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by wonderflpancake 3409 days ago
I'm not sure how much demonstration you could need. The page I previously linked to is thoroughly sourced to medical journals and the doctor even gives a balanced opinion:

> If I could sum up the aluminum controversy in three sentences, it would be this. There is good evidence that large amounts of aluminum are harmful to humans. There is no solid evidence that the amount of aluminum in vaccines is harmful to infants and children. No one has actually studied vaccine amounts of aluminum in healthy human infants to make sure it is safe. Should we now stop and research this matter? Or should we just go on and continue to hope that it is safe?

Regarding the aluminum in breast milk - I won't say its false because I don't know. But so far I haven't found that sourced anywhere. Just a lot of articles using it as a talking point.

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"There is good evidence that large amounts of aluminum are harmful to humans."

But that's applicable to every substance in the universe!!! From serpent venom and uranium to oxygen and water. Seriously, you can die if you drink too much water and it's not pleasant.

Your argument proves too much, we can't ban everything that is harmful to humans in some doses. We can and do ban certain doses of certain substances, and that amount of aluminum is well bellow the damage threshold for humans.

> If I could sum up the aluminum controversy in three sentences, it would be this. There is good evidence that large amounts of aluminum are harmful to humans.

That large amount is well above what's in vaccines.