I've heard that.. one of the first symptoms of mercury toxicity is brain fog and chronic fatigue.
And that..
Women of childbearing age are are at risk as mercury is transported through the placenta to the developing fetus
and occupational exposure to mercury has been documented
to cause infertility and miscarriage.

A documentary has been produced in Norway about the neurological and autoimmune diseases suffered by dental hygientists.

See:

Neurotoxic Effects of Mecury in Amalgam Dental Fillings

http://www.mercurypolicy.org/new/documents/FDADentalMPPNorwayFinal090706.pdf

2004 EPA Report

Government analysis nearly doubled the estimate of the number of newborn children at risk for health problems because of unsafe mercury levels in their blood. Environmental Protection Agency scientists said yesterday that new research had shown that 630,000 U.S. newborns had unsafe levels of mercury in their blood in 1999-2000.

Mercury pollution attributed to industrial activity..
But it also goes way back in medicine and time..

History and use of mercury for millennia..
"Birth of Greek God mercury "
A statue and look at the pole the statue is holding..

http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Elements-Toxic/Mercury.htm

Mercury has been found in Egyptian tombs indicating....
It was used as early as 1500 BC..
Who knows it may go even further back then that..
There has been alot of lost history but that doesn't mean..
It didn't go way back in time beyond even longer ago ...

http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic813.htm

Plus..
But I was watching Nova and it got real interesting...
On epigenetics.. The Science of change...
Genes may not be the whole story as epigenetics are triggers..
Can be inherited from generation like from poor nutrician and health..
Environmental toxins and exposures in past generations..
The links to the past and future...
They injected pesticides in mice and it effected rats DNA...
And they talked about Autism as well..
As there is no distinctive Autistic gene..
And they also looked at identical twins...
Same genes.. One severly autistic.. One not....
And thats where epigenetics play a role....

http://www.ehponline.org/members/2006/114-3/focus.html
The bottom of the iceberg is epigenetics. ”
And the triggers are...

Known or suspected drivers behind epigenetic processes include many agents, including heavy metals, pesticides,
diesel exhaust, tobacco smoke, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, hormones, radioactivity, viruses, bacteria, and basic nutrients...

Gives one alot to think about.....
Doesn't it......
Of what can effect the future generations....
As well as what efects us all now...

It was really interesting the research they are doing on epigenetics and the environmental triggers of what can
damage ones DNA..

Or even turn off and on ones genes.. It was real interesting....
But they talked about research with rats and also autism and
the environmental and toxic impacts on society besides stress, and nutrician levels that are passed on through the generations ..
inherited mutations over time....
Biologically passed on.....

That can come with bad choices they made....
inherited from the parents, grandparents ect..
And of course non choices that they have been exposed too
over time...
It was a real interesting program for sure...

And with the lead in gas in the past and all theses toxins in our air and water and food theses days..
Lead laden candies, toys ect........

It doesn't seem to get any better and yes I do understand why one needs to be thoughtfull of ones health
and of what one puts into their body/system..
It was a real interesting program to watch..

And I found a clip of it..
I think I'll watch it again as it was interesting for sure..

This is on you tube video that shows a part of
that NOVA special...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVwhJXqIG9c

Plus..the tale of two mice...
Real interesting that was on NOVA too...

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3411/02.html

Talking about brain fog...
There's also...

The Brain Fitness Program...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b3XcNENTLk

Plus the secret life of the brain...
on PBS.. This is interesting as well too...

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/

Sharp Brains.. This is the fitness program site..
UCSF.. Interesting...

http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/01/08/the-brain-fitness-program-dvd-michael-merzenich/

You are one serious researcher Lynn : ) Thanks for these. The old brain needs some sharpening....

My doctor called mercury a neourotoxin, he said that is why every bone in my body, especially at the endpoints, knees, elbows, heels, toes, fingertips, even my behind, base of the spine, hurt like heck when I was real sick.

which is exactly why I had trouble walking btw... even though I was pretty numb all over, I knew I was strong, so my muscles worked even though they 'felt' weak, they really weren't, but I could not kneel without screaming in pain, literally, or rest my elbow against anything. or walk without saying yikes with every step because my heels especially were so sensitive, it was extremely painful.

my fingertips still hurt from time to time, and my heels.

watch some of the videos Russ has posted, maybe some of lynns. how mercury 'denudes' the nerve endings, that explains it quite well.

Thank You Jeanie. ((( Smiles )))

It seemed like I had no choice but to get serious ...
as I was kind of led there by unwanted circumstances in my life....
Autism, then tinnitus then hyperacusis then the unbelievable
but then now..
Reality has finally sank in but the despair came first..
Lots of despair...
And now it's like now what???
What to do now??
So the only thing I thought of to do was search search
search.. and try to learn learn learn...
And thats what seems to have lead me here from the path I
found myself on over the years....
It's been a rocky road..
And thats not ice cream either wish it was...
Wish there was another way but it is what it is for me....
So then I read this..

To become aware of the possibility of the 'search' is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair.
Walker Percy..

So I try to be aware of the possibilites of the search..
And here I am...
Searching with all of you...
So whats comeing next ????

You Take Care Jeanie
Lynn

Hi SoSick, ((( Smiles )))

I'm so sorry you've been through all of that...
It must have been real hard and I just don't know..
What theses 8 fillings have done to me over the years..
How can I compare myself to someone I could have been without them...
I know alot of harm done in this world is caused by the
things we do to ourselves unwittingly or on purpose..
or the things that were done to us by others through lots of different means..
It's a complicated world now don't we know it.. (( Smiles ))

It rains on the good and the bad alike..
It's the way of this world...
An equal opportunity thing..
Yet we all go throught it together never really alone right??
Though it feels like it but..
Just in different ways..

You Take Care So Sick
Lynn

... What theses 8 fillings have done to me over the years..

Probably more than you want to begin to think about right now. sad very sad.

I put in a job application with Jesus. I would like to haul garbage for the king. Really.

I was talking with a friend yesterday and the conversation went something like this...

'Jesus is a good shepherd'

'yeah yeah yeah'

'We are the flock and he leads us'

'yeah yeah yeah'

'Wander off and you may get a poke with his staff or rod to get you back into the flock'.

"Yeah no kidding how many times have I been there!'

"He really is a good shepherd and he has no intention of losing you.'

and then.. I was talking to another friend this morning and I was saying to her that I made an appt 3 weeks ago to have a few old very messed up amalgam filled teeth removed because they are really bothering the heck out of me and here I sit with the dang things still in my mouth because 2 dentists so far have refused to remove them.

And she said..'hmm.. that's odd. If it were a baby you could have had it removed the same day, no questions asked.'

Hi So Sick, (( Smiles ))

Why wouldn't the dentist remove them??
I have 8 fillings too...
Two in the back of each back tooth..
And after reading that after removal 50 percent of people come down with..
Was it chronic fatigue syndrome or autoimmune disorder??
I can't remember I read it on this board somewhere...
So whats worse.. Leaving them in or removeing them??
Most dentists just remove them without any special protection..
My husband had all his removed that way and he seems just fine..
Better then before actually..
he really never gets sick or anything..
I mean he's been around more noise then me..
He rented a jackhammer to put 6 big bush container trees..
in the ground because he dug down and hit solid rock..
That thing was loud and he didn't use any earplugs while useing it either and though I was around it at times..
it was too loud for me so I stayed mostly inside..
This was before I knew anything about T or H...
Yet I come down with T and H and he doesn't even have a touch
of tinnitus.. It seems like he can do anything and not get sick.. But me..
If I had them removed..
It never goes as well for me as it does for him and I guess I
should be glad about that...
That his immune system seems so good..
Don't wish sickness on anybody..
Some people get sick in the same situational event..
some people don't..
Go figure why that is...
There has to be a reason for that..

Take Care
Lynn

...Why wouldn't the dentist remove them??
I have 8 fillings too...
Two in the back of each back tooth..

Yep. Same here, two in the back of each back tooth.. I guess it's standard procedure..

Which is why the dentists said they didn't want to remove them, it's not 'standard procedure'. But those 2 dentists are in the same office and may have something up their behinds too.. like they look in my mouth and see a fortune in bridges and crowns or inlays.. I think, personally, that has more to do with it then standard procedure..

Those teeth have been bothering me a long time, they really have no idea, they are getting worse all the time too, they are all cracked up from the amalgam. I sincerely doubt they will stand the strain and trauma of a dental drill. I think the dentist figures he can pour some epoxy into them and glue them together. But he has a short memory (because he should know that already), either that or he simply doesn't believe me, but I am allergic to resins and he is overlooking that.. there will be no glueing of my teeth back there. Standard procedure doesn't require him to care about my overhealth or whether I live or die so it's a bit of a problem. I have no idea where they get these people who call themselves Dr dentist. They really are not doctors and really do not know anything about health.

Someone else will remove them. They don't feel too bad this week I have been taking a lot of vitamin C and eating clove oil, seems to be working. Brushing with baking soda and salt...

I have had 3 removed by hook or crook already the past 18 months so there are 5 left. Removing just one of those teeth does me a lot of good, I have begun to realize that... prior I would have never considered pulling a tooth either but I feel so much better after each one of those old mercury molars gets out of there.. so I have decided not to bother looking for solutions for my particular resin problem situation and just want them removed. It will happen pretty soon... It took me all this time I think to realy get used to the idea..practice eating without them etc, they are useless for that anyway I get terrible headaches if I chew steak or anything major with those teeth...

and the chronic fatigue... autoimmune disorder.. yeah by now I can easily believe that. Which is another reason I want the teeth simply yanked and not cut or drilled, too many of them and I am planning on entering my 50's in fine shape not sad shape.. regardless of what standard procedure requires. The past few years, any tooth in my mouth with a filling of any kind, that gets touched by dentists... and cost me several hundred or more each in the process (trying a 'pretty fix) has had to be pulled within a couple months.. I am currently missing 4 teeth as a result. Thousands opf dollars spent just to have the teeth pulled anyway. 3 of those molars and a pretty pretty bicuspid a really really stupid dentist messed up due to ignorance and greed. That one really bothers me, that tooth was fine and looked real good too before he touched it.

But the molars in the back, I will not miss them. No one will know they are gone except me. You cannot see them even when i smile.

You really do need to get them out Lynn. And chelate fervently afterward to avoid that possible chronic fatigue or autoimmune disorder if you get them replaced instead of removed. Make sure the dentists you choose knows what he's doing, they need to be carefully cut and lifted out, not drilled... get referrals from other people before you let a dentist do it.. If they drill into them you will get real sick, real sick..It's not just the mercury even, but those old amalgams usually have decay under them. and they adversly affect the surrounding good teeth if you haven't noticed... pay attention to that.

This whole entire situation of mine is about those back teeth to begin with, it's what led me to the dentist compaining of a toothache almost 2 years ago and look where I have ended up following their advice. very very bad advice I have gotten from dentist after dentist. It is so clear to me at this point that they don't give a hoot about my health, they would prefer to see me in a wheelchair with pretty but aching teeth than to remove the source of the trouble.

It's really stupid. You figure it out.

the very first one, the stupid dentist couldn't even diagnosis it until my face was swollen up like a basketball.

hello... duuuuhhh... my teeth hurt are there any real dentists in the USA?

all they do is play games I am so sick of it.

sosick.

I just want the teeth pulled by now. I really am so sick of listening to dentists and their bullcrap and following their bad advice. I want the teeth out and if all goes well i will never see a dentist again for as long as I live.

nothing worse than dentists in my book by now. They are the top number #1 plague.

Yep I second that dentists and doctors are the #1 plague...all of them they can have and keep,I want no part of either one of them.

My dentist gave me a hard time about pulling my last 4 with mercury. They want the money that all the other brings in,root canals bridges ect...
Thay don't believe the mouth has anything to do with rest of the body anyways. Same thing with the medical profession the body has nothing to do with the mouth. Funny last time I noticed my head was attacted to my body...my body was not walking along side my head LOL

And yes I put in an application with Jesus too....I want to lead them up to him on the day of judgement,now that would be a fine job.

I hurt literally to the top of my head into my toes and fingertips. I use to worry I was developing MS... I've tried to ignore this but it won't let me. Stress makes it worse. And I've had too much of that the past few years.

Hi Everybody, (( Smiles )))

Sometimes I feel that way too...
Just get them all pulled out, over and out..
Some people with hyperacusis feel exactly like that..
Some have done it too...
My teeth are all there but I have 8 fillings and wish
I had them fixed long ago..
Didn't think it was a problem back then..
Ahh. Plus I like that too...
Yes.. Funny last time my head was attached to my body..
and my teeth to my mouth too..
It's so frustrating huh...
The more we learn about it the worse it gets..
But the best part of the learning is what we can do about it...
Oh and MS.. Now I think about that kind of stuff too.....
Neurological things..
Lots of neurological illness's out there theses days..
Plus.. I found this and thought you'd like it..

I'll print it out below....

Pigeons Measure Pollution..

Studies conducted on pigeons in Jaipur city show that theses
birds can be used to measure city pollution, says researchers
at the University of Rajasthan, in northern India.

" Heavy metals present in the environment of the habitat
enter the feathers, and remain even after [the feathers]
are shed," explains New Delhi's Gobar Times, a supplement
to Down to Earth magazine.

Since pigeons normally live in a fixed area, the levels of
cadmium, chromium, copper, and lead detected in their feathers
may be an accurate indicator of local pollution..

Hi Everybody, ((( Smiles )))

I see that I have alot to catch up too on this board..
It's alot to read but interesting reading indeed..
Talking about heavy metals this just adds to the teeth load..

Germans Saveing Too Much Water ?

Water supply and sewage collection systems in Germany are suffering because consumers are saveing too much water,
reports the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung...

In the past , higher consumption was forecast ,
and networks were built accordingly..
At the same time ,
saveing water has been promoted as an important contribution
to safegarding the environment and resources,and demand has increased...

The problem now is that
" in many places, our drinking water is standing still in the pipes,"
says Ulrich Oemichen of the German Gas and Water Boards Association.
" Longer stagnation then results in pipe corrosion , and the water absorbs metals..."

Also, when there is not enough water in the sewers ,
solid material collects and starts to rot..
The only solution is to flush the freshwater- and sewage collection system..
With precious drinking water...

Drinking this stuff is probably not good to do expecially
with mercury in ones mouth.. And also I wonder..
Why did they stop useing brandy in thermometeres..
Who was responsible for that???

CAPRI SUN WARNING

Many parents have relied upon Capri Sun as an acceptable alternative to other more obviously harmful drinks for their children because of its lack of artificial colors and flavors. However, the packaging contains aluminum and the drink itself contains three different types of citrates, each of which enhance the negative effects of the toxic metal.

Many thanks to Dr. David Ayoub for sharing his findings on aluminum with us. Here's more information on aluminum from Dr. Ayoub:

Sources: Aluminum foil, antacids, aspirin, dust, auto exhaust, treated water, vanilla powder, nasal spray, milk products, salt, commercially-raised beef,
tobacco smoke, anti-perspirants, bleached flour, cans, animal feed, ceramics, commercial cheese.

Symptoms and Diseases: Flatulence, headaches, dry skin, weak and aching muscles, senility, spleen pain, stomach pain, liver dysfunction, kidney dysfunction, neuromuscular disorders, osteomalacia, colitis, anemia, Alzheimer’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, hemolysis, leukocytosis, porphyria,heartburn, memory loss, numbness, paralysis, Parkinson's disease, excessive perspiration, leg twitching, cavities, colds, behavioral problems, constipation.

Nervous system- Aluminum inhibits Na-K-ATPase and hexokinase enzymes into the brain.
It blocks the electrical discharge of nerve cells, which reduces nervous system activity.

Behavioral effects- Kidney dialysis related to aluminum toxicity causes memory loss, loss of
coordination, confusion and disorientation.

Digestive system- Aluminum is used in many antacids, which reduces the intestinal activity. Excess may cause colic.

Take Care
Lynn