Posted by bleauberry on February 6, 2010, at 10:13:22
In reply to Re: The real truth about AMALGAM » Brainbeard, posted by conundrum on February 6, 2010, at 8:11:26
> Its realistic and safe to stop using amalgam fillings but is it safe or realistic to have them removed?
Yes, and yes. It is not safe or realistic to keep them in the mouth inches from the brain. The slow chronic leaching of low level mercury cannot be argued to be a healthy thing or a neutral thing.
Many States and many countries have already banned the use of amalgams.
>I would be scared of the exposure from the removal of them. Surely drilling them out creates more vapour and debris than chewing your food.
Exposure is very minimal when done by someone who knows the proper procedures (mouth dam, heavy duty suction, ventilated room, gas masks, activated charcoal, negative ion generators). The vapor, dust, and chunks are immediately swept into a high pressure suction tube. Any remnants that were missed are soaked into the activated charcoal in the mouth. There will always been some unintended exposure, but very minimal.
A one-time potential modest spike in mercury absorption is far less damaging than a continuous low level absorption that goes relentlessly 24 hours a day forever.
To newcomers on this topic, it understandably is a bit hard to grasp at first. Me for example, it took 2 years after my first mercury test showing highly elevated mercury before I finally admitted to myself this was for real. I was, as is very common, in a total state of denial and excuse-making.
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