"JOHN" <john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Remember when it says "trace" it equals 2000 parts per billion - see
below
> for dangers of 0.5 parts per billion, 2 parts per billion, 20 parts per
> billion and 200 parts per billion. TRACE is 2000 parts per billion!
>
> From Gary Goldman
> Vaccines with trace amounts of Thimerosal, by definition, contain less
> than 1 microgram of mercury (Hg) per dose (
> http://www.fda.gov/cber/vaccine/thimerosal.htm).
>
> For example, consider that the reduced-Thimerosal flu vaccine with
0.0002%
> mercury is equivalent to 1 microgram [µg] of Hg per 0.5 mL, or 2 µg of
> Hg per mL, which is the same as 2000 µg per liter; or 2000 parts per
> billion [ppb][2].
>
> 0.5 parts per billion (ppb) mercury has been shown to kill human
> neuroblastoma cells (Parran et al., Toxicol Sci 2005; 86:132-40).
> 2 ppb mercury is the U.S. EPA limit for drinking water (
> http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminants/index.html#mcls).
> 20 ppb mercury destroys neurite membrane structures (Leong et al.,
> Neurore****t 2001:12733-7).
> 200 ppb mercury is the level in liquid that the EPA classifies as
> hazardous waste
> 2000 ppb - TRACE is 2000 parts per b
>
> *********
> From HAPI
>
> Vaccines Are Not Mercury Free
>
> PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> August 12, 2004
> Health Advocacy in the Public Interest (HAPI) Health Advocacy in the
> Public Interest
> Contact: Dawn Winkler 970-641-7413
>
> Vaccines Are Not Mercury Free
>
> After much public controversy surrounding the mercury content of
childhood
> vaccinations, Health Advocacy in the Public Interest (HAPI) raised $500
to
> have four vaccines tested for heavy metal content. The vials were sent
to
> Doctor's Data, an independent lab which specializes in heavy metal
> testing.
>
> Many manufacturers voluntarily began producing supposed "mercury free"
> vaccines in 1999. Some product inserts currently claim that a "trace"
> amount of mercury still exists in the final product but that the amount
> has been greatly reduced. Others claim to be producing completely
mercury
> free products.
>
> During an investigation into the mercury issue, HAPI learned that
> Thimerosal, a 50% mercury compound, is still being used to produce most
> vaccines and that the manufacturers are simply "filtering it out" of the
> final product. However, according to Boyd Haley, PhD, Chemistry
> Department Chair, University of Kentucky, mercury binds to the antigenic
> protein in the vaccine and cannot be completely, 100% filtered out.
Removing almost all mercury from vaccines has not influenced the incidence
of autism, but some antivax propagandists cannot admit they were wrong
about
that. As has been pointed out here before, this is a ridiculously small
mercury exposure. Vaccines and many other medical products containing
much more thiomerosal have STILL never been shown to have any adverse
effects of humans.
A meal of fish would contain more. The above complains about vaccines
containing 2000 parts per billion. What about fish, such as tuna, that
can contain over 1000 parts per billion (see
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/reprints/mercury.html
) as highly toxic methyl
mercury, and are consumed in much larger volumes and much more
frequently?
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