Has anybody seen this?

[mindycat72]

January 30, 2008: "In the Rochester study, 216 infants from R. Gutierrez Children... Read More’s Hospital (in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where thimerosal is still routinely used in vaccines) were divided into three age groups to have their blood-mercury levels tested both before and after shots were administered at either their newborn, 2- or 6-month checkup. Researchers learned that, in all three age groups, the half-life of ethyl mercury in the blood – or, the time it takes for the body to dispose of half the mercury, and then another half, and so on – was measured to be 3.7 days. That’s a far cry from the blood half-life of methyl mercury, which is 44 days."

http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/s...ex.cfm?id=1848

Full article in 'Pediatrics': http://pediatrics.aappublications.or...ull/121/2/e208

Wondering what your thoughts are.

[PlayaMama]

i think it's really interesting.

i remember a discussion about the different types of mercury and the length of time they stayed in the body based on some material data safety sheets a couple of years ago on here. at the time there were no measurements based on intramuscular exposure, it was all inhalation or ingestion.

it's nice to see some info on blood levels and it seems fairly reassuring to me.

[ema-adama]

therefore the data do not allow any conclusions about the proportion of administered ethyl mercury that is ultimately excreted in stools or the time course of that excretion, only that some excretion seems to occur by the gastrointestinal route and that the kidneys do not seem to play an important role.

Is it all excreted? If not, where is it being stored?

I would be more reassured with evidence that all the mercury is excreted, I am not that reassured by a shorter half life of mercury in the blood.