Wow Mike. Your post is the best I've seen around here! The factors you mentioned are the essence of mercury chelation.........I was originally very happy to have found a message board about amalgams, but I quickly noticed there are people who are aggressively pushing certain protocols. I'm sure if this was not the case, more genuine people whould be sticking around and this would be a lively, personal forum thriving with lots of experience and heart-felt posts.