Vaccine Excipient Summary — Excipients Included in U.S. Vaccines, by Vaccine (CDC Pink Book Appendix B, Table B-1, Jan 2019 edition)

Government Record · CDC (document); mirrored by Oregon Board of Pharmacy · January 2019

CDC's own package-insert compilation confirms residual formaldehyde and polysorbate 80 in several childhood vaccines and the use of human diploid fetal cell lines: MRC-5 cells (including residual DNA and protein) in MMRV (ProQuad), varicella, HepA (Havrix) and rabies vaccines; WI-38-derived rubella strain in MMR. Documents the factual basis for 'heavy metals and fetal cells' (aluminum salts; fetal-cell-line residuals) while showing these are trace residuals listed in package inserts.

DTaP-HepB-IPV (Pediarix): formaldehyde, aluminum phosphate, 2-phenoxyethanol, polysorbate 80, glutaraldehyde… aluminum hydroxide, sodium chloride, polysorbate 80 (Tween 80), neomycin sulfate, polymyxin B, yeast protein

CDC's own package-insert compilation confirms residual formaldehyde and polysorbate 80 in several childhood vaccines and the use of human diploid fetal cell lines: MRC-5 cells (including residual DNA and protein) in MMRV (ProQuad), varicella, HepA (Havrix) and rabies vaccines; WI-38-derived rubella strain in MMR. Documents the factual basis for 'heavy metals and fetal cells' (aluminum salts; fetal-cell-line residuals) while showing these are trace residuals listed in package inserts.