How to Use thimerosal in a Sentence
thimerosal
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Mr. Kennedy in the past has raised doubts about thimerosal, a mercury-containing...
—Alex Berezow and Hank Campbell, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2017
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Studies have shown no evidence of harm caused by the low doses of thimerosal in vaccines.
—Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 23 Jan. 2018
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The myth of a link expanded in 2005 with claims that the vaccine preservative thimerosal causes autism.
—Michelle Cortez | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2015
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The flu vaccine does contain a preservative called thimerosal, which breaks down to ethylmercury once inside the body.
—Grace Donnelly, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2018
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The fact is that there has never been any scientifically valid evidence for this link, and in any case thimerosal ceased to be used in the U.S. in 2001.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
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More importantly, thimerosal doesn't stay in the body long enough to accumulate.
—Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 17 Feb. 2017
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There are also thimerosal-free formulations of the influenza vaccine, the CDC says.
—Anna Borges, SELF, 26 Aug. 2019
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The health risks associated with thimerosal are much lower than other forms of mercury, according to the CDC.
—Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
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The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine never contained thimerosal, but other vaccines given to infants did.
—Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2023
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Nonetheless, thimerosal is no longer used in childhood vaccines, but is still used as a preservative in other types of vaccines and medicines, such as ophthalmic solutions.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
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While that may seem far-fetched, science has equally disproven the accusations of autism-causation and mercury poisoning through thimerosal.
—Madeleine Deliee, Woman's Day, 13 Mar. 2017
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Some have tried linking mercury – specifically thimerosal – with autism.
—Tony Hicks, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2017
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That said, because thimerosal is found only in multidose vials, it can easily be avoided by receiving a thimerosal-free single-dose flu vaccine.
—Anne P. Kim, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2020
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The conclusion of the scientific community is clear that thimerosal-containing vaccines are safe and effective and do not represent a public health risk.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 20 July 2014
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Research has repeatedly shown that vaccines and their ingredients, including thimerosal, do not cause autism.
—Nicholas Kerr, ABC News, 21 June 2023
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Kennedy's thesis is that the scientific community is wrong about thimerosal being a safe vaccine ingredient and unduly confident about the lack of evidence for a link between thimerosal and autism.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2014
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But multiple studies that followed could not establish an association between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism.
—Anne P. Kim, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2020
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Her fellow lobbyist, Kennedy, has argued that vaccines, specifically those containing the element thimerosal, may cause autism, a view unsupported by scientific evidence and dismissed as a conspiracy theory by experts.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 13 June 2019
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