We clearly have very different opinions, and that's okay. You don't have to agree with me <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I don't do debate because I have never found it to achieve anything, except cause bad feeling.

I believe that cigarettes should be banned in the interest of public health, but I appreciate there are those who disagree. Eveyone is entitled to their view, which is why we have democracy, at least in theory.

I also believe amalgam should be banned in public interest, but there are those who disagree on that aswell for similar reasons as you cited - not enough mercury in the fillings to make people sick, people get sick from composites, other things contribute far more to bad healththan fillings, so on and so forth.