Re: Politics of Mercury

From: Joel M. Eichen (joeleichen_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 12:06:50 -0500

On 22 Dec 2004 09:00:33 -0800, clintonz@prodigy.net wrote:

>
>
>. The mercury in amalgam, it turns out, is not free,

It used to be practically free... I mean I paid $5 a pound for it
...... packed in nice plastic bottles that were not too big either.
You know how heavy the stuff is?

Today, its sealed capsules, just to keep the Jansters of this world
happy.

EPA LIMIT: 100 micrograms of Hg per cubic meter of ambient air.

Or 0.1 mg

See Jan. We are on top of things .. so do not worry!

Joel

> but mixed with
>silver, tin and copper, metals to which it bonds chemically to form a
>crystalline metallic — and safe — alloy.
>
>Wrong
>
>An obvious analogy, says Dr. Robert Baratz, president of the National
>Council against Health Fraud, can be made with water, a chemical
>combination of hydrogen, a gas that
>
>Baratz!
>
>can explode, and oxygen, which supports combustion. Yet, like those in
>water, amalgam's components are tightly bonded to each other. "Saying
>that amalgam will poison you," Baratz insists, "is like saying that
>drinking water will make you explode and burst into flames."
>
>Total lie.
>
>
>Take my advice. Don't rely on an outdated article by a senile time
>correspondent
>with no understanding of science that thinks amalgam issues are the
>"flavor
>of the week."

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