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From: Sir Arthur on 4 Aug 2008 01:25
GREAT WORK!!!

Ilena Rose wrote:
> Note from Health Lover, Ilena Rosenthal:
> http://ilenarose.blogspot.com
>
> Once again, the Quackwatch / Snake-oil Vigilante Industry Mouths are
> proven to be wrong.
>
> A short while ago, I read Barrett's backup mouth, Fake SkepDoc,
> Harriet Hall on the Healthfraud List denying that the FDA had made any
> changes ... is there anything they won't lie about ? ? ? ?
>
>
> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> From: Harriet Hall
> Subject: [healthfraud] Mercury Amalgams Are Safe
>
> "Thanks to listmembers who alerted me to the recent announcements by
> the Consumers for Dental Choice and by the ADA in response to the
> lawsuit against the FDA. The Philadelphia Inquirer and my local paper
> both falselyreported that the FDA had changed its stance on mercury
> fillings."
>
> http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/us-issues-health-warning-over-mercury-fillings-856582.html
>
> They're in millions of mouths worldwide, but have been linked to heart
> disease and Alzheimer's. Now a report concedes they may have a toxic
> effect on the body.
>
> By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor
> Sunday, 29 June 2008
>
> Amalgam dental fillings � which contain the highly toxic metal mercury
> � pose a health risk, the world's top medical regulatory agency has
> conceded.
>
> After years of insisting the fillings are safe, the US government's
> Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a health warning about
> them. It represents a landmark victory for campaigners, who say the
> fillings are responsible for a range of ailments, including heart
> conditions and Alzheimer's disease.
>
> Earlier this month, in an unprecedented U-turn, the FDA dropped much
> of its reassuring language on the fillings from its website,
> substituting: "Dental amalgams contain mercury, which may have
> neurotoxic effects on the nervous systems of developing children and
> foetuses." It adds that when amalgam fillings are "placed in teeth or
> removed they release mercury vapour", and that the same thing happens
> when chewing.
>
> The FDA is now reviewing its rules and may end up restricting or
> banning the use of the metal.
>
> Mercury is placed in tens of millions of teeth worldwide each year.
> About 125 tons of it is used annually in dental treatments in the EU
> alone. And it was used in eight million fillings (including one
> million in children and young people) in Britain in 2002-03, the last
> year for which the British Dental Association (BDA) can produce
> figures.
>
> The association continues to insist that amalgam is "safe, durable and
> cost-effective" and "does not pose a risk of systemic disease", though
> it advises pregnant women to avoid "any dental intervention or
> medication". However, Norway and Denmark banned mercury from fillings
> earlier this year. Sweden has cut its use by more than 90 per cent
> over the past decade, and mercury use is also heavily restricted in
> Finland and Japan.
>
> Mercury makes up about half of an amalgam filling, where it is mixed
> with silver and small amounts of copper and tin. The combination �
> which has now been used for some 150 years � is extremely durable, and
> its supporters used to stress that it locked in the mercury. They now
> accept, however, that mercury vapour escapes, is breathed in, and gets
> into the bloodstream and organs, but they also stress that levels are
> very low. Opponents argue that the metal accumulates in the body and
> no safe level is known.
>
> Some research suggests that mercury from dental fillings may be linked
> to high blood pressure, infertility, fatigue, disorders of the central
> nervous system, multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease. Dentists
> have been found to have high levels of mercury in their bodies as well
> being more susceptible to brain tumours and problems with
> concentration and manual dexterity.
>
> However, a study that followed 507 Portuguese and American children
> for seven years after they received amalgam or mercury-free fillings
> found no differences in the rates of neurological symptoms between the
> two groups.
>
> Nevertheless, more and more dentists � now some 500 in Britain � are
> setting up mercury-free practices, and more patients are demanding
> alternative fillings made of resin and glass.
>
> The alternatives are more expensive and not as strong as amalgam,
> which leads the defenders of mercury to say that only mercury will do
> for molars, which carry most of the burden of chewing. And some have
> released another toxic material, the gender-bending chemical bisphenol
> A. But the alternatives are getting stronger, and the chemical is
> being used less in the newer products.
>
> Even the BDA now says that the alternatives "have improved over time",
> adding: "Trends towards greater use of these materials imply that
> there is to be a sustained reduction in the use of dental amalgam."
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