click here	May 9th, 2008

On May 9th and 10th we performed an experiment at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana.  The experiment was done to determine the amount of mercury in some of the pediatric and adolescent vaccines, as well as multidose flu shots.  Heiko Langner, a PhD in Geochemistry, put a lot of work into the preparation and execution of this experiment.   The experiment was very interesting to watch, as there was much more to this process than expected, and the equipment that analyzed the amount of mercury was very complex.  A very shortened summary of the results is shown below, and a quick video showing some of the highlights of the experiment is attached.  The results did not show any big surprises, as all of the single dose vaccines contained well within 1 mcg of mercury, and the multidose flu shots contained around 25 mcg.  However, the multidose flu shot that had been allowed to settle did seem to contain 2 mcg more than the multidose flu shots that were shaken and taken from the top and the bottom of the vial.  We want to thank Heiko Langner for volunteering his time and equipment to perform this experiment, as he did a fantastic job and worked very hard!     

Logged by: Eric Gladen on May 9th, 2008