Thalidomide [Was: Energy] (OT)

[Cy Shuster]

Thanks for the correction, Frank.  Minamata is what I was thinking of 
(similar results):
http://www.members.tripod.com/~Sandra_Justus/MercuryPoisoningReport.html

--Cy--

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Jahnke" <jahnke@fmjassoc.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 5:47 PM
Subject: Thalidomide [Was: Energy]


> This is WAAYY off thread, but I'll keep it brief.
>
>>> Mercury is highly toxic, especially to fetuses (remember
> Thalidomide?).
>
> Thalidomide has no mercury in it, and it is not particularly toxic, even
> to fetuses.  Of course it does cause birth defects -- it is a powerful
> teratogen -- but that's a different thing.  FWIW, sales of thalidomide
> were about $300 million last year, primarily as an anti-inflammatory
> (for leprosy) and as an antiangiogenic and immunomodulatory agent for
> certain cancers, such as multiple myeloma.
>
> Frank Jahnke