THE CLAIM: Vaccines contain aluminum which poses a health risk
THE REALITY: Trace metals occur naturally within the environment and and absorbed through the food we eat. The body contains dozens of different trace elements, the most well known of which are iron and zinc. Zinc aids cellular metabolism, and iron is used in blood hemoglobin. Likewise aluminum occurs naturally, and can be found in foods like spinach and potatoes. Most adults consume 1-10 mg aluminum daily from natural sources alone. Unlike Iron and zinc, aluminum doesn't serve any essential function in the body, however it isn't necessarily harmful either unless it accumulates to dangerous levels in the body which is generally true of almost any substance including iron or zinc. The body eliminates excess aluminum through urination.
Aluminum has been used in vaccinations for nearly 70 years to stimulate immune response, and there have been no reports of aluminum toxicity from vaccines. The quantity of aluminum is much too small, and the elimination of aluminum via urination too frequent to pose any significant health risk. In medical science there is a saying "The dosage makes the poison", and groups that wish to stoke the fires of fear and paranoia often fail to distinguish safe and unsafe levels of various substances.
Sources:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11259180
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1490425
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Health+Myths+Unmasking+sources+aluminum+diets/8090675/story.html
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/adjuvants.html
-The Debunkist
THE REALITY: Trace metals occur naturally within the environment and and absorbed through the food we eat. The body contains dozens of different trace elements, the most well known of which are iron and zinc. Zinc aids cellular metabolism, and iron is used in blood hemoglobin. Likewise aluminum occurs naturally, and can be found in foods like spinach and potatoes. Most adults consume 1-10 mg aluminum daily from natural sources alone. Unlike Iron and zinc, aluminum doesn't serve any essential function in the body, however it isn't necessarily harmful either unless it accumulates to dangerous levels in the body which is generally true of almost any substance including iron or zinc. The body eliminates excess aluminum through urination.
Aluminum has been used in vaccinations for nearly 70 years to stimulate immune response, and there have been no reports of aluminum toxicity from vaccines. The quantity of aluminum is much too small, and the elimination of aluminum via urination too frequent to pose any significant health risk. In medical science there is a saying "The dosage makes the poison", and groups that wish to stoke the fires of fear and paranoia often fail to distinguish safe and unsafe levels of various substances.
Sources:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11259180
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1490425
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Health+Myths+Unmasking+sources+aluminum+diets/8090675/story.html
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/adjuvants.html
-The Debunkist
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