Re: Mercury Effects

From: John Chewter (john_at_LESS_SPAMchewter.f9.co.uk)
Date: 11/25/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 09:27:30 +0000 (UTC)

> It is a sad tragedy that mercury is causing such health damage to so many
> people.
>

Opinion expressed as fact.

> However, they no clinical studies were ever done and the FDA approved
> amalgam under the "grandfather clause" Subsequent studies have shown this
> not to be true.

Really? Not at that time maybe but 'ever?' You seem to be quoting studies on
an hourly basis.

> Over ten years ago the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine
> published an editorial (12 ) calling mercury fillings the chief source of
> mercury exposure to the US population.

Great

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This was 10 year old information. Why should anyone subscribe to get updates
on that?

> Mercury amalgam dental fillings, commonly referred to as 'Silver' dental
> fillings, contain between 48 & 55 % mercury.
>
> While the American Dental Association originally denied that mercury from
> these fillings leaked vapor, which is absorbed into the bodies of persons
> having this dental filling material, in recent years, facing numerous
> studies to the contrary, have had to concede, that 'silver fillings', do
> leak mercury vapor, one of the most toxic substances known to man.
>
> The metallic mercury used by dentists to manufacture dental amalgam is
> shipped as a hazardous material to the dental office.

OK

> it is inconceivable that the mouth could be considered a safe storage
> container for this toxic material. it is inconceivable that the mouth
> could be considered a safe storage

This was NOT in the quoted source. Misleading opinion 'added' to a paper.

> A multi-million dollar U.S. Government study conducted between 1988 and
> 1994 could hold the key to producing epidemiological data linking dental
> fillings to a myriad of illnesses.
>
> This new information, comes straight from the National Institute of
> Health,
> the NHANES III Study (National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey),
> a study that according to the mission statement of National Center for
> Health Sciences "is to provide statistical information that will guide the
> actions and policies to improve health of the American people. As the
> Nation's principal health statistics agency, NCHS leads the way with
> accurate, relevant, and timely data."
>
> A recent statistical analysis of this data was done to see if there were
> any links to dental fillings and adverse health conditions.
>
> Their initial figures revealed that while 78% of the American public have
> dental fillings, 95% of the people with International Classification of
> Disease Codes 340-349: "Disorders of the Central Nervous System", which
> include MS, Epilepsy, Paralysis and Migraines, have dental fillings.
>

Now you blown it. It is NOT new information. The document you quoted is 10
years old. I have been reading it. Some bozo has tried to connect 2
unrelated facts. It was not the position of the report writers.

If 78% eg MOST Americans have fillings then it is likely that MOST Sick
people will have Amalgams. This does not show a causal link. <George eats
fish - George's Cat eats fish - therefore George is a cat>

Here is another similar 'non-fact!' 87% of Europeans have had vacinations.
72% of European drivers (after 15 years of driving) have had an automobile
accident. Therefore we should stop vacinations because it causes road
accidents. It is a logical as your post. I.E. complete rubbish..

> In February, 1994 Sweden announced a total ban on the use of mercury
> fillings in young adults. Denmark, Germany and Austria followed suit. In
> Switzerland and Japan, the dental schools no longer teach amalgam use as
> the primary source of dental care.

Relavance? Have you shown us the evidence they made that decision with? No.

> Most people don't realize the grave danger that exists in the simple and
> seemingly innocent act of chewing gum.

Who said it was grave danger? Opinion.

>However, studies have shown that gum
> chewing greatly increases the exposure to mercury.

Reference to this study please- if it exists at all?

> One recent study found that heavy gum chewers had twice the amount of
> mercury in their blood and three times the level in their urine and breath
> exhalation than did infrequent chewers.

In anothr post you advocated the use of Selenium diet suplements to
'detoxify' mercury from the system. It also raises these levels. So which is
right? Using your logic you should be advocating gum as a tetoxifying agent.

>And if you were to compare with those who don't chew gum at all, the
>difference would likely be even greater.

Non-scientific speculation.

> A recent CDC report reveals that nearly one in 10 US women could have
> levels of mercury in their blood that are close to hazardous.

That acually shows that no women are in the HAZARDOUS range then, which is
the reverse of what is implied!

> Exposure to dangerous levels of mercury can result in permanent damage to
> the brain and kidney.

You just posted that the levels were NOT in the hazardous region!

> Combustion in power plants of coal containing mercury is the major source
> of environmental pollution.
> 40 Tons of Mercury are released into the US EVERY year by this method.

Sure

> Mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants moves through the air, is
> deposited in water and finds its way into fish, accumulating especially in
> fish that are higher up the food chain. Fish like tuna, sea bass, marlin
> and halibut show some of the worst contamination, but dozens of species
> and
> thousands of water bodies have been seriously polluted.

Sure

Now here is a lot of non-relavent information..... This does not relate in
any way to dentistry.

> As a result, women who eat a lot of fish during pregnancy, or even as
> little as a single serving of a highly contaminated fish, can expose their
> developing child to excessive levels of mercury. The toxic metal can cross
> the placenta to harm the rapidly developing nervous system, including the
> brain.
>
> About 20,000 children this year will be exposed to a dose of methylmercury
> that increases the risk of adverse neurological effects for the entire
> pregnancy.
>
> According to Public Citizen, "It is irrefutable that power plant emissions
> contribute to all sorts of environmental problems--smog, acid rain,
> mercury
> poisoning of rivers and streams, radioactive waste--all of which lead to
> climate change, air pollution, damaged crops, dying forests, and health
> problems like emphysema, lung disease, cancer and premature death."

> US EPA Proposes Regulations to Cut Mercury Emissions From Coal-Fired Power
> Plants

Irrelevent

> National Academy of Sciences Backs Stricter Mercury Standards

Irrelevent

> Toxic Mercury Found in New England Rain and Snow

Irrelevent

Lots of non-dental mercury poinsion stuff snipped.
>
> Scientists at the University of Calgary have recently shown (3) that trace
> amounts of mercury can cause the type of damage to nerves that is
> characteristic of the damage found in Alzheimer's disease. The level of
> mercury exposure used in the test was well below those levels found in
> many
> humans with mercury/silver amalgam dental fillings.

Now that actually IS interesting and on topic

> Mercury Contributes To Alzheimer's Disease!

No cause link proven - despite trials so it MAY contribute.......

> Mercury Detoxification

Seems gum helps with that :s but you said it was bad.

I think you should edit what you post Jan. Cut the crap out. There is enough
GOOD stuff arround to convince people.

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