[SunkenCiv]

I agree, hard to believe. Aluminum cookpans cause alzheimers. Cell phones cause brain cancer. Silicon breast implants cause breast cancer. If it weren't for all this mass-produced capitalist technocratic poisoning, we'd all live longer, healthier, more productive lives. Okay, so, we'd have an insufficient food supply, and we'd die of tooth absesses or have all of our teeth pulled by age 30, but with a mortar and pestle, we could grind up our food *before* putting it into our mouths. It'll work.

The Mercury Amalgam Scam:
How Anti-Amalgamists Swindle People
Stephen Barrett, M.D.
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mercury.html

[anymouse]

Sounds like something that the dental industry cooked up to protect their collective hides from class action lawsuits. I had a mouth full of amalgam (Mercury alloy) fillings removed about 6 years ago. Noticeable health improvements since then.

Of course finding a toothpaste that didn't contain the "natural" detergent/foaming agent, Sodium Laural Sulfate, did a world a good in avoiding asthma reactions.

Different people's immune systems react differently to different substances, but one should start by removing exposure to known hazards like Mercury. It's not like we are in the 18th Century and don't know the harmful effects of the stuff.

[Nov3]

How Anti-Amalgamists Swindle People

I am not putting mercury in my mouth.

[Coleus]

Aluminum cookpans cause Alzheimer's. >>

Cause? There is a high concentration of AL in Alz. pts. and the medical establishment hasn't determined whether it's a cause of the disease or a result of the disease, one thing for sure, the brain does have High Amts. of AL in Alz. pts. I'll continue to use good ol' stainless steel. I don't think AL is good for anything in the body so why cook with it?

[BifBimble]

Stephen Barrett, M.D.
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mercury.html

You mean this Steven Barret?