Mercury Citations re Toxicity of Thimerosal
Neonatal Administration of Thimerosal Causes Persistent
Changes in Mu Opioid Receptors in the Rat Brain
Here is an extract from the Introduction section
Thimerosal (THIM), an organomercury compound, which contains approximately 49%
mercury (Hg) by weight, has been used for decades as a preservative in pediatric
vaccines without adequate testing for its safety in developing organ...isms.
THIM is metabolized in the body first into ethylmercury and subsequently into
other organic and inorganic mercury forms [1]. Centuries of human experience and
a large body of scientific data document that all forms of Hg are highly toxic.
Considerable amounts of Hg have been found in the blood of human infants after
the injection of THIM-containing vaccines [2, 3] and studies conducted with
infant monkeys showed that Hg from THIM-vaccine injections accumulates in the
brain at concentrations many times higher than those in the blood, and that it
stays there for months or years [4]. Post vaccination levels of Hg in infant
brains may reach medium nanomolar concentrations, which are neurotoxic and kill
neurons in vitro [5]. THIM doses equivalent to those used in vaccines have been
shown to harm the brains of developing mice [6].
Neurochem Res.
2010 November;
35(11):
1840–1847.
Let me repeat part of that.
"used for decades as a preservative in pediatric vaccines without
adequate testing for its safety in developing organisms."
"Hg from THIM-vaccine injections accumulates in the brain at concentrations many
times higher than those in the blood, and that it stays there for months or
years"