The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now commercially available

Re:The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now com... by p_l on Sunday January 17, 2021 @01:29PM (#25813368)

The amount of mercury intake with vaccine that was preserved using thiomersal is smaller than amount mercury taken into organism when you drink a cup of tap water in many countries, including tap water declared safe to drink.

That's why it wasn't justified.

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Re:The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now com... by nkurz on Sunday January 17, 2021 @09:18PM (#25817450)

While you may be right that the total amount of mercury is not an issue relative to other sources, allergies to thiomersal are a real thing. Here's a page on it: https://dermnetnz.org/topics/thiomersal-allergy/

Personally, I eventually discovered that my terrible problems with wearing contact lenses in the 1990's were caused by the thiomersal used as a preservative in the saline solution I was using. Given my known and tested reaction to having it in my eyes and on my skin, I would be very reluctant to have an injection that contained it.

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Re:The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now com... by esyir on Sunday January 17, 2021 @09:35PM (#25817534)

Guess we should ban peanuts too, since allergies to that exist too. Some population being allergic isn't an argument to remove it, rather one for transparency and alternatives.

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Re:The first blue pigment discovered in 200 years is now com... by zkomp on Monday January 18, 2021 @04:51AM (#25820073)

No it should be more like: I guess we should not put peanuts into vaccines without serious consideration.

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