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Joined: Apr 2005
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I haven't finished reading this article yet but I thought I'd share the link with you all. I love to browse the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. I thought I'd see what kind of result the keywords 'mercury poisoning' might yield and, surprisingly, I stumbled upon the following website. Most of it is information probably well known by the readers of this forum, but it's still nice to see an encyclopedia detailing the phenomenon of mercury poison (at length!) even if it's classified as a "controvery" and not an actual fact. Still, the word is out; that's the first step.
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Joined: Dec 1999
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Cool link.
It's amazing how some people still want to debate against the amalgam issue by saying that there is no scientific evidence that amalgams cause illness. I don't consider this scientifically accurate because we DO know that mercury causes illness when ingested (there is tons of research on this) and we DO know that it leaches from amalgam fillings.
We should ask the faithful supports of the "Amalgam-Is-Safe" religion this question:
Where-oh-where does the mercury go when it comes out of the fillings? Does it make a quick and deliberate escape out of the mouth completely of avoid feelings of claustrophobia?
Because it can be said that we scientifically know that any substance in the mouth will be ingested or absorbed into the body to some degree, we should be able to scientifically conclude that amalgam offgassing will cause the ingestion of mercury which is known to cause illness. This would be the only intellectually honest position for the WikiPedia contributors to take.
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