Mercury more toxic in boys than girls?

[Guest guest]

This was a statement from Dr Neal Halsey's

presentation on mercury:

Testing in the Faroe Islands follow-up study required

very sophisticated testing to detect very mild, subtle

neurologic defects that would not be evident on

routine examinations. The results provided many

interesting observations, including the fact that the

minor defects were noted primarily in boys. The

biologic explanation for increased susceptibility to

mercury of the male fetal brain has not been

determined. There are other genetic factors associated

with susceptibility to mercury toxicity which we may

understand some day.

(in the meantime many docs are using up their current

supplies of vaccines w/mercury, not to mention the flu

shots that as far as I know, are not being required to

have mercury reduced or removed)

and he goes on to say:

This figure shows the ATSDR guidelines selected by the

Public Health Service superimposed on the daily

exposures to ethyl mercury for children who receive

all thimerosal-containing vaccines. At 2 months of age

children of all weight categories receive more than 30

times the recommended daily maximum exposure and

children of the smallest weight category receive

almost three months worth of daily exposures on a

single day.

If the EPA or WHO guidelines are used, the smallest

children receive approximately 8 months of daily

exposures in a single day. None of the guidelines

provide us with the safety margin for these exposures

or how single large exposures should be counted.

Physicians administering vaccines and parents must

make a decision at the time of immunization as to the

safety of the dose of mercury delivered.

The entire presentation can be found here:

http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/sld001.htm

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