Leslie Ball, FDA – No Safe Level of Mercury
Above all, it is important to emphasize the odglnal intent of the FDA calculations. The purpose of these calculations was to determine whether infant exposure to ethyl mercury exceeds established guidelines for exposure to methyl mercury. They were not intended to serve as maximum exposure limits, the manner in which the CDC is now using them. These were meant to be preliminary calculations based on the most conservative assumptions (meaning maximum possible exposure to thimerosal in the first 6 months of life). We appreciated that there would be alternate (and perhaps better) approaches.
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