I’ve heard that children may be getting toxic levels of mercury from vaccines. Is that true?
No. Even in 1999, when national officials recommended that thimerosal be removed from vaccines, they did so strictly as a precaution. The FDA calculated various weights of infants and various combinations of vaccine formulations and found that by six months old, some infants received a thimerosal dose that exceeded one of the three national guidelines for safe exposure to methylmercury. These guidelines are much lower than the toxic levels that would cause concern. There is no evidence of harm caused by the minute doses of thimerosal in vaccines, except for minor effects like swelling and redness at the injection site due to sensitivity to thimerosal. Most importantly, since 1999, newly formulated thimerosal-free vaccines have been licensed. With the newly formulated vaccines, the maximum cumulative exposure during the first six months of life will now be less than three micrograms of mercury if infants are given certain combination vaccines. This is 99.4% less than in 1999. It is also
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