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Marshall [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 12/26/00 10:41:43 AM EST, [email protected] writes: > > << 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 > > >> > > Marshall: I'd like to post this on the Healthfraud forum, but I'll need more > details with regard to the source of the article. Do you have any further > reference info? Roger > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
