Why are vaccines containing thimerosal (mercury) dangerous?

Question

should they be illegal if there too dangerous

Answer 1

Because people think that it cases Autism in children. But it's not proven. But that's why some parents don't immunize their children.

Answer 2

The substance should be banned from all vaccines. As usual someone posted it's been removed from vaccines-not true I'm afraid.

Here's why I say that-enjoy.

Boyd Haley, Professor of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Many, myself included, have pointed to genetic susceptibility to a specific toxin, namely thimerosal, as the most likely cause of the autism epidemic since thimerosal (read ethylmercury) was the most toxic material the infants were exposed to before autism was diagnosed, and the fact that the epidemic increase occurred in all 50 states at about the same time the CDC mandated its vaccine program. Also, Dan Olmstead reported that non-vaccinated populations seemed not to have autism. Dr. Amy Holmes reported that autistic infants do not seem as capable of excreting mercury as do neurotypical children. Dr. Jill James showed that autistics have lower glutathione levels than neurotypical children and medicine knows that most mercury is removed from infants as the glutathione-Hg complex through the billary transport system of the liver into the f***s. If infants don't have enough bile and not enough glutathione then they are up fecal street if given a massive dose of thimerosal on the day of birth or in the first few months of their lives.

Lack of reduced glutathione is a sign of oxidative stress that can be caused by infections, or toxins---and mercury is known to reduce glutathione levels very rapidly. So we don't know if the initial oxidative stress seen in autistics is due to mercury or other causes---but we do know that mercury in vaccines would exacerbate the proven oxidative stress seen in these children.

Why blame thimerosal? Dr. Robert Nataf first showed that autistic children have a "urinary porphyrin profile" that shows they are mercury toxic. There is a build up of specific porphryins in mercury toxic humans and rats as shown by Dr. James Wood and others, so this is solid science. This unusual porphyrin build up (increased coproporphyrinogen III) is caused by mercury preventing this terminal porphyrin molecule from entering the mitochondria through the mito's inner membrane where it is converted to heme (the oxygen carrying molecule of hemoglobin). So there is no doubt that mercury can cause a "mitochondrial disorder". Heme is also used in the cytochromes of the ETS (electron transport system) in the inner mitocondrial membrane and a lack of heme would inhibit the ability of the ETS to support the synthesis of ATP (the molecule that is used for DNA, RNA and protein synthesis (e.g. glutathione). Also, heme is required for the enzymes that remove organic toxins from the body (the cytochrome P450 system)leading to additional organic toxin build up. The ETS is also high in iron-sulfur clusters that would bind mercury with negative effects. Bottom line, mercury inhibition of this one pathway can cause numerous secondary biochemical problems seen in autistic children and in other neurological illnesses. This occurs in the mitochondria.

Add to this the fact that levels of thimerosal, levels surpassed by vaccinations of infants, can easily reach the level that inhibits methione synthetase (prevents effect methylation as reported by Dr. Deth) and that blocks phagocytosis (the first step in the immune system). This is why thimerosal is an effective immune system suppressor (and this makes you wonder who made the decision to approve it in vaccines).

Others have reported the mercury inhibition of the intestinally located PPIV protease that leads to the build up of proline containing peptides from gluten and casein that bind to morphine receptors. In our laboratory we have recently determined that another enzyme, matrix metallo proteinase or (MMP), that breaks down collagen (the major matrix protein that holds cells together)is activated by mercury and thimerosal at very low concentrations. Google MMP and see all of the infammatory diseases that are accompanied by the activation of this enzyme, which mercury does! MMP activation likely leads to a leaky gut type of problem. So, in a thimerosal toxic child the inhibition of PPIV increases the production of neurotoxic peptides and the activation of MMP increases the ability of these peptides (as well as other food derived peptides)to cross the intestinal barrier. It is a double whammy that again could lead to other problems secondary to the initial mercury toxic event. Autoimmune indicators fit into this scenario also.

Finally, it irritates me to no end when I hear CDC officials and leaders of pediatrics state that the science does not support an autism-vaccine (thimerosal) connection. Their choosing to place more value on poorly done epidemiological studies (done entirely by foreigners who can't be subpoenaed)rather than evaluate the actual biological science shows the contempt or ignorance they have for toxicological/biochemical research. The CDC continues to stay at rock bottom and digging a deeper hole for themselves. It is my prediction that their self-imposed ignorance will become legendary and will greatly damage medicine and the vaccine program. Our country needs to take the search for the possible causes away from the CDC or it will never be resolved---which I think is their main goal.

It is not safe for pregnant women to get a flu shot containing the preservative thermasol!!

I implore you to read this entire post. I know it is long but you need this inf.

It's about time an MD made this statement about the flu vaccine!!! Thank you Dr Ayoub.

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David Ayoub MD - Thimerosal Definite Cause Of Autism

By Evelyn PringleMiamisburg Ohio

To what degree of scientific certainty can we prove that currentepidemic of autism was caused by the mercury-based preservative,thimerosal, in childhood vaccines?

In response to this question, David Ayoub, MD, told IndependentMedia TV, ''I can state that the certainty of the science supporting mercury as a major cause of autism is probably more overpowering than the science behind any other disease process that I studied dating back to medical school.''

"I think a disease that effects more individuals than AIDS or

cancer, in previously normal infants and children," he states, "has created a sense of urgency amongst researchers."

According to Ayoub, "A growing number of experimental,

epidemiological and biochemical research, has unequivocally shown that mercury is directly linked to the development of autism spectrum disorders and is significantly toxic to the gastrointestinal, immunological, metabolic and neurobiological systems in children."

"The science of causality is known and understood down to themanner in which mercury impairs the neural pathways of attention,"he adds, "I really don't see the need for more research to prove causality." He believes the focus should be "directed towards

methods to remove mercury from the body and repairing those biochemical systems that are injured by mercury."

Ayoub is the Director of the Prairie Collaborative for

Immunization, an organization that is self-funded, which aids

organizations, journalists, and legislators obtain accurate

information to assist their work. He is also the author of the

report, "Pregnancy and the Myth of Influenza Vaccination-Is it

safe, is it effective, is it necessary? What the CDC documents reveal."

Vaccines With Thimerosal

When asked what vaccines still contain the mercury-based,

thimerosal, Ayoub said, "The major culprit today is the influenza vaccine." About 80% of flu vaccines contain as much as 25 micrograms of mercury per dose. Since the EPA has set a limit of 0.1 mcg/kg (1 kg =2.2 lbs), Ayoub warns, everyone who receives the vaccine will be overdosed.

He explained that in 1999, "the Public Health Service (including the CDC and FDA), the American Academy of Pediatrics, and vaccine manufacturers agreed that thimerosal levels in vaccines should be reduced or eliminated."

However, he adds, "Contradicting its own policy, the CDC then increased mercury exposure to the fetus and infant by allowing the inoculation of pregnant women and young infants with the mercury-containing influenza vaccine."

On May 28, 2004, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice of the CDC released its annual report with recommendations for the prevention of influenza. The report included pregnant women amongst those who should receive the flu vaccine, even though the report noted only a minimal benefit from the vaccine in pregnant women:

"Researchers estimate that an average of 1-2 hospitalizations can be prevented for every 1,000 pregnant women vaccinated" (1, page 10)

In fact, for the 2003-04 flu season, the CDC reported "only 3 to 14% of those who got vaccinated were protected against the flu." It seems overly aggressive, Ayoub maintains, for the CDC to recommend that all pregnant women be vaccinated when, in fact, scientific data to date shows only marginal benefits and the only documented benefit seems to be fewer hospitalizations, not fewer morbidities or mortalities.

The benefit of influenza vaccination during pregnancy becomes even more questionable when considering the resulting risks to unborn infants. According to the ACIP, the safety of influenza vaccination is established by the following research:

One study of influenza vaccination of 2,000 pregnant women

demonstrated no adverse fetal effects associated with influenza vaccine."

However, according to Ayoub, "In the April 12, 2002 MMWR, this same statement was followed by the caveat "additional data are needed to confirm the safety of vaccination during pregnancy." The comment was then

Answer 3

It's a moot point, since thimerosol isn't used in the major vaccines any more, but it's another one of those flaps where people are on a crusade. There's no credible evidence that there was any significant risk associated with the vaccines, but if you yell something loud and long enough, it gains a truth of its own whether there are merits to the argument or not. The manufacturers, of course, find themselves in the impossible situation of having to prove a negative, and they'll doubtless have to pay.

Answer 4

Mercury, like many other metallic elements, remains in the fatty tissue, usually in the myelin sheath. That  is the tissue that acts as an insulator for the axons which carry nerve impulses that make us act like us.

   As we get older, the myelin sheath begins to breakdown like everything else. The Hg simply exaserbates the problem making our thought patterns even more erratic, making us c**p our pants even sooner.