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"I used to be a very clever student but in time mercury really messed with my life! My brain, health, and emotions deteriorated almost to the point of suicide. I sometimes ask 'Who was that person?' and sometimes I still cry about it."
Vronikaah Vil, Mercury Poisoned
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Dental Amalgam & Mercury Toxicity: The Science
All of the research articles listed below have been reproduced by kind permission of Bernard Windham who is a biochemist by day and who acts as the chief scientific advisor to the US campaign group Dental Amalgam Mercury Syndrome (D.A.M.S.) Organisation in his 'spare' time!
The criticism often levelled against anti-amalgam groups is that there is no conclusive proof of mercury toxicity from vapour in dental amalgam fillings.
This, as you will see, is just not true.
There are over four thousand peer-reviewed published papers cited in the 600 pages of research articles below. In addition, there are published and documented reports of over 60,000 cases of health improvements and recoveries in a variety of health conditions with judicious removal of dental amalgam fillings when combined with effective detoxification of the accumulated body burden of mercury.
As you will see from the small amount of the total research reproduced below, the problem is not that we don't have enough scientific evidence to demonstrate the immense physical, mental, emotional and generational harm that mercury toxicity derived from dental amalgam fillings is having upon the human population.
It is that there is no political will and probably a good deal of political embarrassment about tackling the subject of the mercury poisoning from dental amalgam fillings after the authorities have insisted that it is safe for so many decades.
There is a lot of technical information here for those with a particular interest in, or understanding of, human physiology and biochemistry - such as doctors or dentists. However, if you are a 'lay' visitor there is plenty of information here for you too. Some of it may be too technical for you to understand in detail - but it is the broad brush strokes that count.
Also, if anyone questions your stance on the matter - you may wish to wave some (or all) of the following research papers under their nose!
The research documents on this page are all available in PDF format which requires the Adobe (free) Acrobat Reader. THE ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS OF MERCURY
Facts About Mercury and Dental Amalgam with Medical Study References
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Toxic metals such as mercury, lead and cadmium have been documented to be neurotoxic, immunotoxic, reproductive and developmental toxins that according to U.S. Government agencies cause adverse health effects and learning disabilities to millions in the U.S. each year, especially children and the elderly (105, 160). Exposure of humans and animals to toxic ...
Click to read more about Mercury and Dental Amalgam Studies.
(101 pages)
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Dental Amalgam Fillings and Chronic Health Conditions: An Overview
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1. Dental Amalgam Fillings are the largest source of mercury in most people, and the largest source of methyl mercury since inorganic forms of mercury are methylated to form methyl mercury in the body by bacteria and yeasts.
2. Most people with several fillings get significant daily exposures to mercury that ...
Click to read more about Amalgam Fillings and Chronic Health Conditions.
(5 pages)
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New Studies Find High Mercury and Adverse Effects of Dental Amalgam
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1. Mercury is the most toxic substance that people commonly are exposed to. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) drinking water standard is
2 parts per billion. Mercury is in the top 3 of toxic exposures affecting large numbers of people (1, 4). 2. Dental amalgam is an unstable mixture of 50% liquid mercury with other toxic ...
Click to read more about The Latest Dental Amalgam Research.
(9 pages)
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CFS, Fibromyalgia, MCS and Autoimmune Conditions: The Mercury Connection
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Chronic fatigue syndrome (C.F.S.) is characterised by fatigue, neurologic symptoms including headaches, brain fog, mood disorders, and motor dysfunction. Millions of people in the U.S. suffer from C.F.S. An estimated three to six million patients in the US are affected by fibromyalgia syndrome (F.M.S.) (582). SPECT scans of those with C.F.S. have found that the majority have over 5 times more areas of regional brain damage and reduced blood ...
Click to read more about Mercury Toxicity, CFS and Fibromyalgia.
(31 pages)
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Common Cardiovascular Health Effects of Mercury From Dental Amalgam
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Cardiovascular disease affects more people and causes more deaths each year than any other chronic condition. Atherosclerosis (build-up of plaque deposits in arteries) is the most common type of heart disease.
Atherosclerosis is a significant factor in many types of cardiovascular disease ...
Click to read more about Mercury Toxicity and Cardiovascular Disorders.
(24 pages)
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Health Effects on Dental Personnel of Exposure to Mercury Vapour
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Dental offices are known to be one of the largest users of inorganic mercury (26, 71b). It is well documented that dentists and dental personnel who work with amalgam are chronically exposed to mercury vapour, which accumulates in their bodies to much higher levels than for most non-occupationally exposed. Adverse health effects of this exposure including neurological effects have also been well documented that affect most dentists and dental assistants ...
Click to read more about Occupational Mercury Poisoning.
(24 pages)
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Mercury, Food Intolerances and Chronic Digestive Disorders and Proven Treatments
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When intestinal permeability is increased, food and nutrient absorption is impaired. Dysfunction in intestinal permeability can result in leaky gut syndrome, where larger molecules and toxins in the intestines can pass through the membranes and into the blood, triggering an immune response (6). Progressive damage can occur to the intestinal lining, eventually allowing disease-causing bacteria, undigested food particles, and toxins to pass directly into the blood stream.
Click to read more about Mercury Toxicity and Digestive Disorders.
(12 pages)
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Mercury-Caused Endocrine Conditions
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As will be documented in this paper, the majority of the population receives significant mercury exposures and significant adverse health effects are common. Mercury has been found to be an endocrine system disrupting chemical in animals and people, disrupting function of the pituitary gland; thyroid gland; parathyroid gland; thymus gland; adrenal gland; pineal gland; enzyme production processes, and affecting many hormonal and enzymatic functions ...
Click to read more about Mercury-Caused Endocrine Conditions.
(28 pages)
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Mechanisms by Which Mercury Causes Immune Reactive and Allergic Conditions
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The incidence of allergic and immune reactive conditions such as allergies, asthma, eczema, lupus and psoriasis have been increasing rapidly in the United States over the last decade (1). The incidence of asthma doubled over the last decade (1e). At least 50 million have allergies (19%) (1d) and according to the U.S. Centre for Disease Control (C.D.C.) (1c) approximately 20 million have asthma (7.7%). The largest increase has been in infants ...
Click to read more about Mercury Toxicity and Allergic Conditions.
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The Disease Causation Link Between Mercury, Casein and Gluten
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Mercury and toxic metals block enzymes required to digest milk casein and wheat gluten, resulting in dumping morphine-like substances in the blood that are neurotoxic and psychotic, as a major factor in schizophrenia, autism, ADHD, and MS.
A direct mechanism involving mercury’s inhibition of cellular enzymatic processes by ...
Click to read more about Mercury Toxicity, Casein and Gluten.
(9 pages)
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The Mercury Connection to Inflammatory and Immune Reactive Conditions
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The incidence of allergic and immune reactive conditions such as allergies, asthma, lupus and allergic contact diseases (such as eczema and psoriasis) have been increasing rapidly in the United States over the last decade (1, 2, 3, 4). The prevalence of asthma doubled over the last decade (4) to approximately 31 million, 11.5% of the total population (2). At least 50 million have allergies (19%) (3), and the largest increase has been in infants ...
Click to read more about Mercury Toxicity and Inflammatory Conditions.
(29 pages)
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Depression and other Neurotransmitter-Related Conditions: The Mercury Connection
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According to Dr. Gerald Klerman, based on National Institute of Health studies there has been a huge increase (over 500%) in the rate of depression and chronic neurological problems over the last 3 decades. A random sample of Oregon high school students found that over 16% had been diagnosed with depression (10). According to E.C.A. samples, otherwise healthy people born in recent decades face a 10 fold increase in incidence of major depressive episodes ...
Click to read more about Depression and Mercury Toxicity.
(28 pages)
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The Effect of Electromagnetism on Mercury Vapour Release from Amalgam Fillings
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Having dissimilar metals in the teeth (e.g. amalgam, or gold and mercury, or stainless steel and mercury) causes galvanic action, electrical currents, and much higher mercury vapour levels and levels in oral tissues (1-11, 30). The amount of mercury released into saliva has been found by large studies to be about 1.5 to 1.9 micrograms per litre for each additional dental amalgam filling (26). The amount of mercury released ...
Click to read more about Oral Galvanism and Amalgam.
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Factors Affecting Susceptibility to Mercury Toxicity
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It is well documented in the medical literature that the major factors in mercury toxicity effects, in addition to dose, are susceptibility factors like immune reactivity (1, 2), degree of other toxic exposures and synergisms (3, 15, 27), systemic detoxification ability based on blood allele type (4, 15, 27) or metallothionein function (5), sulphur detoxification deficiencies (6), or other inhibited enzymatic processes related to detoxification (7, 8, 9, 10, 27) or methylation (27, 28).
Click to read more about Susceptibility to Mercury Toxicity.
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The Cancer Connection to Mercury, Toxic Metals and Cavitations
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The President’s Cancer Panel Report for 2008-2009 found that the true burden of environmentally induced cancers has been grossly underestimated (547). As seen here, in addition to cancers caused by radiation, pesticides, and other organic chemicals, toxic metals such as mercury have major effects on weakening the immune system and facilitating cancer.
Click to read more about Mercury, Toxic Metals and Cancer.
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The Role of Mercury in Periodontal Disease and Oral Health Conditions
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Mercury is one of the most toxic substances in existence and is known to bioaccumulate in the body of people and animals that have chronic exposure. Mercury exposure is cumulative and comes primarily from 3 main sources: occupational exposure, food (mainly fish), and silver/mercury dental fillings. Whereas mercury exposure from fish is primarily methyl mercury, mercury from occupational exposure and dental fillings is primarily from elemental ...
Click to read more about Mercury Toxicity and Oral Health Conditions.
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The Effects of Mercury and Toxic Metals on the Kidneys, Urinary System and Fertility
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A large U.S. Centers for Disease Control epidemiological study, NHANES III, found that those with more amalgam fillings (more mercury exposure) have significantly higher levels of chronic health conditions (543). Among the conditions where incidence was significantly correlated with having more than the average number of amalgam surfaces were diseases of the male and female genital tracts, and Diseases of the genitourinary system (543).
Click to read more about Mercury Toxicity and the Urinary System.
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Mercury as a Cause of Multiple Sclerosis and Related Conditions
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Proper functioning of the human body and mind depends on interactions of the brain and CNS using neuronal signalling mechanisms with elaborate metabolic and enzymatic processes and respiration that occurs at the cellular level in the various organs and parts of the body, as controlled by low levels of hormones from the endocrine system. It will be shown that toxic substances, such as mercury that the body is chronically exposed to, accumulate in the ...
Click to read more about Mercury as a Cause of Multiple Sclerosis.
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RESEARCH RELATING TO DENTAL TREATMENT
Chronic Health Conditions Relating to Dental Health and Dental Procedures
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Medical studies and clinical results have found that many chronic, degenerative, health conditions are dental related (there are also other causes and effects are cumulative and synergistic). The main causes include mercury (from dental amalgam fillings) and infections from root-canal filled teeth (most are infected) and from cavitations (chronically infected tooth extractions sites or root-canal sites), as well as gingivitis and periodontitis ...
Click to read more about Chronic Health Conditions and Dental Health.
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The Results of Removal of Dental Amalgam Fillings: 60,000 Documented Cases
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1. For the week following amalgam removal, body mercury levels increase significantly, depending on protective measures taken, but within 2 weeks levels fall significantly (82, 89). Chronic conditions can worsen temporarily, but usually improve if adequate precautions are taken to reduce exposure during removal.
Click to read more about The Results of Removal of Amalgam Fillings.
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Incidence Levels and Chronic Health Effects Related to Dental Cavitations
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A cavitation is a hole in the bone, often where a tooth has been removed and the bone has not filled in properly. In the last several years, the term cavitation has been used to describe various bone lesions which appear both as empty holes in the jawbones and holes filled with dead bone and bone marrow (5). Dead, cavitational areas, which produce pain, are now called NICO (Neuralgia Inducing Osteonecrosis) lesions (6). Cavitations are often a ...
Click to read more about Dental Cavitations and Health.
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The Health Effects of Infections and Root-Canal Filled Teeth
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Prestigious dental researchers and doctors such as Weston Price (DDS), Frank Billings (MD), Milton Rosenow (MD), Charles Mayo (MD) and Martin Fischer (MD) during the early part of the past century based on extensive research concluded that the majority of chronic systemic disease is due to infections in the tonsils and/or teeth that are usually symptomless and very difficult to detect (25, 28).
Click to read more about Root-Canal Treatments, Infections and Health.
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MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH RESEARCH
The Adverse Effects of Pharmaceuticals
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1. Studies have found pharmaceutical use to be a leading cause of hospitalisations and the third leading cause of deaths (1). In 1998 an extensive study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed that 106,000 people die each year in American hospitals from medication side effects (1). But studies also show that less than 5% of hospitalisations and deaths due to pharmaceuticals are identified as such so the actual total is much higher.
Click to read more about The Adverse Effects of Pharmaceuticals.
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The Adverse Effects of 'Modern' Medicine
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While doctors provide needed treatment successfully for many patients and conditions, it is also well documented that doctor errors and adverse effects of doctor-prescribed drugs or treatments is one of the leading causes of hospitalisations, deaths, and other adverse health events (1-28). 14 % of the U.S. Gross National Product is related to medical and health care, but in spite of the much higher levels of spending on health care the U.S. ranks very poorly ...
Click to read more about The Adverse Effects of 'Modern' Medicine.
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Health Effects From Electromagnetic Fields: The Mercury Connection
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1. Reviewers for a comprehensive Electromagnetic Field (EMF) risk assessment by the California Department of Health Services have determined that it is highly likely that EMF causes some forms of cancer, along with chronic neurological conditions like ALS, Alzheimer's disease and depression.
Click to read more about Electromagnetic Fields and Dental Amalgam.
(5 pages)
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