As an American whining about the FDA (and not the sharpest card in the deck based on his journalism), he probably meant 40 short tons (of 2000 lb). That would be around 36.3 Mg, still a little off from his conversion.
--- On Wed, 8/12/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:45591] Re: Understating the tooth by six orders of magnitude To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 12:14 PM Not only is there an error in the magnitude there is an error in the number. 40 t = 40 Mg would be 40 000 000 g, not 35 000 000 g as he would have it if his magnitude were correct, unless 5 Mg are lost or wasted and don't end up in people's mouths. Simon From: John M. Steele Sent: Wednesday, 2009-08-12 07:42 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:45588] Re: Understating the tooth by six orders of magnitude That site is otherwise so honest, objective, and factual, I'm sure he'll be deeply concerned by the error. :) (ROTFL) --- On Tue, 8/11/09, Pierre Abbat <[email protected]> wrote: From: Pierre Abbat <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:45585] Understating the tooth by six orders of magnitude To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 11:33 PM http://www.naturalnews.com/026822_mercury_the_FDA_mercury_fillings.html > According to Consumers for Dental Choice, dentists purchase nearly 40 tons > of mercury each year. That's over 35 million micrograms of mercury being > put into the bodies of humans and, ultimately, the environment. It is indeed over, but he either left out a "million", got tons and grams confused, or got grams and micrograms confused. I have sent feedback. Pierre
