11-02-2009, 08:39 PM
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Doin fine
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Originally Posted by After Shock Media
Love your list sticky, where did you get it?
Especially since thimerosal does not automatically equal mercury, just degrades in a close way. Just like how phenoxyethanol does not really equal anti freeze.
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Really?
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Thiomersal (INN) (C9H9HgNaO2S), or sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate, commonly known in the United States as thimerosal, is an organomercury compound (approximately 49% mercury by weight) used as an antiseptic and antifungal agent.
It was invented and patented by Morris Kharasch. The pharmaceutical corporation Eli Lilly and Company gave it the trade name Merthiolate and it has been used as a preservative in vaccines, immunoglobulin preparations, skin test antigens, antivenins, ophthalmic and nasal products, and tattoo inks. The compound is being phased out from routine childhood vaccines in the United States, the European Union, and a few other countries.[1]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiomersal
Don't trust Wiki? How bout the FDA?
http://www.fda.gov/biologicsbloodvac...fety/ucm096228
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Introduction
Thimerosal is a mercury-containing organic compound (an organomercurial). Since the 1930s, it has been widely used as a preservative in a number of biological and drug products, including many vaccines
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