RFK Jr. to remove controversial ingredient from all flu vaccines in the US

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45. That's not quite right

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1280342/

The concentration in the brain was for inorganic Hg, which is not the organic form which is the more concerning form. The brain concentrations are noted as being high, but the actual effect of that is not known other than a high number of microglia cells (immune system) being present. The other measures for ethyl mercury confirm that it clears the system far more quickly the methlymercury, even in the brain, save for the questions about the inorganic form. I'm fine with more research, but I tend to doubt that any research reference by RFKjr is being quoted properly.

Total Hg derived from im thimerosal is cleared from the infant M. fascicularis much more quickly than MeHg. The washout T1/2 of total blood Hg after im injections of thimerosal in vaccines is much shorter than the T1/2 of MeHg (6.9 vs. 19.1 days).

A much lower brain concentration of total Hg was observed in the thimerosal monkeys compared with the MeHg monkeys, that is, a 3- to 4-fold difference for an equivalent exposure of Hg. Moreover, total Hg is cleared much more rapidly from the brain after thimerosal than after MeHg exposure (24 vs. 60 days).

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.

Previous reports have indicated that the dealkylation of Hg is a detoxification process that helps to protect the central nervous system (Magos 2003; Magos et al. 1985).