Bex could they have been better because they had the necessary Minerals to help render them useless or offset their toxicity? That or did they take antibiotics which caused Candida? Was their immune system better? My mom had some and was fine or has been fine all her life, possibly minerals they ingest that make them offset or dead the mercury in their bodies? I often think of that, when I had them in in 97 I ate well and got lots of minerals from food and felt great, even eating Tuna which is mercury and also Selenium, high in that, could that offset it? Could the Calcium or Mag too? Is our life full of mineral deficiencies which leads us to a dead end road? Minerals are key IMO, they ignite or offset things in our bodies which makes us sick! I am thinking of that more each day the more I read, from curezone (Moreless PH) and so on, that I messed up on the mineral thing and did not protect my body so it got worse! I would not doubt it, Minerals are a great thing. I am not talking isolated either, I am talking Molasses, ACV and other things that give you the alkaline Minerals.