House Again Votes to Increase Mercury Pollution, Premature Death and Disease

[Galraedia]

http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20111014/OPINION01/110140325/Editorial-other-views-Environment-suffers-under-GOP-House?odyssey=nav%7Chead

http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2011/house-again-votes-to-increase-mercury-pollution-premature-death-and-disease

*sighs* -_-

[RegieRocker]

1. Mercury us good for you. They use it in vaccines.

Small amounts are ok.

[TheWraith]

2. Uh, no.

The "mercury" contained in a FEW vaccine preservatives--and yes, which is harmless in them--is ethyl mercury. The "common" kind of mercury released by industry is methyl mercury, a different compound entirely.

To illustrate the difference between similar but different compounds, compare ethyl alcohol and methyl alcohol. Ethyl alcohol is fun to drink, but only has lasting effects with longstanding use. In contrast, as little as 30 milliliters of methyl alcohol can permanently blind you, and 150 milliliters (5 fluid ounces) will kill you dead.

So it pays to be exact when dealing with chemistry. But most people hear about "mercury" in vaccines and don't know the difference.

[RegieRocker]

3. Show me the toxicology tests of ethyl mercury a compound

which contains mercury.

[TheWraith]

4. Here you go.

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/tf.asp?id=113&tid=24

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/phs/phs.asp?id=112&tid=24

As noted elsewhere, when determining safe levels of ethyl mercury, they used safe levels of methyl mercury as a guide. Since ethyl mercury is less toxic and doesn't bioaccumulate, the result is that it's even safer than projected.

[RegieRocker]

5. From the source that requires vaccinations?

Here you go.
http://www.vaccinationnews.com/20110314ThimerosalContainingVaccines-I-InTheDarkYazbakFE

Thimerosal has been eliminated from pediatric vaccines. Why did they do that?

[TheWraith]

6. So it's all one big conspiracy. Right.

Even though actual science has NEVER shown a link between childhood vaccinations and autism--the one "study" that did was proven to be a total fraud.

[RegieRocker]

7. Yep and your livng it, believing it, promoting it and standing up

for it. You see the conspiracy is not what you think. The conspiracy is the corruption that you covet. Then why did the government take it out of children's vaccines? Just forget it and keep on believing your conspiracies to defraud the public.