Infants Eliminate Mercury In Vaccines Faster Than Previously Thought - It Does Not Have Time To Build Up In Babies' Bodies

Mercury has been proven to be eliminated faster in infants than we have thought. It has been suspected that thimerosal, a mercury preservative pediatric vaccine ingredient may have been an important contributory factor to rising autism rates in California. However, it seems like thimerosal was not the cause. Mercury has been used as vaccine preservative due to its bacteria killing property but has caused fear that there might be mercury accumulation just like eating contaminated fish. Recent research result indicates that the mercury was eliminated through the gut. A good sign as mercury at high levels is toxic to kidneys. No damage to renal tissues were found, the authors report. Besides, the researchers found that the half-life of ethyl mercury in the blood was 3.7 days, compared to 44 days for mercury found in some foods. Ethyl mercury's short half-life prevents toxic build-up from occurring. Thus, the use of this mercury in vaccines should be causing problems.

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