How to Use thimerosal in a Sentence

thimerosal

noun
  • In 2003, the AAP blasted one of their articles that claimed to find a link between thimerosal and autism.
    — ArsTechnica, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Mr. Kennedy in the past has raised doubts about thimerosal, a mercury-containing...
    — Alex Berezow and Hank Campbell, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2017
  • The form of mercury in thimerosal, ethylmercury, is easily filtered out by the body and is not linked to any health issues.
    — Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Studies have shown no evidence of harm caused by the low doses of thimerosal in vaccines.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The myth of a link expanded in 2005 with claims that the vaccine preservative thimerosal causes autism.
    — Michelle Cortez | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2015
  • Kennedy has long held there was a tie between thimerosal and autism, and also accused the government of hiding the danger.
    — Danny Bakst, Fortune, 26 June 2025
  • The flu vaccine does contain a preservative called thimerosal, which breaks down to ethylmercury once inside the body.
    — Grace Donnelly, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Many studies have found no evidence of harm of thimerosal in low doses in vaccines.
    — Caitlin Owens, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The fact is that there has never been any scientifically valid evidence for this link, and in any case thimerosal ceased to be used in the U.S. in 2001.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
  • Weldon, like Kennedy, believes that thimerosal has caused a spike in childhood autism cases and said as much during his time in Congress.
    — Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 1 Dec. 2024
  • No study ever established a link between thimerosal and autism.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
  • More importantly, thimerosal doesn't stay in the body long enough to accumulate.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 17 Feb. 2017
  • There are also thimerosal-free formulations of the influenza vaccine, the CDC says.
    — Anna Borges, SELF, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The majority of childhood vaccines today no longer contain thimerosal, and the CDC has said there is no research linking the small amounts of the preservative used in vaccines to autism.
    — Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 1 Dec. 2024
  • The health risks associated with thimerosal are much lower than other forms of mercury, according to the CDC.
    — Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
  • And repeatedly claimed that thimerosal, which is a preservative that was once used in some childhood vaccines that was removed by 2011 was causing autism.
    — Leah Feiger, WIRED, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine never contained thimerosal, but other vaccines given to infants did.
    — Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Weldon stoked fears by introducing a bill to ban vaccines that contained thimerosal, even though they had already largely been removed.
    — Judy Stone, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Continued research has not established a link between thimerosal and autism.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Nonetheless, thimerosal is no longer used in childhood vaccines, but is still used as a preservative in other types of vaccines and medicines, such as ophthalmic solutions.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
  • To address public concerns, thimerosal was removed from childhood vaccines in 2001.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
  • There is no evidence to suggest that low doses of thimerosal causes harm to people, but an excess consumption of mercury, found in fish, can be toxic to humans.
    — Allison Novelo, CBS News, 9 May 2024
  • Numerous studies have failed to support a connection between thimerosal in vaccines and autism.
    — Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Many studies have found no evidence of harm of thimerosal in low doses in vaccines, and have discredited claims of connection between thimerosal in vaccines and autism.
    — Caitlin Owens, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
  • One focus of their work has been to claim that thimerosal, a mercury-containing preservative previously used in vaccines, causes autism.
    — ArsTechnica, 26 Mar. 2025
  • While that may seem far-fetched, science has equally disproven the accusations of autism-causation and mercury poisoning through thimerosal.
    — Madeleine Deliee, Woman's Day, 13 Mar. 2017
  • Moreover, follow up research has found no evidence of any harm from thimerosal in vaccines, aside from rare allergic reactions.
    — Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Some have tried linking mercury – specifically thimerosal – with autism.
    — Tony Hicks, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2017
  • During his tenure, Weldon promoted the false idea that thimerosal, a mercury-containing vaccine preservative, caused a spike in autism cases.
    — The Hill, 25 Nov. 2024
  • That said, because thimerosal is found only in multidose vials, it can easily be avoided by receiving a thimerosal-free single-dose flu vaccine.
    — Anne P. Kim, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2020

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