Re: teeth....to Blueduck

Well, thanks for saying that I truthfully need to do some research into mercury. Even though I am a toxicologist, I took your advice, you may also want to see these webpages:

http://www.cdc.gov/OralHealth/factsheets/amalgam.htm
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/amalgams.html
http://www.ada.org/public/media/newsrel/amalgam0207/nr-06.html
http://www.epa.gov/iris/subst/0370.htm
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp46.html

And after reading them, I have to say that I was right in the first place. Mercury IS a harmful chemical, but the issue that most people ignore is the dose-response relationship that connects the amount of a chemical to any effects it could have. The dose that a person is going to inhale and ingest from elemental mercury in dental fillings is generally much less than what would be needed to cause the harmful effects many people claim. It is more likely that a person would have harmful effects from eating fish, as they have a more bioavailable form of mercury. But as I said in my previous message, I personally don't care what you do with your teeth, I just think giving someone advice to head to Mexico so "El Doctoro" can rip out your fillings is a bad and potentially unsafe idea.

Buddy