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Proposed Mercury Ban Threatens Vaccines

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 21, 2011 @02:55AM from the ban-venus-too dept.

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:Nothing to see here.... by sexconker · 2011-10-21 05:27 · Score: 1, Troll

Dosage is absolutely not the key. Mercury accumulates. It doesn't go away.
When you put it in a person in a "safe" form, you have to be sure it will stay in that form forever.
Using mercury when alternatives are available is about as smart as using leaded paint and gasoline, or going for a romp in that fluffy, itchy stuff in the attic.