Thanks for the note, Dr. Bob. I sent a personal message before I read your reply as well including a few tips for avoiding dental treatment if it is properly understood. I really appreciate your insight and knowledge base for this and other issues. You help keep the fringes from fraying.
Thank you. Peggy Kirk McLoren wrote: >Next they will be telling us there is no problem with amalgam fillings. > > http://crobm.iadrjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/8/4/410 note the last sentence of the abstract. There in lies a big problem: How much proof is needed that an effect DOESN'T exist? Mercury exposure from dental amalgam fillings: absorbed dose and the potential for adverse health effects J. R. Mackert Jr and A. Berglund Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-1260, USA. This review examines the question of whether adverse health effects are^ attributable to amalgam-derived mercury. The issue of absorbed dose of^ mercury from amalgam is addressed first. The use of intra-oral Hg vapor^ measurements to estimate daily uptake must take into account the^ differences between the collection volume and flow rate of the measuring^ instrument and the inspiratory volume and flow rate of air through the^ mouth during inhalation of a single breath. Failure to account for these^ differences will result in substantial overestimation of the absorbed dose.^ Other factors that must be considered when making estimates of Hg uptake^ from amalgam include the accurate measurement of baseline (unstimulated)^ mercury release rates and the greater stimulation of Hg release afforded by^ chewing gum relative to ordinary food. The measured levels of^ amalgam-derived mercury in brain, blood, and urine are shown to be^ consistent with low absorbed doses (1-3 micrograms/day). Published^ relationships between the number of amalgam surfaces and urine levels are^ used to estimate the number of amalgam surfaces that would be required to^ produce the 30 micrograms/g creatinine urine mercury level stated by WHO to^ be associated with the most subtle, pre-clinical effects in the most^ sensitive individuals. From 450 to 530 amalgam surfaces would be required^ to produce the 30 micrograms/g creatinine urine mercury level for people^ without any excessive gum-chewing habits. The potential for adverse health^ effects and for improvement in health following amalgam removal is also^ addressed. Finally, the issue of whether any material can ever be^ completely exonerated of claims of producing adverse health effects is^ considered. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
