Re: Thimerosal in the Flu vaccine
- From: "Peter Moran" <pmoran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:44:33 +1000
"Kevysmom" <bluebunny8@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Please take the time and read this before you get a flu vaccine....
Just so you know...Last year at my sons school there was a flu
outbreak(The majority of the kids get the flu vaccine, The majority of
the kids also came down with the flu) My son who doesnt get the flu
vaccine, didnt catch the flu! The few times he did have the vaccine,
He went downhill within a couple months of getting it.
The best thing you can do to prevent the flu, is build up your immune
system by eating healthy foods. And wash your hands. And throw the
sugar in the garbage. Use honey.
Thimerosal is a mercury compound that is in the Flu vaccine. It
contains 25 mcg of mercury.
We are being warned about mercury in fish, especially large fish like
sword fish or tuna. These
fish contain about 0.75 mcg of mercury.
<snip>
"Uneducated people believe what they are told...Educated people
question what
they are told." -Helen Keller
Taking Helen Keller's advice, I looked this up! The mercury content of
fish is usually expressed in parts per million, and 0.75 ppm would be a
common level for such fish (considerably more in imported canned tuna).
Does this not equate to 0.75 micrograms per gram? So a common serving
size of 100G of tuna for an adult would actually contain *75 mcg* of
mercury, and as methyl mercury, probably a more dangerous version of mercury
than the more readily excreted ethyl mercury in thiomerosal. Advisory
agencies say one serving a week of such fish is safe, in fact, millions of
people around the world would consume far more.
So there does not seem much to worry about from 25 millions of a gram of
mercury in a yearly flu injection.
These are my back-of-the-envelope calculations. Do others agree?
<snip>
This will be my only post on this subject, I promise.
At least indicate whether you agree with my figures. I am sure you are not
the only one scaring people concerning this minor exposure to mercury.
PM
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