WP/AP: Feds Examine Safety of Mercury Fillings

[DeepModem Mom]

Feds Examine Safety of Mercury Fillings
By ANDREW BRIDGES
The Associated Press
Friday, September 8, 2006

WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials are again examining what's known -- and what's still to be learned -- about the safety of a mercury mixture that's stirred controversy since dentists began using it to fill cavities in the 1800s.

A joint panel of outside experts voted Thursday to reject a draft report that concluded that dental fillings used by millions of people are safe. Yet the panel did not go so far as to declare the mercury-laden amalgam a danger, only that more study is needed because of the risk it poses to some groups.

"For the general population, amalgams are safe. There is evidence of that," said Dr. Karl Kieburtz, a University of Rochester professor and chairman of one of the two panels brought together by the Food and Drug Administration.

An FDA survey of 34 recent research studies did not counter what the agency has said for years: The fillings don't harm patients, except in rare cases where they have allergic reactions.

Research is needed on the effect of dental mercury on children, the fetuses of pregnant women with fillings and others whose bodies may absorb, distribute, process and eliminate mercury differently, Kieburtz and other panelists said....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/08/AR2006090800194.html

[Mnemosyne]

1. There are more people "allergic" than

they can imagine.

:kick:

[Rainscents]

2. I had all of mine removed 4 years ago and went through mercury

detox. I feel hell of a lot btter... no more brain fog and haven't had headaches since.

[Robbien]

3. Gov't agencies are so determined to declare mercury is not dangerous

So they can continue allowing corporations to keep dumping it in our water.