Re: Mercury & Analgam Constitute A Massive Danger To Dentists & Patients

clintonz_at_prodigy.net
Date: 02/27/05 

Date: 26 Feb 2005 23:58:37 -0800

> >
> > Because it's bound in alloy form to the silver.
>
> What makes you think either mercury or silver is safe in the mouth?
>
> It was bound with silver BEFORE it went IN the mouth and was
dangerous.
> It was bound with silver while the minute it came out and it was
> dangerous. What made it safe while t was in the mouth?
>

The Hg does become unbound from the silver when it leaves
the amalgam, so it is not correct for NOYB to say that it is bound
with the silver.

Some particles (making up maybe as much as 15% of the released Hg)
undoubtedly do leave the amalgam with the Hg bound to the silver, but
these can actually have the Hg removed from them in the stomach
(according to newer research). Saliva tests, such as the tubigen study
aim to measure release of Hg from amalgam which is unbound to the Ag.

Remember, the most toxic form of Hg is methylized Hg, when
the Hg leaves the silver and is then absorbed by bacteria.
1 gram of methylized Hg would be the equivalent of 100 to
1000 grams of elemental Hg. AS SP pointed out, no one knows how much
can be generated by amalgam in the worst cases without
more sophisticated testing methods.

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