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Old 11-04-2009, 06:03 PM  
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Originally Posted by stickyfingerz View Post


You idiot. You do realize that if you read the entire thing, it actually SUPPORTS my point, right?

Here's the actual study they're talking about:
http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2005/7712/abstract.html

Quote:
The initial and terminal half-life of Hg in blood after thimerosal exposure was 2.1 and 8.6 days, respectively, which are significantly shorter than the elimination half-life of Hg after MeHg exposure at 21.5 days. Brain concentrations of total Hg were significantly lower by approximately 3-fold for the thimerosal-exposed monkeys when compared with the MeHg infants, whereas the average brain-to-blood concentration ratio was slightly higher for the thimerosal-exposed monkeys (3.5 ± 0.5 vs. 2.5 ± 0.3) . A higher percentage of the total Hg in the brain was in the form of inorganic Hg for the thimerosal-exposed monkeys (34% vs. 7%) .
Now, allow me to translate that for you:

- The body gets rid of the mercury from thimerosal far faster than it gets rid of mercury ingested through food in the form of methylmercury.
- Total mercury in the brain is far lower in the subjects treated with thimerosal than in the subjects fed methylmercury.
- Brain-to-blood ratio is higher in the thimerosal-exposed monkeys (meaning the rate of mercury in their blood is lower by an even larger margin).
- Thimerosal-exposed monkeys had a lower organic/inorganic relative rate of mercury in their brains compared to methylmercury-exposed monkeys.

Jesus, sticky. You just don't understand science, do you?
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