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Danieljay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 05:59 PM
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1. Its the mercury preservative... Its called Thimerosal and most physicians (EDITED)
Edited on Thu Feb-28-08 06:10 PM by Danieljay
don't evenknow it contains or is derived from mercury. I asked a nurse once if a vaccine I was getting contained mercury, she said no. I looked at the label and it said Thimerosal, she didn't even know it was Mercury.

Thimerosal, which is approximately 50% mercury by weight, has been one of the most widely used preservatives in vaccines. It is metabolized or degraded to ethylmercury and thiosalicylate.

Its probably not one vaccine that causes the problem... its the series over a short amount of time resulting in mercury toxicity. It can take the body a year to rid itself of mercury.

Get this, amalgum fillings are 50% mercury and are still used regularly in the dentists office. Many dentists don't even know they contain mercury.


Oh, and get this:

Why was thimerosal removed from vaccines if there is no danger?

Even though there’s no evidence that thimerosal in vaccines is dangerous, the Public Health Service and the American Academy of Pediatrics believe the effort to remove mercury-based preservatives from vaccines was a good decision. Mercury exists in a different form in our environment (such as in some fish) so children will be exposed to it in other ways. We can’t always remove mercury from the environment. But we can control the mercury used in some vaccines. So, by taking thimerosal out of vaccines, we are lessening the amount of mercury a child will be exposed to early in life.

HOWEVER, existing stocks of mercury containing vaccines are allowed to be used until they are gone. Convenient, they say there is no link, but they are discontinuing the use, BUT they are allowing the drug companies to use all existing stock. Ya gotta love our government!
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