“Are you aware that the amalgam fillings in your teeth contain mercury?”
Are YOU aware that even the FDA just issued a warning about the dangers of mercury in the amalgam fillings - decades behind homeopathic warnings?
And what about this? This is just the warnings in my state
http://www.maine.gov/dep/rwm/homeowner/cflbreakcleanup.htm
Yes, I am—the FDA has issued a "warning" about the dangers of Mercury in amalgam filings for pregnant women and young children—because of a law suit decision from a jury of NON-SCIENTISTS in a trial brought by anti-amalgam, junk science activists.
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning on its website which informs about the potential safety issues of mercury-based dental fillings. Amalgam fillings are a mixture of mercury and silver, as well as several other metals in lesser quantities. The FDA was forced to display the warning as part of a settlement which stemmed from a lawsuit filed by several groups which allege that amalgam releases mercury.The FDA warning only applies to pregnant women and children. While in theory having amalgam fillings and chewing on them might release a small quantity of mercury, studies have found no evidence of health hazards. Amalgam is very stable chemically and kills bacteria. It is also much more resistant than polymer-based fillings."
The scientific panel charged with determining the safety of Amalgam had concluded in 2006 there was insufficient information to come to a conclusion about the use of the product by pregnant women and young children and ordered further studies. That fact and pending scientific evidence due in the next few months did not stop our courts from again overstepping their bounds and entering the realm of regulation and making a Politically Correct decision based junk science. Here is the "warning" the FDA was forced to include on its website:
"Pregnant women and persons who may have a health condition that makes them more sensitive to mercury exposure, including individuals with existing high levels of mercury bioburden, should not avoid seeking dental care, but should discuss options with their health practitioner."
In actual fact, aside from this judicially required "warning," the latest legitimate action taken by the FDA was hearing held by the FDA's advisory panel in September of 2006. In that hearing, which included input from such Liberal luminaries as Rep. Diane Watson (D), CA, the advisory panel concluded that perhaps labeling should be revised. The public comment period for that labeling revision ends July 28, 2008.
The FDA recommendation the use of amalgam for Pregnant women remains the same as it was BEFORE the damn courts stuck their nose into the issue: Discuss the pros and cons with your dentist and then decide whether or not to use amalgam.
I wish the Executive Branch, a co-equal branch of the government, would simply tell the Judiciary to "BUTT OUT!" when it by-passes the checks and balances of the regulatory process. If the Executive had done that years ago, we would not be in the position of being ruled to by black-robed dictators.
Amalgam has been in use in dental fillings for over 150 years—with little adverse affect. Only the homeopathic community has been complaining. They were the instigators of the "Mercury scare of 1988" that resulted in thousands of people unnecessarily having their fillings removed despite all evidence that Amalgam's risk to benefit ratio was skewed far, far to the benefit side and that numerous epidemiological studies had shown NO variation in the disease rates, of diseases the fear mongers claimed were caused by amalgam, between populations that used amalgam and those who did not.
I don't put any stock in homeopathy. As far as I am concerned the use of super-diluted minerals to treat illness is quackery. Any results observed in studies of homeopathic treatment shows no significant difference from the results of placebo and nocebo treatment.
Do you think that maybe you should post that link more than just seven times? Perhaps there are some here who haven't noticed it yet.