Frank.Whitney@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Whitney) (01/09/91)
Index Number: 12730 [This is from the Spinal Injury Conference] >Anybody see the segment on 60 Minutes Sunday 12/16 about mercury poisoning >from amalgam used in dental fillings? Big controversy between the American >Dental Association (who has declared removing amalgam fillings a breach of >dental ethics!!!) and internists/diagnosticians who are convinced on >clinical if not statistical evidence that amalgam should definitly be pulled >out and replaced. Anybody heard anything about this? >issue? >harry I think it's mostly hype. It's been going on for quite awhile now. I bet if they did a MRI the plaches would still be there etc. My wife has sufferd from MS for over 20+ years. She had crowns put on all teeth because of reflux wearing off the tooth enamel this procedure removes every filling she had did she get better NO! The removing was not a breach of meical ethics if the patient insisted only if the dentist first suggested it. It might work on some cases but I don't think it's the cure all it's claimed. I wish it were. It might make a lot of dentists rich though. Frank. -- Via Opus Msg Kit v1.11 -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!261!1000!Frank.Whitney Internet: Frank.Whitney@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org
Harry.London@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Harry London) (01/09/91)
Index Number: 12741
[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]
JP> Anyway, I don't think I've been sick from it (only had normal
JP> things like colds, flu etc) .... Alergys .. well, I've got 'em
JP> (hayfever, sinus) but that comes and goes with the changing seasons
JP> and weather. I don't blame that on the fillings in my teeth !
As I talk to more people about this amalgam/mercury poisoning thing, I
get the impression it isn't new news, and also, that the finger is being
pointed at those who would recommend taking out the amalgam and replacing
it as some kind of gougers and exploiters. My reaction is: 20 years ago I
began reading in the New Yorker about asbestos and how the asbestos
companies wer fighting like mad to prevent the government from
establishing minimum levels of asbestos per cubic inch. And then over
time how it turned out to be true about asbestos...AND cigarettes...and
what else?
Harry
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