not specified)
Sodium citrate (quantity not specified)
Sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate (quantity not specified)
Sodium hydroxide (quantity not specified)
Polysorbate 80 (quantity not specified)
Cell culture media (quantity not specified)
Trace amounts of fetal bovine serum
Trace amounts of pig virus

DTaP* shot:
(*Note, there are multiple DTaP vaccines in America. Some are also in combo-doses with other vaccines. Please view the package inserts to learn more).

6.7 Lf of diphtheria toxoid
5 Lf of tetanus toxoid
46.8 micrograms of pertussis antigens. This is represented in the final vaccine as approximately 23.4 micrograms of inactivated pertussis toxin and 23.4 micrograms of filamentous hemagglutinin.
Not more than 0.170 mg of aluminum
Not more than 100 micrograms of residual formaldehyde
Unspecified amounts of gelatin
Unspecified amounts of polysorbate 80

HiB shot:
(Label appears to be incomplete on the FDA’s page, which was later removed.)
10 micrograms purified Haemophilus b saccharide
Approximately 25 micrograms CRM 197 protein
single dose 0.5 ml vial contains no preservatives

IPV (Polio) shot:
40 D antigen units of Type 1
8 D antigen units of Type 2
32 D antigen units of Type 3
0.5% of 2-phenoxyethanol
100 micrograms of formaldehyde
less than 5 ng neomycin
less than 200 ng streptomycin
less than 25 ng polymyxin B
less than 1PPM of residual calf serum (cow blood)

PCV-7 shot:
2 μg of each saccharide for serotypes 4, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, and 23F
4 μg of serotype 6B per dose (16 μg total saccharide)
approximately 20 μg of CRM197 carrier protein
0.125 mg of aluminum per 0.5 mL dose as aluminum phosphate adjuvant.

At 4 months of age, your child will be injected with these ingredients:

Rotavirus dose:
Sucrose (quantity not specified)
Sodium citrate (quantity not specified)
Sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate (quantity not specified)
Sodium hydroxide (quantity not specified)
Polysorbate 80 (quantity not specified)
Cell culture media (quantity not specified)
Trace amounts of fetal bovine serum
(no preservatives)

DTaP* shot:
(*Note, there are multiple DTaP vaccines in America. Some are also in combo-doses with other vaccines. Please view the package inserts to learn more).

6.7 Lf of diphtheria toxoid
5 Lf of tetanus toxoid
46.8 micrograms of pertussis antigens. This is represented in the final vaccine as approximately 23.4 micrograms of inactivated pertussis toxin and 23.4 micrograms of filamentous hemagglutinin.
Not more than 0.170 mg of aluminum
Not more than 100 micrograms of residual formaldehyde
Unspecified amounts of gelatin
Unspecified amounts of polysorbate 80

HiB shot:
(Label appears to be incomplete on the FDA’s page, which was later removed.)
10 micrograms purified Haemophilus b saccharide
Approximately 25 micrograms CRM 197 protein
single dose 0.5 ml vial contains no preservatives

IPV shot:
40 D antigen units of Type 1
8 D antigen units of Type 2
32 D antigen units of Type 3
0.5% of 2-phenoxyethanol
100 micrograms of formaldehyde
less than 5 ng neomycin
less than 200 ng streptomycin
less than 25 ng polymyxin B
less than 1PPM of residual calf serum (cow blood)

PCV-7 shot:
2 μg of each saccharide for serotypes 4, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, and 23F
4 μg of serotype 6B per dose (16 μg total saccharide)
approximately 20 μg of CRM197 carrier protein
0.125 mg of aluminum per 0.5 mL dose as aluminum phosphate adjuvant.


At 6 months of age, your child will be injected with these ingredients:

Hepatitis B shot:
10 micrograms hepatitis B surface antigen adsorbed on 0.25 mg aluminum as aluminum hydroxide
4.5 mg sodium chloride
0.49 mg disodium phosphate dehydrate (a buffer)
0.352 mg sodium dihydrogen phosphate dehydrate

Rotavirus dose:
Sucrose (quantity not specified)
Sodium citrate (quantity not specified)
Sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate (quantity not specified)
Sodium hydroxide (quantity not specified)
Polysorbate 80 (quantity not specified)
Cell culture media (quantity not specified)
Trace amounts of fetal bovine serum
(no preservatives)

DTaP* shot:
(*Note, there are multiple DTaP vaccines in America. Some are also in combo-doses with other vaccines. Please view the package inserts to learn more).

6.7 Lf of diphtheria toxoid
5 Lf of tetanus toxoid
46.8 micrograms of pertussis antigens. This is represented in the final vaccine as approximately 23.4 micrograms of inactivated pertussis toxin and 23.4 micrograms of filamentous hemagglutinin.
Not more than 0.170 mg of aluminum
Not more than 100 micrograms of residual formaldehyde
Unspecified amounts of gelatin
Unspecified amounts of polysorbate 80

HiB shot:
(Label appears to be incomplete on the FDA’s page, which was later removed.)
10 micrograms purified Haemophilus b saccharide
Approximately 25 micrograms CRM 197 protein
single dose 0.5 ml vial contains no preservatives

Fluvirin shot:
Viral antigens
Trace thimerosal (amount not specified)
0.98 mcg mercury
Polymyxin, neomycin, and betapropiolactone (used in manufacturing) cannot be detected in the final product by current assay procedures.

IPV shot:
40 D antigen units of Type 1
8 D antigen units of Type 2
32 D antigen units of Type 3
0.5% of 2-phenoxyethanol
100 micrograms of formaldehyde
less than 5 ng neomycin
less than 200 ng streptomycin
less than 25 ng polymyxin B
less than 1PPM of residual calf serum (cow blood)

PCV-7 shot:
2 μg of each saccharide for serotypes 4, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, and 23F
4 μg of serotype 6B per dose (16 μg total saccharide)
approximately 20 μg of CRM197 carrier protein
0.125 mg of aluminum per 0.5 mL dose as aluminum phosphate adjuvant.

Remember to gather and review all the information about your child’s vaccinations before it is time for the shots. You need to know ahead of time which vaccine, which brand and which ingredients your child will be exposed to at the visit.

Wondering where to begin? I list pro-vaccine sources and then anti-vaccine sources in a tidy post right here:
http://guggiedaly.blogspot.com/2010/11/what-every-parents-needs-to-read-on.html

Want to make a customized schedule to fit YOUR child’s needs? This is an awesome tool! This calculator lets you customize a schedule based on your child’s age, height and weight. It will add up toxin exposure and alert you to allergen exposure! http://www.vaccine-tlc.org/

Do you need to know more about the vaccines themselves? You can read all about the ingredients and the manufacturing process by reading the actual package inserts:
http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/thi-table.htm

Oh yes! And don't forget: you have the right to refuse vaccinations! Vaccines are not required. You can delay, you can choose some but not others, you can stop until you have decided. If people are harassing you, report them, fire them and hire a doctor who respects you and your children.