Coalition for Mercury-free Drugs

The Coalition for Mercury-free Drugs (CoMeD) is a United States-based 501(C)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to reducing mercury-exposure risks from mercury-containing medical products. According to its official website, the group works on behalf of the unborn, infants, children, adolescents and adults who are, or may be, exposed to such products, and it supports and assists other groups that share any part of its mission, vision, or values. CoMeD's stated mission is to reduce the level of mercury in all drugs and to end the knowing addition of mercury, in any form, to vaccines and other drugs. Its vision is a world in which no mercury-based ingredient is knowingly added to any medicine, and in which the ingredients used in medicines contain the lowest levels of mercury that the best practical technologies afford. The organization frames its work around the position that organic mercury-based compounds are a proven neurotoxic risk to susceptible men, women and children at levels below 1 part per billion, citing Parran et al 2005. The coalition describes itself as acknowledging the pain, suffering, and worth of all those directly and indirectly impacted by medicines containing organic and inorganic mercury. It values the support of persons, groups, and agencies seeking to reduce or remove mercury added to vaccines, serums, and other drugs, and it states that it stands ready to serve and support those engaged in this effort. CoMeD also emphasizes the right of informed consent, committing itself to requiring that this right be upheld whenever a mercury-containing drug is injected or administered to a patient at levels exceeding applicable governmental regulatory safety guidelines, regulations, or standards, citing agencies such as the EPA, FDA, and OSHA. The organization operates primarily as an advocacy and public-information entity rather than as a manufacturer or retailer. Its activities center on its website, membership drive, and outreach to like-minded individuals and organizations. It is identified in public data sources simply as an American organization. As a nonprofit advocacy group, CoMeD does not sell branded consumer products; its "offerings" are its mission, educational materials, and advocacy positions concerning mercury in medicines.

The Coalition for Mercury-free Drugs (CoMeD) is a United States-based 501(C)(3) not-for-profit organization. Public data sources identify it simply as an American organization. Its official website presents the group as dedicated to reducing mercury-exposure risks from all mercury-containing medical products for the unborn, infants, children, adolescents and adults who are, or may be, exposed to them. The organization's public identity is built around a mission to reduce the level of mercury in all drugs and to end the knowing addition of mercury, in any form, to vaccines and other drugs. Its vision statement seeks a world in which no mercury-based ingredient is knowingly added to any medicine, and in which the ingredients used in medicines have the lowest levels of mercury that the best practical technologies afford. CoMeD states that it recognizes organic mercury-based compounds as a proven neurotoxic risk to susceptible men, women and children at levels below 1 part per billion, citing Parran et al 2005. CoMeD describes itself as acknowledging the pain, suffering, and worth of all those directly and indirectly impacted by medicines containing all forms of organic and inorganic mercury. It values the support of all persons, groups, and agencies who seek to reduce or remove the mercury currently added to vaccines, serums, and other drugs, and it stands ready to serve and support those engaged in this effort. The group also emphasizes the right of informed consent, committing itself to requiring that this right is upheld whenever a mercury-containing drug is injected or administered to a patient at levels exceeding applicable governmental regulatory safety guidelines, regulations, or standards, citing agencies such as the EPA, FDA, and OSHA. As of its official website, CoMeD has conducted a membership drive and operates primarily as an advocacy and public-information organization. It does not manufacture or sell branded products; its activities center on its website, membership, and outreach to individuals and organizations sharing its mission, vision, or values. The available evidence does not provide a founding year, founder names, headquarters location, or executive leadership, and the organization is identified in public data only as an American organization.

Nonprofit advocacy organization opposing the knowing addition of mercury to vaccines and other drugs, and promoting informed consent and lower mercury exposure limits.

1. 1The Coalition for Mercury-free Drugs (CoMeD) — official websitemercury-freedrugs.org
2. 2Coalition for Mercury-free Drugs — Wikidatawikidata.org