Re: RE: NY Times on Autism

[Guest guest]

Exactly. That's what most people don't seem to understand. It applies to so many

things. Another example is GMOs. Sure, one day GMOs might be extremely

beneficial (although the thought of seriously modified plants and animals

continues to bother me), but why rush into it until we know all the facts? The

potential for harm is so great, thus the " opportunity cost " is very high at this

point.

Tom

> Tom, I agree that the line of questioning is backwards. Shouldn't we

> err on the side of caution and not inject mercury into an infant's

> bloodstream? If the issue is up in the air, we should assume the

> mercury might be detrimental. And what parent, if told what was going

> on, would offer their baby as the guinea pig for the experiment? I

> wonder how many parents know these vaccines contain mercury?

>

> Chris

>

[Guest guest]

Yeah, even though formaldehyde doens't accumulate it's still not something you

want in your body. Formic acid is bad stuff, it's the same stuff that's in the

poison of certain ants ( " formica " is Latin for ant). Dictionary describes it as

a " colorless pungent fuming vesicatory liquid acid " .

Tom

Dan Corrigan wrote:

> EDTA can be used to chelate aluminum. I'm not sure about formaldehyde

> accumulating. A quick search yielded conflicting results....

>

> Source 1:

> " Formaldehyde does not accumulate in the body, since it is readily

> metabolized to formic acid, and then to carbon dioxide and water. "

>

> Source 2:

> " although some of the formaldehyde appears to accumulate in the body...

> Chronic formaldehyde exposure at very low doses has been shown to cause

> immune system and nervous system changes and damage as well as headaches,

> general poor health, irreversible genetic damage, and a number of other

> serious health problems "

>

> Dan

>

[Guest guest]

>Yeah, even though formaldehyde doens't accumulate it's still not something you

want in your body. Formic acid is bad stuff, it's the same stuff that's in the

poison of certain ants ( " formica " is Latin for ant). Dictionary describes it as

a " colorless pungent fuming vesicatory liquid acid " .

>

>Tom

Your gut produces formaldehyde though, and it is present in a lot of home-brewed

products. It, and other aldehydes, are common fermentation byproducts, so you

probably get some in your blood just from digesting food. This comes up every so

often when folks who are chemically sensitive try to make kimchi!

Heidi Jean