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                Studies Find High
                Mercury Exposure and Adverse Effects from Dental Amalgam: 
            
            
                
            
                 
            
            
                
            
                1.  Mercury is
                the most toxic substance that people commonly are exposed to. The U.S. EPA
                drinking water standard is 2 parts per billion.  Mercury is
                in the top 3 of toxic exposures affecting large numbers of people.
                (1,4) 
            
            
                
            
                 
            
            
                
            
                
                    2. Dental amalgam is an
                    unstable mixture of 50% liquid mercury with other toxic metals including
                    copper, silver, tin.  Since mercury is a gas at room temperature it
                    vaporizes continuously from the amalgam mixture resulting in high levels of
                    mercury in the oral air and saliva, as can be easily measured. Since amalgam is
                    also a mixture of metals in an electrolyte (saliva) this results in 
                    galvanic currents
                     that pump mercury
                    and other toxic metals into the gums and oral mucosa, from which it is carried
                    throughout the body by the blood and nerves. Exposure from amalgam or gold
                    crowns over amalgam base result in exposure to all 3 forms of mercury, since
                    inorganic mercury or vapor are converted to organic mercury in the intestines
                    by bacteria. amalgam fillings are the largest source of methyl mercury in many
                    people who have amalgams.  Mercury vapor and organic mercury both readily
                    cross the blood-brain barrier and are dispersed in the
                    brain. (17,18,13-15,24,27,32,34)
                
            
            
                
            
                 
            
            
                
            
                3. Dental Amalgam
                Fillings are the Largest Source of Mercury in Most People who have amalgam
                fillings (2-22,32), and Daily Mercury Exposure from Amalgam Commonly
                Exceeds Government Health Standards for Inorganic Mercury(vapor). Exposure
                to 
            
            
                
                    
                        EMF or Wi-fi
                    
                
            
            
                 increases mercury vapor release in
                amalgams and causes increased chronic damage. 
            
            
                
                    
                        Susceptibility factors
                    
                
            
            
                
                     that decrease the 
                    body�s
                    detoxification ability against toxic metals is a major factor in who is
                    affected and to what extent. (4,10,19,21,32,34)
                                                                      
                
            
            
                
            
                 
            
            
                
            
                4. Medical tests show
                that those with several amalgam fillings have on average 10 times more mercury
                in feces and saliva than those without amalgam, and after amalgam
                replacement levels of mercury in feces and saliva decline approx. 90%, while
                mercury level in urine declines 75% on
                average.   (19,13-15) 
            
            
                
            
                 
                
            
                5.  Elemental
                and inorganic mercury are methylated in the body to methyl mercury by bacteria,
                yeasts, etc. so that amalgam fillings are the largest source of methyl mercury
                in many people who have amalgams 
            
            (17,18,13-15)
            
                
            
                 
            
            
                
            
                
                    6.  Mercury
                    from amalgam is passed on to fetuses and infants through 
                    mother�s
                    blood and milk, and 
                    Mother�s
                     dental amalgam fillings
                    are the largest source of mercury in most fetuses and infants prior to mercury
                    containing vaccinations (12,26,21,32).  One flu vaccination (or other
                    vaccination that contains 25 micrograms of mercury thimerosal) exceeds the
                    Canadian health standard for daily mercury exposure to an infant by a factor of
                    250 and for a child by a factor of 100(20). 
                
            
            
                
            
                 
            
            
                
            
                7.  Dental
                amalgam is the largest source of mercury in most children who have amalgam
                fillings other than from vaccines, and mercury level is directly proportional
                to the number of mercury fillings (11,21,32).  Developmental
                effects on infants occur at low levels of mercury
                exposure and many thousands are known to be affected.
            
            
                 Autistic children had a higher mercury
                exposure during pregnancy due to maternal dental amalgam and
                thimerosal-containing immunoglobulin shots(12b). In vitro, mercury and
                thimerosal in levels found several days after vaccination inhibit methionine
                synthetase (MS) by 50%. Normal function of MS is crucial in biochemical steps
                necessary for brain development, attention and production of glutathione, an
                important antioxidative and detoxifying agent.
                 
                Autistic children
                have significantly decreased level of reduced glutathione.
                 
                     (25,26,12)         
            
            
                
             
            
                
            
                
                    8.
                    Mercury vapor from amalgam is the most dangerous form of
                    mercury, most rapidly crossing blood-brain barrier and 
                    mother�s
                    placenta
                
            
            
                 
                and
                causing adverse developmental effects at lower levels than other forms.
                  Mercury
                and other toxic metals commonly cause immune reactivity which is a factor in
                many chronic conditions
                   (
                28,26,21,29,33)
            
            
                
             
            
                
            
                9.  In
                addition to the high mercury volatility and galvanic currents between
                mixed metals
            
            
                 
                in the
                mouth, electromagnetic fields (
            
            
                
                    
                        EMF
                    
                
            
            
                ) from appliances such as computer monitors,
                cell phone, and wi-fis cause currents in the metals which carry mercury into
                the
                body.                           
            
            (24,21)
            
                
             
            
                
            
                10. Mercury in those
                with amalgam fillings or dental workers accumulates to much higher levels in
                the major body organs like the brain, heart, liver, and kidneys that receive a
                lot of blood than in those without amalgam.  Mercury blocks or
                damages metabolic or hormonal processes in all organs at very low levels of
                exposure.      (16,21,22,32)
            
            
                
            
                 
            
            
                
            
                11. Chronic
            
            
                 a
                
                    dverse health effects from amalgam are
                    common in adults. Mercury is extremely cytotoxic, neurotoxic, 
                    immunotoxic
                    , endocrine disrupting, inflammatory, and a
                    reproductive toxin.   Mercury commonly causes chronic 
                
            
            
                
                    
                        neurologica
                    
                
            
            
                l, 
            
            
                
                    
                        immune
                        and autoimmune
                    
                
            
            
                , 
            
            
                
                    
                        cardiovascular
                    
                
            
            
                , 
            
            
                
                    
                        hormonal
                    
                
            
            
                , 
            
            
                
                    
                        oral
                    
                
            
            
                , and 
            
            
                
                    
                        
                            reproductive
                        
                    
                
                
                    conditions
                
            
            
                .  (1,27,23,22,21,32)
            
            
                
            
                 
            
            
                
            
                12. Those who replace
                amalgam fillings and reduce body mercury levels commonly recover or see
                significant improvement, as documented by peer-reviewed studies and 
            
            
                
                    
                        thousands of clinical
                        case
                    
                
            
            
                histories.                                       (23,31,21,32)          
            
            
                
            
                 
            
            
                
            
                13. Dental Amalgam is
                the largest source of 
            
            
                
                    
                        mercury in sewers
                    
                
            
            
                
                     and sewer sludge, and thus a major source
                    in water bodies, fish, crops, and the atmosphere- due to sludge 
                    outgasing
                     and high emissions
                    from crematoria (30).
                
            
            
                
            
                 
            
            
                
            Documentation: 
            
                
            
                 
                
            Special interests like the ADA which
            was founded to support use of dental amalgam have been successfully 
            
                misleading the public
            
            
                
            
            regarding the true
            nature of dental amalgam for years by use of misinformation, money, and
            politics to suppress the truth. But the science is clear that dental amalgam is
            a mixture of approximately 50 % liquid mercury with various metals including
            copper, silver, tin to form an unstable alloy that results in 
            
                high levels
            
            
                 of toxic
                metal exposure including mercury over time.  Since mercury is a gas
                at room temperature the mercury vaporizes continuously from the amalgam,
                resulting in high levels of mercury in the oral air and saliva, as is easily 
                measured(
                13-18). 
                Additionally
                since amalgam is a mixture of metals in an electrolyte (saliva) this
                produces galvanic currents (
            
            
                battery effect
            
            
                ) that pumps
                mercury and other toxic metals into the gums and oral mucosa, from which it is
                taken by the blood and nerves throughout the body (24,21). Approximately 80% of
                the mercury in the oral air is absorbed by the blood in the lungs (7,24) and
                is distributed throughout the body, along with the other mercury released by
                amalgam, rapidly passing out of the blood, crossing cell membranes and
                accumulating in the major organs that receive large amounts of blood- the
                brain, heart, liver, kidneys, and hormone 
                glands(
                16).  Over
                time this, along with exposures to other 
            
            
                synergistic toxics
            
            
                , commonly results
                in chronic degenerative health conditions affecting all major body organs, as
                has been well documented in the medical literature (21,22). 
                
            
            
                
                      A
            large National Institute of Dental Research study has confirmed other previous
            study results that found that the current type of amalgam dental fillings being
            used in the U.S. leak significant amounts of extremely toxic mercury into the
            body and are the number one source of mercury in people
            (5,2-21).  The study measured mercury levels in the blood and urine
            of over 1000 military personnel and found a high significant correlation to the
            number of amalgam filling surfaces in the mouth.  Like several other
            recent studies, the study found that amalgam fillings are not stable because of
            mercury’s high volatility and galvanic action between the different metals in
            the mouth.  For this large military population that had a range of
            from 0 to 66 amalgam filling surfaces, each 10 surfaces added approximately 1
            microgram of mercury per liter of urine excreted, meaning total mercury
            excreted in urine averaged about 3.1 micrograms per day, with soldier’s levels
            with over 49 amalgam surfaces averaging over 8.7 micrograms in
            urine.  The average level for those with fillings was 4.5 times that
            of the controls without amalgam, and those with over 49 surfaces averaged over
            8 times controls without amalgam. Together with the considerably larger amount
            of mercury excreted daily through the digestive tract and sweat, the daily
            mercury excretion would amount to over 30 micrograms per day on average and
            much more for some individuals, as supported by other studies and medical lab tests
            (6,15,19,30) (Over 90 % of the mercury in the urine was inorganic mercury, the
            kind that comes from fillings, but the majority of mercury in blood was methyl
            mercury.  Inorganic mercury has been found to be methylated in the
            mouth and intestines to methyl mercury by bacteria, yeasts, etc. so that dental
            fillings are the largest source of methyl mercury in most dental staff or
            people with amalgam fillings (18,17,7,13-15,21,29). 
            
                
                   For this population, it
            was determined that the exposure from amalgam fillings was the primary source
            of mercury exposure, and on average the exposure exceeded the levels that would
            be consistent with U.S. Government Standards (MRL) for daily mercury exposure
            (20).   The study’s findings were consistent with the findings
            of many other recent such studies (21,24), including a similar study testing
            20,000 people at a University Health Clinic in Germany (6), as well as the
            findings of the World Health Organization Scientific Panel on inorganic mercury
            exposure and U.S. ATSDR (4).                                             
            
                
                  Because of the extreme
            toxicity of mercury, the U.S. EPA drinking water standard for mercury is 2
            parts per billion, which allows for not over 4 micrograms per day mercury
            exposure for an average adult.   The U.S.EPA mercury health
            guideline for elemental mercury exposure (vapor) is 0.3 micrograms per
            cubic meter of air (0.3 ug/M3).  For the average adult breathing
            20 M3 of air per day, this amounts to an exposure of approximately 6 micrograms
            per day. The U.S. Department of Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and
            Disease Registry (ASTDR) standard (MRL) ‑for acute inhalation exposure to
            mercury vapor is 0.2 micrograms Hg/M3, which translates to approx.
            4 ug/day for the average adult (20). The EPA health guideline for
            methyl mercury is 0.1 ug/kg body weight per day or 7 ug for the
            average adult (4,20), and the MRL for methyl mercury is 0.3 ug/kg
            body weight/day (4).        
            
                
            
                        The corresponding
                tolerable daily exposure developed in a report for the Canadian Health Agency,
                Health Canada, is .014 ug/kg body weight or 1 ug/day for average
                adult (2).  The permissible level for a child would be
                less.  But the levels of the average daily exposures found in this
                study and other studies (6-10,19) were above all of these health
                guidelines for mercury
                exposure.        
                
            
            
                
            
                The reference average
                 level of mercury in feces 
                (dry
                weight) for those tested at 
                Doctors Data Lab
                 with amalgam
                fillings is .26 mg/kg, compared to the reference average level for those
                without amalgam fillings of .02 mg/kg (19). 
                (over 10 times that of the
                population w/o amalgam).  
                A Swedish lab that does fecal
                tests for mercury had similar results (19). Tests on people who have had
                amalgam replaced likewise confirm these results (13-15).  
                Government
                and Scientific panels
                 as well as large numbers of medical studies have
                confirmed dental mercury amalgam is the number one source of mercury in most
                people and affects millions (2-22,30)
            
            
                
             
            
                
            
                In a large study of a group with amalgams, a group without
                amalgams, and a group that had undergone amalgam replacement- using saliva
                mercury measurements, it was concluded that amalgam is the main source of
                organic mercury in most people. Those with amalgams on average had
                more than 4 times as much organic mercury as either group without
                amalgam. Those with amalgam had over 10 times the total mercury as
                those without (18). 
            
             And mercury from fish was
            controlled for in the study and not a factor in these
            results.  Mercury vapor and inorganic mercury are well documented to
            be methylated to methyl mercury in the mouth and intestines by bacteria, yeast,
            and other methyl donors.  These results are similarly supported by
            other studies (7,13-15,17,29). 
            
                
             
            
                
            
                The main reasons for the high exposure levels from mercury are the
                high volatility of mercury (which is vaporizing constantly at room
                temperature) and the galvanic currents in the mouth generated by mixed metals
                in an electrolyte(saliva
                )(
                24).  Mercury has
                a relatively high vapor pressure and vaporizes at room
                temperature.  The rate of mercury volatilization is directly related
                to temperature so in the body it is even more volatile.  The vapor
                saturation concentration in air of 20 milligrams of mercury per cubic meter of
                air is much higher than the safety limit.   The ATSDR
                safety standard (MRL) for mercury is 0.2 micrograms of mercury per cubic
                meter of air. Thus, mercury readily vaporizes to above the MRL
                level.  Studies have found that on average for each additional
                amalgam filling, the level of mercury in saliva increases by 1.5 micrograms
                per Liter (6,21), while for each additional 10 amalgam surfaces the amount
                of mercury in urine increases by 1 microgram per liter
                (5,21).  Saliva and feces have the highest levels of mercury that are
                measurable by tests.  Many studies have overlooked the fact that
                metal crowns over amalgam cause exposure levels as much as amalgam fillings,
                and also taking them into account would improve precision of regression
                equations for the level of mercury (24). 
            
            
                
             
            
                
            
                      Other studies in addition to
                the studies that the Government Health Standards were based on have found
                adverse health effects at very low levels of 
                exposure(
                4,21)
                and developmental effects on infants and children at very low levels of
                exposure(25,26,12), along with finding that mercury vapor from a mother’s
                fillings is readily transferred through the mother’s blood across the placenta
                to a fetus and also through mother’s milk(26,21). 
            
            
                
             
            
                
            
                      
                These findings increase the
                urgency to advise the public of the clear danger in the use of mercury in
                fillings and to reconsider the policy of using mercury in dental
                fillings.   Based on such studies, several other countries, such
                as Sweden, Australia, Norway, Japan, and Canada, have already adopted
                restrictions or warnings on the use of mercury in fillings, such as for
                children, pregnant women, women of child bearing age, people with damaged
                kidneys or immune systems, and in the mouth adjacent to other metals
                (21).  Amalgam manufacturers have also warned against some of the
                uses currently made of amalgam in dentistry in the U.S. (21)
            
            
                
            
                 
            
            
                
            
                        
            
            Studies are also
            available that confirm adverse health effects from amalgam fillings
            (23,27,22,21,32) and clinically document that many thousands of people have
            recovered or had significant improvement in over 40 chronic conditions
            including very serious autoimmune and neurological conditions after replacement
            of amalgam fillings (23,31,22,21,32).  Fact sheets are available from
            the DAMS website with cites to over 4,000 medical study references covering the
            statements and issues in this press release.
            
                
            
                 
                
            
            
                
            
                 DAMS is currently working with thousands of people in the
                U.S. dealing with serious health effects caused by exposure to mercury from
                amalgam and urges everyone to find out more about this major problem and to get
                involved in resolving these health safety issues.  DAMS can provide
                information and help to anyone who is interested or who thinks they might have
                health problems related to their amalgam fillings.  
            
            
                
            
                (
            
            
                
                    www.myflcv.com/indexd.html
                
            
            
                 )    
            
                 
            
                
                
            
                
            References: 
            
                
             
            
                
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                19.  Doctors Data Inc.; Fecal Elements Test; 
                
                    P.
                    O.Box
                
                 111,
                West  Chicago, Illinois, 601860111; 
            
            
                
                    https://www.doctorsdata.com/resources/uploads/sample_reports/Sample%20Report%20Fecal%20Metals.PDF
                
            
             
            
                
            20. Common Exposure Levels from Amalgam Fillings and Government Health Standards
            Commonly Exceeded, 
            
                www.myflcv.com/amalno1.html
            
            
                
            
                21. Health Effects
                of amalgam fillings and 
                results of
                replacement of amalgam fillings
                . Over 4000 medical study references
                (most in Medline) documenting common high mercury exposures from amalgam, that
                vapor from amalgam is the most dangerous form of mercury to the fetus, and the
                mechanisms by which mercury causes over 40 chronic health conditions  
            
            
                www.myflcv.com/dams.html
            
            
                
            
                22. 
                Neurological
                 & 
                Autoimmune conditions
                : CFS, FM,
                MS, Parkinson’s, ALS, Alzheimer’s, Lupus, Crohn’s, Scleroderma: the 
                connection to mercury immune
                reactivity and amalgam fillings
                ; (Over 4,000 peer-reviewed references)
            
            
                
            
                23. 
                Documentation
                 of recovery from
                60,000 clinical cases of serious adverse health effects after replacement of
                amalgam fillings in over 30 chronic health conditions, B Windham (Ed.) (Over
                50 peer-reviewed studies)
            
            
                
            24. The battery in your mouth: oral galvanic currents and metals
            in the mouth, and interactions with EMF, 
            
                
            
                25. Effect of Mercury and Other 
                Toxic Metal Exposure on Cognitive and
                Behavioral Problems of Children
                - including ADD, dyslexia, juvenile
                delinquency, and crime, 
            
            
                
                    www.myflcv.com/damspr4.html
                
            
              
            
                
            
                26. Transfer of
                Mercury from Mother’s Amalgams and Breast Milk to the Fetus and 
                Developmental Effects of Mercury
                on Infants
                , 
            
            
                
            
                27. 
                Adverse Oral Health Problems related
                to Amalgam Fillings
                , B. Windham (Ed.)  (> 100
                peer-reviewed studies)
            
            
                
            
                28.  DAMS,
                Comparison of health and
                developmental effect of mercury vapor to methylmercury
                ; B Windham (Ed) 
            
            
                
            
                29.   
                Blood Test
                is not a reliable indicator of mercury body burden or toxicity
                ; consider
                using - The 
                Quicksilver Sci.
                Tri Test
                : 
            
            
                
            
                 or 
                Doctor’s Data urine
                test
                  or 
                Melisa Immune Reactivity
                Test
                , 
            
            
                
            
                30. DAMS, 
                Dental
                amalgam is the largest source of mercury in sewers and sewer sludge
                 and has
                major environmental effects that affect most people.
            
            ; & 
            
                Characterization of methyl mercury in dental
                wastewater and correlation with sulfate-reducing bacterial DNA. 
                ZhaoX
                 et al; 
            
            
                Environ Sci Technol.
            
             2008 Apr 15;42(8):2780-6.
            
                
            
                 
                
            31. DAMS, Sample of 1500 who had amalgam replacement and
            percentages that recovered from various chronic conditions, 
            
                http://www.myflcv.com/hgrecovp.html
            
            �
                 & 
            
                http://www.myflcv.com/hgremove.html
            
            
                
                
            Most referenced
            studies can be found in NIH National Library of Medicine Medline, 
            
                www.nlm.nih.gov/
            
            
                
            32. 
            
                Heavy Metals and Chronic Diseases, Dr.
                Dietrich 
                Klinghardt
                , M.D., PhD; & Mercury
                Toxicity and Systemic Elimination Agents, D. 
                Klinghardt
                 &
                J Mercola(DO), J of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine, 2001, 11:53-62;
                & 
                Amalgam Detox
                , 
                Klinghardt
                 Academy
                of Neurobiology, 2008; 
            
            
                http://www.klinghardtacademy.com
            
            
                
            & 
            
                Mercury Involvement
                in Neuronal Damage and in Neurodegenerative Diseases. 
                Cariccio
                 VL
                et el; 
            
            
                Biol Trace Elem Res.
            
            
                 2018 May 18; & Characterization of methyl mercury in
                dental wastewater and correlation with sulfate-reducing
                bacterial DNA. 
                ZhaoX
                 et al; 
            
            
                Environ Sci Technol.
            
             2008 Apr 15;42(8):2780-6; & 
            
                Methylation of mercury from
                dental amalgam and mercuric chloride by oral streptococci in
                vitro. 
                Heintze
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             1983 Apr;91(2):150-2.
            
                
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            . 
            Increased frequency of delayed type hypersensitivity to metals in
            patients with connective tissue disease. Stejskal V, Bjorklund G et al; 
            
                J Trace Elem Med Biol.
            
             2015;31:230-6; & (b) LTT-MELISA is
            clinically relevant for detecting and monitoring metal sensitivity.
            Valentine-Thon E, Muller K, et al; 
            
                Neuro
                Endocrinol Lett.
            
             2006 Dec;27 Suppl
            1:17-24; 
            
                Metal-specific
                lymphocyte reactivity is downregulated after dental metal replacement. 
                Yaqob
                 A, Stejskal V et al; 
            
            
                Neuro
                Endocrinol Lett.
            
             2006
            Feb-Apr;27(1-2):189-97
            .
            
                
            34. The International Academy of Oral
            Medicine and Toxicology, IAOMT, 
            
                Dental Mercury Facts
            
            
                
            
                 
                
              technical contact person:   B
            Windham
            
                
            berniew1@embarqmail.com       850-878-9024
            
                
               Research Director   DAMS Intl
            
                
             
            
                
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