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reACTIONary

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15. I read the Consumer Reports article you posted....

Reply to womanofthehills (Reply #13)

Thu Jun 26, 2025, 10:13 PM

Jun 26

https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/how-worried-should-you-be-about-mercury-in-your-tuna-a5041903086/

They conducted tests on a variety of tuna brands... What did they find? That the mercury levels found were all well below the FDA limit.

What the Tuna Industry Says
We reached out to all the companies in our tests and also heard from the National Fisheries Institute (NFI), a trade association that represents canned tuna manufacturers. NFI said that the mercury levels we found were well below the limit that the FDA allows in canned tuna and said these products are safe to consume. StarKist and Chicken of the Sea said their tuna products are monitored for mercury and meet this FDA limit.

Now, if they found mercury levels above the limit, that would be news. But they didn't. They went to a lot of trouble and didn't get the sensational expose they were hoping for. So what did they do, just state the results? Nope, they wrote a lot of blah blah blah promoting fear, uncertainty and doubt.

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Kennedy's vaccine panel votes to remove preservative long targeted by activists [View all] demmiblue Jun 26 OP

These actions JustAnotherGen Jun 26 #1

I thought thimerosal had been removed. Ilsa Jun 26 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author demmiblue Jun 26 #5

I also thought it had been removed decades ago. NH Ethylene Jun 26 #6

It's only used in multi-dose vials for mass vaccination campaigns jmowreader Jun 26 #8

Thank you. This makes sense. nt Ilsa Jun 26 #10

Somewhat positive-- "RFK Jr.'s CDC vaccine panel backs Merck RSV shot for infants." At least, they are not banning vax. Silent Type Jun 26 #3

The mercury toxic movement was well publicized in the 1990s by those afflicted bucolic_frolic Jun 26 #4

Except the science says different... The anti-vax agenda JCMach1 Jun 27 #21

Thimerosal is a very controversial preservative still used in some vaccines. patphil Jun 26 #7

Agree -Single dose flu vaccine has no mercury womanofthehills Jun 26 #9

My own thought is.... reACTIONary Jun 26 #12

91% of our flu vaccines don't have mercury womanofthehills Jun 26 #13

We aren't rich because we waste money.... reACTIONary Jun 26 #14

I read the Consumer Reports article you posted.... reACTIONary Jun 26 #15

I spent 36 years in the QA/QC section of a large Pharmaceutical Company. patphil Jun 26 #16

Maybe they have two formulation because of.... reACTIONary Jun 26 #17

I've been out of the industry for17 years now. I have no current contact with any of them anymore. patphil Jun 26 #18

Up above is a note about .... reACTIONary Jun 26 #19

Well I guess he MAHA. maxsolomon Jun 26 #11

Appointing RFK as Secretary of Health was like tossing bait to conspiracists Torchlight Jun 27 #20

Animal studies and ethyl mercury womanofthehills Jun 28 #22