Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the major divisions of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It is the principle agency addressing health, safety and related issues and services. The agency was founded over 60 years ago. The CDC's stated mission is to protect health and promote "quality of life through the prevention and control of disease, injury, and disability."

Vaccines
There is a surprising amount of medical documentation of vaccine failure. Measles, mumps, small pox, polio and Hib outbreaks have all occurred in vaccinated populations. In 1989 the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) reported that measles outbreaks occurred in schools where 98% of the children had received immunizations. Outbreaks and epidemics have occurred in all parts of the country after immunizations, including areas that had not reported measles for years. In 1984, the CDCP reported a measles outbreak in population that was documented as 100% vaccinated. , See also pharmaceutical industry.

On March 29, 2008, CDC chief Julie Gerberding admitted that vaccines trigger autism in a subset of the population with mitochondrial disorders on CNN's House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupta. (right)

Increasing rate of birth defects
The Birth Defects Monitoring Program (BDMP) monitors birth defects using data collected when newborn infants are discharged from hospital. The BDMP was initiated by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in 1974. In 1990, researchers looking for trends examined records for 38 types of birth defects from 1979-80 through 1986-87. During this seven-year period, of the 38 types of birth defects, 29 increased; two decreased; and seven remained stable (meaning they changed less than 2% per year during the period).

Approximately 25% of all infant deaths could be eliminated with better pre-natal services. Infant deaths would decrease by 10 to 25% if women gave up smoking during pregnancy. Alcohol abuse during pregnancy is the leading cause of preventable birth defects.

Government funded vivisection
U.S. agencies that fund animal testing include the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

Government funded animal testing spends billions of dollars every year and kills millions of animals in an essentially unregulated industry. Hundreds of institutions and thousands of individuals profit off vivisection. Furthermore, the government pays for the same experiments to be done over and over. In the fiscal year ending in 2005, these seven government agencies funded over 28,937 projects for experiments on 27 species, including: monkeys, dogs, cats and rodents. These included 1200 separate projects (at up to $495,600,000) examining drug addiction. 778 projects studying "neural information processing" in 11 species racked up approximately $321,314,000. No experiment, however ridiculous, useless or painful; is illegal. The majority of animals used in experimentation receive absolutely no protection under current laws. Government funded animal testing costs U.S. taxpayers over $12 billion annually. See also U.S. Government's War on Animals, section 5.

Animals by species, numbers & locations

 * Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Numbers of primates being used & held

 * Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Personnel

 * Dr. Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H., Director

Past directors

 * 1998 - 2002: Jeffrey P. Koplan, M.D., M.P.H.
 * 1993 - 1998: David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.
 * 1990 - 1993: William L. Roper, M.D., M.P.H.
 * 1983 - 1989: James O. Mason, M.D., M.P.H.
 * 1977 - 1983: William H. Foege, M.D., M.P.H.
 * 1966 - 1977: David J. Sencer, M.D., M.P.H.
 * 1962 - 1966: James L. Goddard, M.D., M.P.H.
 * 1960 - 1962: Clarence A. Smith, M.D., M.P.H.
 * 1956 - 1960: Robert J. Anderson, M.D., M.P.H.
 * 1953 - 1956: Theodore J. Bauer, M.D.
 * 1952 - 1953: Justin M. Andrews, Sc.D.
 * 1947 - 1951: Raymond A. Vonderlehr, M.D.
 * 1944 - 1946: Mark D. Hollis, Sc.D.
 * 1942 - 1943: L. L. Williams, M.D.

Contact
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Rd Atlanta, GA 30333, U.S.A

Phone: (404) 639-3311 Public inquiries: (404) 639-3534 Toll free: (800) 311-3435

Web address: http://www.cdc.gov

Sourcewatch Resources

 * AIDS industry
 * Animal testing
 * Barry R. Bloom
 * March of Dimes
 * Pharmaceutical industry
 * United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention On the Social Costs of Smoking
 * U.S. Government's War on Animals

External articles

 * Evelyn Pringle CDC Downplays Birth Defects of SSRIs to Boost Sales, Oped News, July 2007
 * Ted McKenna, "CDC names 17 eligible firms for IDIQ contract", PR Week, March 22, 2007
 * Leonard Horowitz, PhD Superviruses, Contaminated Vaccines and the Current and Coming Plagues, Consumer Health Organization of Canada, Volume 21 Issue 8 & 9, August 1998