On Jun 8, 5:35=A0pm, "Peter Moran" <pmo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "JOHN" <j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Remember when it says "trace" it equals 2000 parts per billion - see
bel=
ow
> > for dangers of 0.5 parts per billion, 2 parts per billion, 20 parts
per
> > billion and 200 parts per billion. =A0TRACE is 2000 parts per billion!
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> > 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
0.000=
2%
> > mercury is equivalent to 1 microgram [=B5g] of Hg per 0.5 mL, or 2
=B5g =
of
> > Hg per mL, which is the same as 2000 =B5g per liter; or 2000 parts per
> > billion [ppb][2].
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> > =A0 =A0 0.5 parts per billion (ppb) mercury has been shown to kill
human=
> > neuroblastoma cells (Parran et al., Toxicol Sci 2005; 86:132-40).
> > =A0 =A0 2 ppb mercury is the U.S. EPA limit for drinking water (
> >http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminants/index.html#mcls).
> > =A0 =A0 20 ppb mercury destroys neurite membrane structures (Leong et
al=
..,
> > Neurore****t 2001:12733-7).
> > =A0 =A0 200 ppb mercury is the level in liquid that the EPA classifies
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s
> > hazardous waste
> > =A0 =A0 2000 ppb - TRACE is 2000 parts per b
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> > *********
> > 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
childho=
od
> > vaccinations, Health Advocacy in the Public Interest (HAPI) raised
$500 =
to
> > have four vaccines tested for heavy metal content. =A0The vials were
sen=
t to
> > Doctor's Data, an independent lab which specializes in heavy metal
> > testing.
>
> > Many manufacturers voluntarily began producing supposed "mercury free"
> > vaccines in 1999. =A0Some 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
mercur=
y
> > 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. =A0However, 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
abo=
ut
> that. =A0As has been pointed out here before, this is a ridiculously
small=
> mercury exposure. =A0 Vaccines and many other =A0medical products
containi=
ng
> much more thiomerosal =A0have =A0STILL never been shown to have any
advers=
e
> effects of humans.
>
> A meal of fish would contain more. =A0 =A0 The above complains about
vacci=
nes
> containing 2000 parts per billion. =A0 =A0What about fish, such as tuna,
t=
hat
> can contain over 1000 parts per billion
(seehttp://www.fda.gov/fdac/reprin=
ts/mercury.html) as highly toxic methyl
> mercury, =A0and are consumed in much larger volumes and much more
frequent=
ly?
Depends on the fish. The flounder we had over the weekend, all fresh
catch, are listed by the FDA as ND, meaning no detectable mercury.
Also, one needs to realize that the mercury in fish, MeHg, is not the
same as the mercury in Thimerosal, EHg.
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