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Welcome to the September issue of EVISA's Speciation Newsletter.
This month Thimerosal is gain in the news. Dr. William Thompson, a senior scientist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), makes a bold claim connecting the mercury (thimerosal) in vaccines to autism. Thompson said in an interview with Dr. Brian Hooker of the Autism Media Channel that “there is biological plausibility right now to say that Thimerosal causes autism-like features.” It’s a common myth that vaccines don’t contain mercury. But according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website, “Thimerosal, which is approximately 50% mercury by weight, has been one of the most widely used preservatives in vaccines.”
In this line, a new study conducted by a team of collaborative researchers from the non-profit Institute of Chronic Illnesses, Inc and CoMeD, Inc, as well as researchers from the Simpson University and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas has found a dose-response relationship between organic mercury exposure from Thimerosal-containing vaccines and neurodevelopmental disorders (see the news below).
The researcher emphasize that it is also a public health imperative to end the unnecessary addition of Thimerosal to vaccines based on data showing an association between its administration and adverse outcomes.
Another source of orgamomercury exposition is fish consumption. A new study now has found that levels of the metal mercury in much of the world’s oceans, are double to triple what they were before the Industrial Revolution (see the news below).
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NEWS
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EVISA is keeping you updated with what is going on in speciation analysis. In this section you will find news about the most current research results, about trends, legal issues and informations from manufacturers in the field of speciation analysis.
With all the links to further information and publications the News archive is a valuable collection of "hot topics" in speciation analysis. We continuously update even former news with new links and information so that all news are actual all the time.
New study finds relationship between organic mercury exposure from Thimerosal-containing vaccines and neurodevelopmental disorders
A new study conducted by a team of collaborative researchers from the non-profit 501(c)3 Institute of Chronic Illnesses, Inc and CoMeD, Inc, as well as researchers from the Simpson University and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas has found a dose-response relationship between organic mercury exposure from Thimerosal-containing vaccines and neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Man is significantly contaminating oceans with mercury
In much of the world’s oceans, levels of the metal mercury are double to triple what they were before the Industrial Revolution, a new study says.
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New research indicates that chromium (III) is even more genotoxic than chromium (VI)
Hexavalent chromium is known to be toxic. But a new study suggests that chromium (III), which is commonly used in dietary supplements and micronutrients, is genotoxic too.
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VACANCIES
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U.S. FDA: FOOD SAFETY/CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
The Office of Regulatory Science of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition is seeking outstanding analytical or bioanalytical chemists with mass spectrometry expertise to participate in our food safety/food defense research program.
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University of Loughborough, UK: Professor
This appointment is part of a number of new academic posts within the School of Science and therefore is embedded in a call that comes under the heading of the Centre for Data Science, but is actually about elemental mass spectrometry with the particular emphasis on personalized medicine.
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