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- noun Alternative spelling of
thimerosal .
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Since 1939 a preservative called thiomersal (thimerosal in the US) has been used in some vaccines, and it contains nearly 50 per cent mercury.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009
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One of the chemicals known to be used in tattoo ink is thimerosal, also called thiomersal, an organic compound made with mercury.
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Major scientific and medical bodies such as the Institute of Medicine and World Health Organization [9] as well as governmental agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration [4] and the CDC [10] reject any role for thiomersal in autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders.
Matthew Yglesias » January Was the Warmest Temperature in World History 2010
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Fri 11/06/09 12: 11 PM oh and before you start the there are no studies that show any danger in thiomerosol additions to vaccines, note that there havent been but three studies, while the studies on the ethyl mercury which is 51% of thiomersal are quite abundant.
Jim Carrey's new personal website: A visually stunning treat | EW.com 2009
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Are there clear guidelines on when something is comment v. fact and is a statement on a blog that it should be interpreted as commentary insufficient if one does actually delve off into fact e.g., there has never been any thimerosal/thiomersal in the MMR vaccine?
BCA v Singh: An Astonishingly Illiberal Ruling Jack of Kent 2009
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Well, I guess thiomersal will have to be replaced, but aluminum should suffice for now.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Oh, wait, let's add some thiomersal and aluminum flavoring to awaken the immune senses.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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So, if it was a genetic dysfuntion, a place to look is at the parents who were insidiously and increasingly innoculated with thiomersal containing vaccines.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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But wait again David, thiomersal has been demonstrated to cause mitochondrial dysfunction in both neuronal cell and immune Tcell lines.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Fears about thiomersal in vaccines were first raised after a flawed medical study in 1998 linked a common childhood injection to autism.
The Seattle Times 2011
treeseed commented on the word thiomersal
"Thiomersal (INN) (C9H9HgNaO2S), or sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate, commonly known in the United States as thimerosal, is an organomercury compound (approximately 49% mercury by weight) used as an antiseptic and antifungal agent.
It was developed and registered under the trade name Merthiolate in 1928 by the pharmaceutical corporation Eli Lilly and Company and has been used as a preservative in vaccines, immunoglobulin preparations, skin test antigens, antivenins, ophthalmic and nasal products, and tattoo inks.
In the U.S., the European Union, and a few other affluent countries, the compound is being phased out from vaccines routinely given to children.1 Packaging the vaccines in single-dose vials eliminates the need for bacteriostatics such as thiomersal
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February 19, 2009