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Mercury Amalgam Fillings: What Are the Risks?

When people are looking into sources of toxins in their life, they usually take a look at areas like their food, or their homes, or their cars.  What they might not suspect is that one of the most common sources of toxins in their life may be their teeth!  Ever since the 1970's or so, the silver amalgam fillings that have been used are being shown to release more mercury fumes than their predecessors.  It is highly suspected that the use of mercury in these fillings has been causing severe problems in the people that have them. The FDA has revised its position on the mercury that is used in amalgam fillings; there has been some research that refers to the fact that these fillings may have a serious neurotoxic effects on the nervous systems of young children and fetuses.  It is important to note that the fillings that are so very common are actually between forty to fifty percent mercury, and that when the amalgam is disrupted in any way, mercury vapor can be released.  The activities that can cause the mercury fumes to be released may be as simple as brushing teeth, chewing gum or grinding your teeth in ...

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