Proposed Mercury Ban Threatens Vaccines

T Murphy writes "Although in the draft stages, a treaty being pushed by the United Nations Environment Programme has a blanket ban on mercury. While the ban would stop the use of mercury in paints or pesticides, it currently has no exemptions to allow for other small uses, such as in thermisol, which is used as a preservative in vaccines. The next meeting to discuss this treaty will be at the end of October."

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Re:thimerosol-free flu shot

[shadowrat]

I say don't throw out the baby with the bath water.

A baby with enough Thimerosal sinks right to the bottom of the bathwater. It's pretty easy to pour the bathwater right off and find the baby still in there.

Re:There is a bright side

[Nidi62]

I like in Almadén, a village which has been producing 3/4 of global mercury in last 2 millenia.

Well, do you know how many causes of autism we have? Only 2 in the last 10 years. In total, 2 persons in this village have autism.

But it does appear that all of that mercury has caused the population of Almaden to be unable to detect sarcasm.