Chewing Gum Releases Mercury From Dental Fillings
Stockholm - Heavy gum chewers risk breaking down the
amalgam in their
dental fillings and having dangerously high levels
of mercury in their blood and
urine as a result, a study published in the
Stockholm newspaper Aftonbladet
on Friday said.
The study was undertaken by the Sahlgrenska
university hospital in
Gothenburg, west Sweden.
"In our study we found out that people who chewed
gum for at least five hours
per day had significantly higher mercury levels in
their urine and blood,"
medical researcher Gerd Saellsten was quoted as
saying.
The test group included 17 people with at least five
amalgam fillings who
chewed gum an average of five hours per day, and
consumed seven pieces of
gum.
The test group was compared with a control group of
equal size comprising
people with the same number of fillings, but who
chewed gum only 30 minutes
per week on average.
A comparison of quicksilver levels between the two
groups yielded clear
differences.
The heavy gum chewers had twice the amount of
mercury in their blood and
three times the level in their urine and breath
exhalation than did the infrequent
chewers.
The mercury levels rose in proportion to the number
of amalgam fillings the
subjects had, the study showed.
Mercury damages the brain, central nervous system
and kidneys in humans
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