Robert, Thank you for your very logical, succinct, insightful, and thoughtful assertions. Very refreshing.
Dave Buck ----- Original Message ----- From: "robert and benita rabello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 8:33 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] mercury was Imaginal Cells by Deepak Chopra > Joe Street wrote: > >>Fillings do not contain depleted uranium and DU when it vaporizes on >>impact and oxidizes into uranium trioxide is found to be a nano powder >>which is something like 100,000 to 1 meeelion times more toxic than DU >>is in a macro scale. Gulf war syndrom has nothing to do with mercury in >>fillings or vaccines. >> > > I understand that, but I don't think you're grasping my point. > There is a VERY large percentage of the overall population walking > around with dental amalgams, and a cohort of professionals that have > been working with this material for decades. Yet there is no study that > supports negative health impacts within that population that can be > directly linked to mercury in dental fillings. > >> But didn't I read years ago that there is a very >>high suicide rate among dentists? >> > > Can that impact be isolated to mercury exposure? > >> And you are asking why we don't see >>wide spread health effects? But these people are saying that many wide >>spread problems ARE thought to be linked to mecury. >> >> > > The cause / effect linkage breaks down when examined across the > population. Now, I TRY to be open minded about this . . . We once took > our youngest son to an naturopath (who came highly recommended) because > he'd developed a skin rash. The naturopath hooked him up to a machine > that measured electrical resistance in his skin and diagnosed my son > with mercury poisoning. > > I asked: "Where did he get exposed to mercury?" > > "Eating shellfish," the doctor responded. > > "But we don't EVER eat shellfish, and the only other fish we eat is > salmon that we catch ourselves in the Fraser River." > > "Well, then it's amalgam fillings." > > "He doesn't HAVE any fillings," I protested. > > "Does your wife?" he asked. > > "Yes," I replied. > > "Then he was exposed in utero." > > Mind you, the boy was six years old when this rash appeared. Heavy > metals are excreted in sweat, and like every other normal boy, my son > plays hard enough to often work himself into a lather. So, I was > supposed to believe that this skin rash he developed came from in utero > exposure to mercury from my sweetheart's amalgam fillings, even though > SIX YEARS had passed since his birth, and he'd sweat regularly enough to > warrant at least one bath per day. My wife doesn't suffer from skin > rashes and neither do I, yet both of us have had amalgam fillings in our > teeth for many years. > > So my point in this, is that just because someone believes in a > cause / effect relationship doesn't mean it actually exists. People > used to burn or drown women as witches on unsubstantiated claims. When > I hear complaints about mercury in dental fillings, these are normally > accompanied by testimonials put forth as evidence for the veracity of > the claim. But why are those testimonials more valid than my own > experience? And why can't people who believe in this kind of thing > answer the basic question of: "Why do we not see widespread, consistent > impacts across a population that has been exposed to mercury in dental > amalgams for decades?" > > Yes, we should be use the precautionary principle. Yes, we should > try to limit our exposure to things we know are dangerous. But let's be > careful about drawing unsubstantiated conclusions, too. > > robert luis rabello > "The Edge of Justice" > Adventure for Your Mind > http://www.newadventure.ca > > Ranger Supercharger Project Page > http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
