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In reply to the discussion: RFK Jr. to remove controversial ingredient from all flu vaccines in the US [View all]womanofthehills
(10,243 posts)Everyone believed ethyl mercury was safer than methyl mercury because they could still find methyl mercury in blood up to 100 days - after a week studies said they could find no ethyl mercury in blood. But some recent studies said when they tested both mercurys on monkeys - both had both types in their brains.
There was a much higher proportion of inorganic Hg in the brain of thimerosal monkeys than in the brains of MeHg monkeys (up to 71% vs. 10%). Absolute inorganic Hg concentrations in the brains of the thimerosal-exposed monkeys were approximately twice that of the MeHg monkeys. Interestingly, the inorganic fraction in the kidneys of the same cohort of monkeys was also significantly higher after im thimerosal than after oral MeHg exposure (0.71 ± 0.04 vs. 0.40 ± 0.03). This suggests that the dealkylation of ethylmercury is much more extensive than that of MeHg.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1280342/
Consumer Reports recommends avoiding Abacore tuna as some cans they tested had mercury way over gov limits. Some Abacore was not recommended for anyone to eat.
Abacore is the largest tuna so it has the most mercury. Other tunas they recommend not eating more than once a week.
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