Dear All
As a dentist who has used mercury in its liquid state for 25yrs
in amalgam fillings and encapsulated mercury everyday for the last 8 .I
would like to give you all my 2 pennyworth for what its worth
There was a repeated warning about mercury contamination in dental surgerys
and possible risk to health 8 years ago ,with Norway I think banning all
amalgam fillings (amalgam is 50% mercury , the rest is silver tin and
copper)
I had the blood level of mercury checked 8 yrs ago, it was about 10 parts
per billion, yes per billion ,how they measured this infinitesimal amount I
dont know.
I had it done again last year and it was the same,bearing in mind I now mix
my amalgam in a plastic fully closed capsule little change.As a dentist I
then place this amalgam in peoples teeth, you would think I would have high
blood levels at least maybe 10 to 20 parts per million,
but the doctor and I were surprised.
Mercury is excreted naturally in the hair and nails and other bits of the
body.
The main scare with mercury came about in Japan in the 50s and 60s where
the population of Minimata injested massive amounts of fish containing
effluent based organo- mercury compounds.The fish also concentrated the
mercury pollution ,and the japanese being big fish eaters started dying of
what is known as Minimata disease ,a brain disorder that leads to confusion
and in extreme cases death.
This is probably why the EEC want to erroneously ban mercury,
This one incident 50 yrs ago.