Factsheet: Three Important Things to Know About Aluminum and Vaccines

Factsheet explains that while some vaccines contain aluminum, the aluminum helps the vaccines work better. The factsheet shares that the total aluminum babies get from vaccines is much less than the aluminum they get from formula or breast milk over the first six months of life. The factsheet also explains that aluminum only affects our health under very specific circumstances, and that being exposed to vaccine-preventable pathogens is more dangerous.