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Whooping-Cough Vaccine

Volume 925: debated on Tuesday 1 February 1977

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asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether toxicity tests on babies a few months old were part of the MRC trials for whooping-cough vaccine.

I am informed that the answer is "No" and that the vaccines used in the trials were tested for toxicity in the laboratory before use.