Re: Mercury-Free Bandwagon Gathers Pace

In article <p4QPe.69386$084.30730@attbi_s22>,
"LadyLollipop" <LadyLollipop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "Robert Morien" <PhD_failure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:PhD_failure-B86580.19090726082005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > In article <1125098273.139236.181810@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > clintonz@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >> billkatz wrote:
> >> > Huh?
> >> >
> >> > October issue of the NEJM [NEJM, 349(19):1731-1737, Oct 2003]. The
> >> > article is entitled "The Toxicology of Mercury - Current Exposures
> >> > and Clinical Manifestations."
> >> >
> >> > (Pages 1732-1733), "Patients who have questions about the potential
> >> > relation between mercury and degenerative diseases can be assured that
> >> > the available evidence shows no connection."
> >>
> >>
> >> I said that the NEJM had reported "finally" that amalgam was the
> >> largest exposure of elemental Hg in the population, probably in that
> >> article, though it could be a different recent one.
> >>
> >> Yes that (probably)same article was pretty brutally criticized for then
> >> concluding that exposure to Hg was really no big deal afterall.
> >> did you read the entire article to see if what i said was true or
> >> just take irrelevent snippet to deflect my main point?
> >>
> >> It was basically a defensive, biased "summary of the literature", not
> >> a research piece, by pro-Hg (and nearly senile) 60's throwback
> >> toxicologist and dental industry gun Clarkson IIRC.
> >>
> >> You might think it illogical that Clarkson or the NEJM could admit
> >> that amalgam was the largest source of elemental Hg (do they have any
> >> choice?) then turn around and say but look "no problem". A lot of other
> >> people felt that way too! On the other hand what are the dentists and
> >> doctors supposed to do, publish an article which says, look we've been
> >> exposing people to high levels of Hg and endangering their health all
> >> these years?
> >
> > So are you Pro NEJM?
>
> Are you, Robert?
>
> Just what is your interest here?

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