The utilization of thimerosal in vaccines (diffirent views in USA and some European countries)
- Author:
Duong Huu Thai
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
vaccine
- MeSH:
Vaccines;
Thimerosal
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
2005;15(1):99-101
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Small dose of thimerosal can cause immediate reactions; higher dose (more 1000 times than in vaccine) can cause nervous system and kidney toxicity. These consequences resulted from ethylmercury, a derivative of thimerosal. WTO and three other US agencies, including FDA (Food and Drugs Association), EPA (Environment Protection Agency) and ATSDR set the guidelines for safety use of methylmercury in daily foods: EPA: 0,1µg/kg/day; ATSDR: 0,3µg/kg/day; FDA: 0,4µg/kg/day; WHO: 0,47µg/kg/day. These differences in guidelines for using mercury is the source of confusing in use of thimerosal. Besides, guidelines from WTO is different from all others in the US so there are need to compromise or at least make clear these differences.
