How to Use thimerosal in a Sentence

thimerosal

noun
  • Why and where is thimerosal used?
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The presence of thimerosal deters growth of any germs.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Most vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella do not contain thimerosal.
    — Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Most vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella do not contain thimerosal.
    — Matt Brown, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Most vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella do not contain thimerosal.
    — Matt Brown, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The mercury in thimerosal is quickly and easily cleared by the body.
    — Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 25 June 2025
  • 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
  • Many studies have found no evidence of harm of thimerosal in low doses in vaccines.
    — Caitlin Owens, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
  • No study ever established a link between thimerosal and autism.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • The flu vaccine does contain a preservative called thimerosal, which breaks down to ethylmercury once inside the body.
    — Grace Donnelly, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2018
  • But numerous studies have disproved an autism link and concluded thimerosal is safe.
    — Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 23 July 2025
  • Notably, the word thimerosal does not appear in this week’s update from the CDC.
    — Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 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
  • More importantly, thimerosal doesn't stay in the body long enough to accumulate.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 17 Feb. 2017
  • Some have tried linking mercury – specifically thimerosal – with autism.
    — Tony Hicks, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2017
  • The document allegedly found there was no link between the preservative thimerosal in flu vaccines and autism.
    — Bymary Kekatos, ABC News, 10 July 2025
  • 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
  • Numerous studies have failed to support a connection between thimerosal in vaccines and autism.
    — Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times, 4 Sep. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Kennedy and others have voiced unfounded claims that thimerosal and other vaccine components contribute to autism.
    — Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 4 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Concerns around thimerosal are rooted in historic misinformation on a debunked link between vaccines and autism.
    — Mackenzie France, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
  • This was telling because studies have repeatedly shown no link between thimerosal and autism (as anti-vaxxers allege) or any other medical harm.
    — Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
  • But no rigorous studies have found links between autism and vaccines or medications, or their components such as thimerosal or formaldehyde.
    — Reuters, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025

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