Conclusion
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While it is common sense that an element like mercury is dangerous to the human body, not everybody has the knowledge to realise that organomercurial compounds, such as thimerosal, may nearly as harmful.
Thimerosal is a very dangerous compound, and should be handled with care. While some may argue that it is only provided in some doses, ot is important to realise that the compounds it breaks down into accumulate in the body, and it has proved to be, time and time again, a dangerous health-risk that generates many unwanted and disturbing side-effects. The advantages of a compound like thimerosal will never surpass its disadvantages, and perhaps it is time, for the sake of human well-being, for its usage to dissolve, and for it to disappear....
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