Thimerosal WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Thimerosal
Thimerosal is used as a preservative to keep combination vaccines from losing their effectiveness.1 It is made up of nearly 50 percent ethylmercury.1 Thimerosal is gradually being phased out of routine childhood vaccines due to concerns about its safety.1
Fast Facts:
- Also known as thiomersal.2
- Primarily used as an antiseptic and antifungal.2
- Some people believe that thimerosal causes autism.2
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What is Thimerosal?
- Wikipedia: Thiomersal
- MedicineNet: Definition of Thimerosal
- FDA: What is Thimerosal?
- YourDictionary.com: Thimerosal Definition
What are the Uses for Thimerosal?
- Institute for Vaccine Safety: Thimerosal Content in Some U.S. Licensed Vaccines
- World Health Organization: Do All Vaccines Contain Thimerosal?
- CDC: Ingredients of Vaccines - Fact Sheet - Thimerosal
- NIAID: Thimerosal in Vaccines
What are the Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for Thimerosal?
- Vaccine Education Center: Thimerosal and Autism
- National Academy of Sciences: "Immunization Safety Review: Thimerosal - Containing Vaccines and Neurodevelopmental Disorders"
- National Vaccine Information Center: Prevent Vaccine Reactions
- Safe Minds: Mercury - Critical Issues
What are the Alternatives to Thimerosal?
- LewRockwell: A User-Friendly Vaccine Schedule
- ThinkQuest: Alternatives to Vaccine: Antiviral Medicines
- NotAlone: Thimerosal-Free Vaccines
What are the Holistic Alternatives to Thimerosal?
- WhatReallyWorks: Immunity
- HealthyChild: What are the Alternatives to Vaccination?
- WebMD: Boost Your Immune System
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Thimerosal
- Yahoo Answers: Does Anyone Have Any Suggestions on the Thimerosal Vaccine?
- DailyStrength: Discussions About Thimerosal
- HealthBoards: Thimerosal Case
Clinical Trials for Thimerosal
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Clinical Trials on Thimerosal
- CenterWatch: Clinical Trial Listings for Thimerosal
Controversy and Lawsuits about Thimerosal
- Wikipedia: Thiomersal Controversy
- CDC: Mercury and Vaccines (Thimerosal)
- Immunization Action Coalition: Vaccine Concerns
- National Autism Association: Thimerosal
- Medical Examiner: Sticking Up for Thimerosal (Aug. 2, 2005)
- Thimerosal News: Thimerosal (Aug. 28, 2008)
- Autism Research Institute: The Vaccine-Autism Connection - Part I (Thimerosal)
- National Autism Association: What Causes Autism - Thimerosal
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Thimerosal
- PubMed Central: Articles on Thimerosal
- JAMA: Thimerosal Articles
- Google Scholar: Search Results for Articles on Thimerosal
Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 CDC: Thimerosal in Seasonal Influenza Vaccine
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wikipedia: Thiomersal.
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- Contributor: JGraham
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: JGraham
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Thiomersal, Thimerosal Safety, Thimerosal Concerns
- Last update: Apr. 7, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.