Fired for refusing??

Never got the memo.

No surprise there.

thimerosal and formaldehyde are both substances I want to inject myself with every year.

1. Unless you get the flu vaccine from a multi-dose vial you are not getting thimerosal, and unless you are planning on avoiding seafood and high fructose corn syrup you are still getting more mercury exposure than several vaccines. That isn't even to mention the different kinds of mercury. Foods Containing Mercury | Healthy Eating | SF Gate

2. Formaldehyde: This is the biggest joke there is about vaccines. You do realize that we produce formaldehyde in our bodies and that several foods have many times the amount of formaldehyde than several vaccines.

"Our primary route of exposure is breathing it, indoors or outdoors. Much of this inhaled formaldehyde comes from car exhaust, tobacco smoke, power plants, forest fires and wood stoves. Outdoors, we are exposed to anywhere from 0 to 100 parts per billion (ppb) every day. Indoors, it can be as much as 500 to 2,000 ppb (temporary housing such as that used after hurricane Katrina measured from 3-590 ppb). To a smaller degree, we ingest it in our food and water (the average American diet contains about 10-20mg of formaldehyde from things like apples, carrots, pears, milk, etc.), as well as some exposure via cosmetics.

What many people may not know is that our own bodies produce and use formaldehyde as a part of our normal metabolism (Final Report on Carcinogens Background Document for Formaldehyde [PDF], 2010). When we are exposed to methanol (e.g., via inhalation or ingestion of foods like citric fruits and juices, vegetables or fermented beverages), our bodies break it down into formaldehyde and other byproducts. Our bodies produce formaldehyde as a result of DNA demethylation (an important process for controlling gene expression, e.g., in developing embryos) and other biological processes. It is such a regular part of human metabolism, that our normal, naturally produced blood concentrations are generally about 2-3μg of formaldehyde per gram of blood (or about 2.12-3.18μg/mL)*. And it is actually a pretty important chemical; our bodies use formaldehyde to form DNA and amino acids (Toxicological Profile for Formaldehyde [PDF], ATSDR, 1999)." http://www.harpocratesspeaks.com/2012/04/demystifying-vaccine-ingredients.html

Our primary route of exposure is breathing it indoors or outdoors. l[/quote']

Great. Now my job is going coerce me into breathing their dirty toxic air.

I'm sorry of this offends anyone, but it is clear the age gap and alignment is relevant in this conversation. The 35+ clintonian/carter types clearly eat up and regurgitate anything said to them by authority figures, albeit figures in such reliable organizations as the CDC and FDA (god knows they have a stellar track record of reliability). I'm of the school of thought that where there is money to be made and position advancement available, human nature prevails. I don't believe for a second that the FDA has our best interest in mind, take a look at their top tier roster, and draw some parallels. You'll be happy to know they poached from Novartis quite a bit. Certainly no conflict of interest there :insert sarcasm meter:

The overwhelming amount of people in this thread take the information surrounding vaccination given to them as set in stone truth. Anyone here push Gardasil? Ah. Yes. Let's not talk about that icky topic, move along nothing to see here.

If you buy into it all, well, the world is flat, gun control works, and I have a pet unicorn. The government is here to help you.

And your peer-reviewed scientific research that belongs with the meaningless rant is where?

How about we discuss hierarchy of evidence or how to perform a scientific literature search?

Care to talk about differences in educational levels and experience levels of most health care professionals that are over 35 years versus those under 35?

I think these are all more pertinent than your unfounded anti-vaccine conspiracy theories.

How to Win an Argument About Vaccines | Wired Magazine | Wired.com

10 Vaccine Myths — Busted - Parenting.com

Vaccines: Vac-Gen/Some Misconceptions

Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine study titled

"Thimerosal induces DNA breaks, caspase-3 activation, membrane damage, and cell death in cultured human neurons and fibroblasts."

David S. Baskin, Hop Ngo, Vladimir V. Didenko

Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine

Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) on Thimerosal states - "Thimerosal may enter the body through the skin, is toxic, alters genetic material, may be irritating to the eyes, and causes allergic reactions. Effects of exposure may include numbness of extremities, fetal changes, decreased offspring survival, and lung tissue changes."

Wall Street Journal reported:"Officials said that, in addition to genetic material associated with North American swine flu, the strain has gene segments associated with European and Asian swine flu, North American avian flu and human flu."

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_waronscience_argument/

Yeah, thimerosal, no big deal.....

Just because something is naturally occurring doesn't make it safe. I understand that our body has the ability to break it down, but formaldehyde is a neurotoxin, it's an irritant and is a carcinogen.

http://www.hpa.org.uk/webc/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1219908739327

Thimerosal is no big deal especially if you would look at the whole article. Here is a list of vaccines that have thimerosal.

Thimerosal in Vaccines

From your article:

"In our study, the concentrations of thimerosal that induced toxic effects ranged from 1 μM (405 μg/l) to 250 μM (101 mg/l), which is equivalent to the levels of inorganic mercury from 201 μg/l to 50 mg/l. In clinical cases of accidental or intentional usage in high concentrations, thimerosal was administered in doses from 3 mg/kg to several hundred mg/kg (Ball et al., 2001). Such doses resulted in local necrosis at the application site and severe central nervous system and kidney injury.

Much lower concentrations are reached during normal vaccination, when thimerosal-containing vaccines are used. In the case of a full series of vaccinations containing thimerosal, up to 403 μg of thimerosal (equivalent to 200 μg of mercury) are received by 6 months of age (calculated fromBall et al., 2001). This results in the administration of 200/3.81 = 52 μg/kg, 200/5.22 = 38 μg/kg, and 200/6.27 = 32 μg/kg of mercury. These calculations utilize averages of the 5th, 50th, and 95th% weight for females at birth (2.36 kg, 3.23 kg, 3.81 kg) and at 6 months (5.25 kg, 7.21 kg, 8.73 kg) = 3.81 kg, 5.22 kg, 6.27 kg, reported by (Ball et al., 2001) when used in calculating exposure limits for mercury in comparisons of various agencies guidelines." Thimerosal in Vaccines

As for formaldehyde:

• "First, formaldehyde is essential in human metabolism and is required for the synthesis of DNA and amino acids (the building blocks of protein). Therefore, all humans have detectable quantities of natural formaldehyde in their circulation (about 2.5 ug of formaldehyde per ml of blood). Assuming an average weight of a 2-month-old of 5 kg and an average blood volume of 85 ml per kg, the total quantity of formaldehyde found in an infant's circulation would be about 1.1 mg, a value at least five-fold greater than that to which an infant would be exposed in vaccines.
  
  
• Second, quantities of formaldehyde at least 600 fold greater than that contained in vaccines have been given safely to animals."
  Vaccines and Formaldehyde | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia