Posted by bleauberry on February 4, 2010, at 19:22:15
In reply to The real truth about AMALGAM, posted by manic666 on February 4, 2010, at 13:59:40
Anyone wanting to form an opinion on the risks of amalgams needs to gather information from many sources. Any single source is unreliable. Furthermore, when gathering information, look for some that make the case for amalgams being bad, and look for ones that make the case amalgams are riskless. This is not a well-researched topic except by very few people, and thus debates and "cherrypicked" opinions form on both sides.
Here are some interesting facts though. I'm not going to give any opinions of my own.
You decide.
1. Mercury is the 2nd most toxic substance on the planet to the nervous system. Amalgams are 50% mercury.
2. Mercury vapor can be seen rising from amalgams, especially when aggravated by chewing.
3. Mercury can be measured in the dentist's office pre-chewing gum and post-chewing gum to compare. The differences are significant. There is mercury in the saliva and the blood of the person with amalgams, but none in the saliva of the person without amalgams.
4. When amalgams are removed, where does the debris go? In the trashcan? No. By law it goes in special toxic waste containers to toxic waste dumps. But it's ok to be in your mouth.
5. When amalgams are removed without special safety procedures, the patient can suffer a heavy mercury exposure. With proper procedures, exposure is very minimal. Those procedures include rubber throat dam, oxygen tube for breathing, activated charcoal in the mouth and under the tongue, heavy suction at the site of the drill, gas masks for everyone in the room, fresh air circulation for the room, negative ion generators in the room.
6. Some people get extremely ill from chronic low level amalgam mercury accumulation. It can mimic any disease in the book because it impacts every function of the body.
7.Other people however can go their entire lives with amalgams and not have any symptoms. Theories are that genetics and the integrity of the detox systems play a large role in whether someone gets ill or not.
8. There are forums on Yahoo with groups of patients who deal specifically with amalgam removal and chelation, for real world real person experiences of the good, the bad, and the ugly.
9. The size of the amalgams...how much metal is there...and their locations, make a difference.
Anyone interested in the amalgam topic really should read the book Amalgam Illness by PHd Andrew Cutler. Obviously he makes a very scientific case backed up by truckloads of data on how devastating amalgams can be to just about every function in the body. He himself was a patient.
But what is really special is that he also gives all the arguments of those say amalgams are ok, their reasoning, their data, their history...and then with factual science proves whether these are right or wrong. So whether someone is on the side of amalgam danger, or the opposite side of amalgam hoax, or stuck in the middle and not sure, Amalgam Illness presents just about all the data and debates there are on the planet for a thorough picture of the entire topic from every angle.
It is not unusual to see psychiatric symptoms decrease post-amalgam removal. Psychiatric symptoms usually disappear completely when chelation has gotten all the mercury out of the brain. That is a hard battle taking a couple years. But of course, if someone didn't spend time reading what real patients experienced in their own words, well, they wouldn't know that any of this actually happens. They would only know whatever their doctor or their neighbor or their magazine article tells them.
What opinions are gathered at a hospital in Wales are a very small fragment of a much bigger more complex picture.
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