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
• The mercury in thimerosal is quickly and easily cleared by the body.
  — Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 25 June 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
• But thimerosal contains ethylmercury, which the body breaks down and clears much more quickly than methylmercury.
  — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 27 June 2025
• 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
• The discussion was added to ACIP’s agenda at the last minute, but more alarming was that thimerosal was being discussed at all.
  — Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 5 July 2025
• 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
• Vaccine panel on thimerosal: What is that and why is there controversy?
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 7 July 2025
• The document allegedly found there was no link between the preservative thimerosal in flu vaccines and autism.
  — Bymary Kekatos, ABC News, 10 July 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
• While it's used in some multi-dose vials in several products, there are no vaccines on the pediatric vaccine schedule that contain thimerosal.
  — Pien Huang, NPR, 26 June 2025
• 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
• So, one of the specific things from this meeting was advice to avoid flu vaccines containing an ingredient called thimerosal.
  — CBS News, 29 June 2025
• 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