Connect with Us:

The Power of Information

Facebook Page Twitter @enviroblog Youtube Channel Our RSS Feeds

At EWG,
our team of scientists, engineers, policy experts, lawyers and computer programmers pores over government data, legal documents, scientific studies and our own laboratory tests to expose threats to your health and the environment, and to find solutions. Our research brings to light unsettling facts that you have a right to know.

Privacy Policy
(Updated Sept. 19, 2011)
Terms & Conditions
Reprint Permission Information

Charity Navigator 4 Star

sign up
Optional Member Code

support ewg

thimerosal

In the chemical families: Mercury compounds, Metals, Organic salts

Pollutant in seafood. Used in dental fillings and to preserve vaccines. Harms brain development and function.

EWG Research on thimerosal


Related News Clips on thimerosal


Health Effects related to thimerosal: Birth or developmental effects, Brain and nervous system, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)

Routes of Exposure related to thimerosal:

  • Miscellaneous: medical, vaccines
  • Personal care products

More chemicals in Mercury compounds: mercury, methylmercury, view all...

More chemicals in Metals: Uranium, chromium oxide, chromium hydroxide, bismuth, zirconium oxide, chromium oxide greens, chromium hydroxide green, titanium dioxide, iron, calcium, view all...

More chemicals in Organic salts: sodium acrylate, sodium aluminum chlorhydroxy lactate, pyrithione zinc, sodium sulphate, zinc sulphate, sodium glutamate, potassium dichromate, potassium stearate, potassium gluconate, potassium thioglycolate, view all...