[AdamSelene235]

Some vaccines were and are preserved in a solution that is nearly 50% methylmercury or ethylmercury.

Uh, that sounds pretty high.

Karen E. Wetterhahn a chemist at Dartmouth died after only being exposed to only a couple drops of dimethylmercury on her gloved hand.

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50% by weight:

A vaccine containing 0.01% thimerosal as a preservative contains 50 micrograms of thimerosal per 0.5 mL dose or approximately 25 micrograms of mercury per 0.5 mL dose.

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My guess is that she was exposed a lot more than she let on. Her toxicity level was pretty dang high.

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Karen E. Wetterhahn a chemist at Dartmouth died after only being exposed to only a couple drops of dimethylmercury on her gloved hand.

That sounds low.

There is not insignificant evidence that a small percentage of the population has a genetic defect that effectively eliminates the natural defenses that most humans have against small doses of mercury compounds. People without this protection would accumulate damage from environmental exposure, whereas the same exposure would not affect most people with the natural ability to sequester small quantities of mercury. Not only would this explain anomalies like this, but it is completely consistent with toxicological patterns for chemicals in general.

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Karen E. Wetterhahn a chemist at Dartmouth died after only being exposed to only a couple drops of dimethylmercury on her gloved hand.

A personal friend of my former boss and his wife. Very sad.