American College of Medical Toxicology on IOM Thimerosal report

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Anyone have any background on this trade organization?

http://jmt.pennpress.org/strands/jmt/pdfHandler.pdf;jsessionid=B051DEB46077AD997AA1C5AAA9A06617?issue=20060204 & file=20060204_170_171.pdf

The American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) Position Statement:The IOM Report on Thimerosal and Autismby Tom L. Kurt

December 2006

"Recent research has confirmed that the ethylmercury component found in Thimerosal is less hazardous than methylmercury." (then refers to Burbacher & Parran studies)

American College of Medical Toxicology1901 North Roselle Road, Suite 920Schaumburg, IL 60195847.885.0674Fax 847.885.8393E-mail: info@...http://wwww.acmt.net

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I didn't spend much time on their site, but the CDC has a rather

interesting page that details some info. about medical toxicologists.

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http://www.cdc.gov/about/careers/medToxic.htm

Excerpts:

" Medical toxicology is a relatively young sub-specialty with only

about 300 board certified medical toxicologists nationwide, " says

Schier, MD, who works in CDC´s Division of Environmental

Hazards and Health Effects and serves as an instructor with the

Emory-CDC Medical Toxicology Fellowship. "

Nemhauser, MD

" The need has never been greater for medical toxicologists to take on

a more active communication role to explain exposure risks in people,

he adds. " People are worried about mercury levels in their fish.

Pregnant women in particular worry about what is safe to eat. That´s

where our specialty needs to expand - in communicating those risks to

the public, " he says, adding, " Being at CDC is a good place for a

medical toxicologist right now. "

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> Anyone have any background on this trade organization?

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http://jmt.pennpress.org/strands/jmt/pdfHandler.pdf;jsessionid=B051DEB46077AD997\

AA1C5AAA9A06617?issue=20060204 & file=20060204_170_171.pdf

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> The American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) Position Statement:

> The IOM Report on Thimerosal and Autism

> by Tom L. Kurt

> December 2006

>

> " Recent research has confirmed that the ethylmercury component found

in Thimerosal is less hazardous than methylmercury. " (then refers to

Burbacher & Parran studies)

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> American College of Medical Toxicology

> 1901 North Roselle Road, Suite 920

> Schaumburg, IL 60195

> 847.885.0674

> Fax 847.885.8393

> E-mail: info@...

> http://wwww.acmt.net

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