Zekkyou said:
Mercury (specifically the mercury based preservative thiomersal) was used to stop the growth of bacteria and fungi within vaccines. When your body breaks down thiomersal it forms ethylmercury, which is then also broken down and pushed out of your blood relatively quickly. This is all pretty much harmless. A lot of the fear people had towards thiomersal was from not knowing the different between ethylmercury (C2H5Hg+) and methylmercury (CH3Hg+). The former is what broke down from the vaccine, the latter can be very toxic. Even then though, methylmercury is safe enough in small quantities. You can find it in fish. Interestingly enough though, despite the FDA having not licensed the use of thiomersal in a children's vaccine (under 6) since 2001 (with exception to influenza), there has been so observable change in the number of children diagnose with autism ^^ |
Didn't some companies take it out anyway because of the publicity the misinformation was getting and this going to the single dose vaccines that cost more?










