Hi Dawn:

I would be upset too. Would be enough to have smoke pouring from my ears! But at least you have a plan to get it out.

These dentists that still use mercury must be mad or just plain dumb. They have done autopsies of dentists and proven that mercury is in their bodies and brains. How long does this have to go on before they get it? Why don't you anonymously mail him a copy of the letter to the FDA I attached. Address it: Hey Nimrod!

From the 1993 letter to the FDA:

"Numerous scientists have concluded that dentists and their staff are being poisoned by dental mercury. An increased incidence of spontaneous abortion and decreased fecundability are just two glaring examples of how women working in dentistry are injured because of the FDA failure to properly regulate or ban this implant material. Kidney function of dentists is worse than their comparative workers in cadmium industry. In addition, a variety of scientific and clinical evidence exists implicating mercury from fillings in other health conditions, including neurological disorders."

More quotes from letter. If it is in us patients, you would think those who actually handle the stuff daily are saturated with it:

"As set out in the reasons below, the evidence is clear that in those patients with mercury/silver fillings, dental mercury is the predominant source of mercury in the brain and other body tissues."

"At the time dental mercury was classified in 1987 no mention was made to any of those references previously furnished. Since that time autopsy studies have shown that the brain-levels of mercury correspond to the filling surfaces and that the mercury is inorganic i.e. coming from the fillings, rather than methyl mercury coming from fish."

Blah, blah, blah, just like the energizer bunny, the insanity of this situation goes on, and on.

Hope all goes well, Dawn. If you see him on the street, kick him in the cahonies. Maybe that will get his attention.

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TW