Still Carrying Around Mercury Next to Your Brain? by plzchuckle ..... Barefooters' Library
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By Dr. Mercola
This eye-opening video from the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT.org) is worth more than a
thousand words when it comes to illustrating the very real danger of mercury fillings. It contains a powerful visual demonstration of how mercury
vapors are released into your oral cavity every time you chew, visit the dentist, or drink hot tea or coffee, for example.
And these mercury vapors continue to be released for at least 1.5 hours after each stimulation.
The poisonous vapors are odorless, colorless and tasteless, so you can't tell when it's happening. But you can be sure that if you have so-called
"silver fillings" in your mouth, you're continuously exposed to mercury, which passes readily through cell membranes, across the blood-brain barrier,
and into your central nervous system, where it can cause psychological, neurological, and immunological problems.
Dental Amalgams are the primary source of mercury exposure in Americans. A single dental amalgam filling releases as much as 15
micrograms of mercury per day. The average individual has eight Amalgam fillings and could absorb up to 120 micrograms of mercury per day. For
comparison, eating mercury-tainted seafood will expose you to about 2.3 micrograms per day -- and that is enough for scientists to call for a worldwide warning!
Unfortunately, while many have become well aware of the dangers of environmental mercury contamination, few are as well-informed when it comes to the
dangers posed by dental amalgams.
Sadly, only one in four people is aware that silver Amalgams contain mercury,
and the dental industry is capitalizing on that ignorance. Part of the problem is that the very name "silver fillings" seems to imply they are made of
silver, a misdirection that has kept a good majority of consumers in the dark for a long time. Alas, Amalgams consist of more than 50 percent mercury. When confronted about this, the industry response is that the term "silver" is meant to denote the color, not the
constitution…
However, dentists have also been actively persuaded to keep this information under tight wraps, and they are under no obligation whatsoever to inform
their patients about the mercury content of Amalgam fillings. As recently as 2009, the
FDA ruled that no warning shall be issued to patients
—not even to young women and parents of young children—that the mercury from the amalgam fillings is a reproductive toxin and a neurotoxin, despite the
fact that pregnant women and young children are at greatest risk from mercury toxicity.
In the
words of Charlie Brown
, president of the World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry,
"Amalgam is a primitive, polluting, 19th century product that began when physicians were sawing off legs. Medicine has since moved forward."
Unfortunately, this aspect of dentistry has not. The American Dental Association
(ADA) continues to give amalgam (mercury) fillings their seal of approval, stating:
"Used by dentists for more than a century, dental amalgam is the most thoroughly researched and tested restorative material among all those in
use. It is durable, easy to use, highly resistant to wear and relatively inexpensive in comparison to other materials. For those reasons, it
remains a valued treatment option for dentists and their patients."
The height of irony is that dental amalgam is shipped as a hazardous material to the dental office, and any amalgam leftover is also treated as
hazardous and requires special precautions to dispose of. Yet, most dentists will readily implant this hazardous material directly into your mouth,
with assurances that it's perfectly safe and harmless!