Polio

Vaccine Poses No Risk Says Canadian Expert

Published in Cancer Weekly, February 17th, 1997

Concerns about the risk of developing cancer from a virus called SV40, that may have been present in early forms of polio vaccines, are unfounded, said Dr. Ron Gold, The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and author of "Your Child's Best Shot: A Parent's Guide to Immunization."

"First, the current polio vaccines are free of SV40," said Gold. "They have been since 1963.

"Second, studies in the USA, Sweden, and Germany have been done to learn whether exposure to such contaminated vaccine has led to any increase in cancer. The answer is clear - there is no increase in cancer rates that can be linked to the contaminating virus in...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (1997-02-17)

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