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"C.J. Thomas" wrote in message
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Jan,

I also have a question for you. When are we going to see all the research
demonstrating the negative side-effects of amalgam fillings on actual
people
who have had fillings in their mouths for the past 40-50 years? How long
does it take for toxicity to present itself? Surely, people are going to
start dropping like flies.


The same question applies to fluoridation.

Robert

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PubMed Research Report:

Italian Association for Metals and Biocompatibility Research (AIRMEB),
Milan, Italy.

Eighteen cadavers from routine autopsy casework were subject to a
study of tissue levels of total mercury in brain, thyroid, and kidney
samples by atomic absorption. On these same cadavers, all dental amalgam
fillings (the most important source of inorganic mercury exposure in the
general population, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) were
charted. Total mercury levels were significantly higher in subjects with a
greater number of occlusal amalgam surfaces (12) compared with those with
fewer occlusal amalgams (0-3) in all types of tissue (all P or = 0.04).
Mercury levels were significantly higher in brain tissues compared with
thyroid and kidney tissues in subjects with more than 12 occlusal amalgam
fillings (all P or = 0.01) but not in subjects with 3 or less occlusal
amalgams (all P or = 0.07).

PMID: 16501347 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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