thimerosol

Isabel had all her immunizations before 1999 when thimerosol was removed from vaccines.

Mark Hyman, MD: Is There a Cure for Autoimmune Disease? MD Mark Hyman 2010

She also had a thimerosol-containing flu shot every year.

Mark Hyman, MD: Is There a Cure for Autoimmune Disease? MD Mark Hyman 2010

Isabel had all her immunizations before 1999 when thimerosol was removed from vaccines.

Mark Hyman, MD: Is There a Cure for Autoimmune Disease? MD Mark Hyman 2010

She also had a thimerosol-containing flu shot every year.

Mark Hyman, MD: Is There a Cure for Autoimmune Disease? MD Mark Hyman 2010

She also had a thimerosol-containing flu shot every year.

Mark Hyman, MD: Is There a Cure for Autoimmune Disease? MD Mark Hyman 2010

She also had a thimerosol-containing flu shot every year.

Mark Hyman, MD: Is There a Cure for Autoimmune Disease? MD Mark Hyman 2010

Along with proponents of the unproven theory that the preservative thimerosol could cause autism, he writes, they became the driving factor behind declining vaccination rates and the reemergence of diseases once thought to be all but eradicated, like measles and whooping cough.

Healing Reads: The Year's Five Best Books Laura Landro 2011

Isabel had all her immunizations before 1999 when thimerosol was removed from vaccines.

Mark Hyman, MD: Is There a Cure for Autoimmune Disease? MD Mark Hyman 2010

Isabel had all her immunizations before 1999 when thimerosol was removed from vaccines.

Mark Hyman, MD: Is There a Cure for Autoimmune Disease? MD Mark Hyman 2010

Anti-vaccine activists attribute a host of medical problems to thimerosol -- a preservative in flu shots that contains mercury -- but they don't care much about the burning of coal, which has infused mercury in the earth's waters.

Toxic or Not, Commercial Whaling Is Back on the Table 2010