ethyl mercury

ethyl mercury

degradation product of thimersol.
See also: thimerosal.
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The kind found in vaccines is ethyl mercury, and this is water-soluble and rapidly metabolized in the body so they do not accumulate, he said.
Parents must weigh the benefits and risks of vaccines
5% ethyl mercury that has been used for years as a preservative in many infant vaccines and in flu vaccines.
Vitamin D and Autism
The ethyl mercury is from sodium ethylmercyrithosalicylate (thimerosal) used in vaccines and eye drops as preservative.
Mercury toxicity--a public health concern
No wonder the concentration of ethyl mercury increase with trophic level and age.
TOXICITY OF MERCURY IN DIFFERENT SAMPLES (WATER AND SOILS) AND ITS EXPOSURE IN PAKISTAN
Thimerosal contains ethyl mercury, which is different from the methyl mercury that we all remember as the silvery liquid substance found in old thermometers.
It's past time to bury the idea of a vaccine-autism link
A typical growth, abnormal mitosis and polyploidy induced by ethyl mercury chloride.
Differential tolerance behaviour of safflower accessions to some heavy metals
Thimerosal contains a small amount of ethyl mercury.
Swine flu fears; Health care workers say vaccine is safe
Ethyl mercury is metabolized and excreted faster than methyl mercury.
In defense of vaccines--Part I of II
Compared with the blood half-life of about 45 days associated with methylmercury from fish consumption, the half-life of intramuscular ethyl mercury from thimerosal in vaccines in infants is substantially shorter, at a mean of 3.
No vaccine-autism link in feds' ruling
Infants excrete the ethyl mercury used in thimerosal-containing vaccines too quickly for the mercury to build up in their systems, according to study results.
Vaccine mercury rapidly exits infants' systems
Donald Miller, a surgeon at the University of Washington Medical Center, noted: "Autism was discovered in 1943, in American children, twelve years after ethyl mercury (thimerosal) was added to the pertussis vaccine.
Influenza and its enemies: government badly wants Americans to line up for annual flu shots, but though highly touted, there are indications the vaccines may not be as effective as advertised
Key words: calcium, calcium channel, dendritic cell, ethyl mercury, immunotoxicity, interleukin-6, organic mercury, redox, thimerosal.
Uncoupling of ATP-mediated calcium signaling and dysregulated interleukin-6 secretion in dendritic cells by nanomolar thimerosal
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