Guest guest Posted July 30, 2006 Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 Isn't it true that in a multi-vax container that wasn't shaken (?) before each dose, the mercury settles on the bottom, so that doses given toward the end could have several times the intended mercury in them? So aren't these CDC numbers of mercury only averages - and if you're child is unlucky enough to get the bottom of the container for a couple of vaccines at once, he could be walking away with double, triple, quadruple the mercury that was intended? > > Hi > > It is in the archives somewhere, but Boyd Haley actually looked into this issue around 2002. He found that brands that claimed to be " thinerasol free " still contained thimerasol (albeit at a much lesser dose) and that the amount of aluminum varied from dose to dose by a factor of 9 (and this was in a small sample). So one dose might have 10 mcgs of aluminum (totally hypoethetical) but another dose from the same lot in a different vial would contain 90 mcgs of aluminum. > > Vera > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 30, 2006 Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 If you ask any production chemist- they will tell you that thimerosal forms a gradient in the production batch (true for cosmetics as well as vaccines)- and the concentration of thimerosal in a sample will vary as a consequence of where a sample is taken from within the batch (in some cases 2-3 fold). It is rarely, if ever, consistent throughout the entire batch. It is in the nature of the solubility of thimerosal and the measures taken to mix the batch. Within a batch- a gradient. Within a vial- a gradient. The poor kids who received the highest concentration of thimerosal in the vial from that portion of a batch with the high concentration of thimerosal are the most unlikely of all. Question about mercury in multi-dose vaccines Isn't it true that in a multi-vax container that wasn't shaken (?) before each dose, the mercury settles on the bottom, so that doses given toward the end could have several times the intended mercury in them? So aren't these CDC numbers of mercury only averages - and if you're child is unlucky enough to get the bottom of the container for a couple of vaccines at once, he could be walking away with double, triple, quadruple the mercury that was intended?>> Hi> > It is in the archives somewhere, but Boyd Haley actually looked into this issue around 2002. He found that brands that claimed to be "thinerasol free" still contained thimerasol (albeit at a much lesser dose) and that the amount of aluminum varied from dose to dose by a factor of 9 (and this was in a small sample). So one dose might have 10 mcgs of aluminum (totally hypoethetical) but another dose from the same lot in a different vial would contain 90 mcgs of aluminum.> > Vera> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 So when the gov't says the max dose is safe - shouldn't they be tripling that max dose to account for the variability in the mercury load? > > > > Hi > > > > It is in the archives somewhere, but Boyd Haley actually looked > into this issue around 2002. He found that brands that claimed to > be " thinerasol free " still contained thimerasol (albeit at a much > lesser dose) and that the amount of aluminum varied from dose to dose > by a factor of 9 (and this was in a small sample). So one dose might > have 10 mcgs of aluminum (totally hypoethetical) but another dose from > the same lot in a different vial would contain 90 mcgs of aluminum. > > > > Vera > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 What the government should do is get all of the mercury out. They should be working on new technologies to provide vaccines without relying on thimerosal. That should be done by the NIH. Re: Question about mercury in multi-dose vaccines So when the gov't says the max dose is safe - shouldn't they be tripling that max dose to account for the variability in the mercury load? > >> > Hi> > > > It is in the archives somewhere, but Boyd Haley actually looked > into this issue around 2002. He found that brands that claimed to > be "thinerasol free" still contained thimerasol (albeit at a much > lesser dose) and that the amount of aluminum varied from dose to dose > by a factor of 9 (and this was in a small sample). So one dose might > have 10 mcgs of aluminum (totally hypoethetical) but another dose from > the same lot in a different vial would contain 90 mcgs of aluminum.> > > > Vera> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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