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Old 10-27-2009, 10:24 PM   #3
Saya
 
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Originally Posted by Solumina View Post
So what? Trace amounts aren't going to hurt you, after all there is far more than trace amounts in most of the seafood that we eat but that doesn't cause any problems unless you consume excessive amounts, and people aren't exactly getting multiple servings of vaccines daily.
I was gonna ask him if he ate fish, a recent study showed that every single fish they tested in 291 fresh water streams in America was contaminated with mercury and 1 in 4 had levels that exceeded standards. I remember watching on the Discovery channel that this is particularly a problem with predatory fish, like cod, tuna and shark. Even small amounts on a regular basis will cause impotence in males, for example.

http://www.reuters.com/article/domes...BrandChannel=0

Not to mention all the chemicals we breathe in and eat everyday without knowing.

But mercury in vaccines isn't new, and this is one of those things where you have to weigh the risks, risk getting a very contagious form of the flu or get some very small amount of a heavy metal that you probably eat every day anyway.
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