I hope I don't break any forum rules here. Steve, there is a segment of the population who think that the population is too large. If any of them are in government positions, watch out! I can only guess at what they might do to reduce the population. Two other scenarios may be possible. One is that, to be in a government position, the prerequisite is that you must be incredibly STUPID, and the kindly folks at the ADA just didn't know how incredibly TOXIC both mercury and fluoride are (not to mention all the other heavy metals they stuff into our mouths)(OOPS!). The third scenario is that the folks at the ADA don't give a hoot. They know that mercury is incredibly toxic. That's why they teach the dentists to treat it as such when disposing of it (in other places other than your mouth). But, as long as they get paid their very healthy salaries, they look the other way. They will continue to look the other way and blat their horns about how incredibly SAFE mercury and fluoride are because, thanks to dentists like Dr. What's His Name (brain fog kicking in), they have been unmasked and, they are scared to death of going under in debt due to the lawsuits they would face if this ever became known. Anyone over the age of five knows mercury is extremely toxic. But, even though the major material in amalgams is mercury they call them silver fillings to keep us poor unsuspecting guinea pigs buying the poison that will kill us.