Guest guest Posted October 16, 2004 Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 Dr. Mercola's Comment: I still find it unbelievable that there is any question expert bodies like FDA and CDC don't acknowledge the powerful and destructive influence mercury has on our health in so many ways. Is it a deadly stubbornness that keeps many of my peers in the medical profession in the dark, because they merely focus on what's in front of them? Or, do they actually realize the harm they've done, and merely refuse to acknowledge it? Either way, those biases - - based on ignorance or stupidity by trained professionals you want to trust -- can directly affect the health of you and your family. Although I can't imagine people who read my twice-weekly newsletter refusing to see the deadly connection, if you're still riding the fence, Dr. Donald Miller has written a brilliant article that provides a great overview on the toxicity of mercury from various sources. --- ----------- By Donald W. Miller, Jr., MD Although they afflict widely different age groups, autism and Alzheimer's disease share a common cause: mercury. Dr. Boyd Haley, professor and chair of the chemistry department at the University of Kentucky, and Dr. Bernard Rimland, founder of the Autism Research Institute, presented evidence at this year's Doctors for Disaster Preparedness meeting that connects mercury with these diseases. This heavy metal is highly poisonous. A Dartmouth professor studying the chemical characteristics of an organic form of mercury -- dimethyl mercury -- spilled two drops of it on her gloved hand. The first sign of mercury poisoning occurred four months later when her speech began to be slurred. This was followed by difficulty walking and loss of vision. She then fell into a coma and died. Another person, attempting to smelt the silver in dental amalgams he obtained (they are 35 percent silver, 50 percent mercury and 15 percent tin, zinc and other metals), heated them in a frying pan. The mercury vapor generated killed him quickly. The two other family members in the house at the time also died. The Deadly Properties of Mercury Mercury is one proton (neutron and electron) heavier than gold. The atomic number of gold is 79 (mercury is 80). It is distributed throughout the earth's crust. Unlike other metals, mercury, in its elemental state, is liquid (molten) at room temperature. And it releases a steady stream of gaseous mercury atoms that linger in the atmosphere for months (eventually falling back to earth and its oceans in an inorganic form in raindrops). Even in a solid state or combined with other metals as an alloy, mercury atoms continually escape into the atmosphere. Once added to latex paint, put in teething powder, used in making hats and as a fungicide on seeds, an antiseptic (Merthiolate) and a treatment for syphilis (the cure was worse than the disease), human exposure to mercury today comes principally from three sources: dental amalgams, vaccines and fish. Elemental mercury when released by a dental amalgam is inhaled and (80 percent of it) absorbed by the lungs and retained in the body. Vaccine makers add thimerosal (which is half ethyl mercury) to vaccines to prevent bacterial contamination. This injected organic form of mercury is readily taken up by brain and heart muscle cells. Fish harbor another organic form of mercury - - methyl mercury -- that is obtained from plankton that synthesize it from inorganic mercury extracted from the sea. Ignoring the Obvious Currently, the two most important sources of mercury exposure for Americans are dental amalgams and vaccinations. The federal government's CDC and FDA -- for reasons not explained -- have chosen to ignore this fact. In fact, these agencies and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) focus exclusively on mercury in seafood, to the extent the NIH will not fund studies that address mercury in amalgams and vaccines. In lockstep with the government, the American Dental Association (ADA) claims that amalgams are safe, and the mercury in them poses no problem. The (government-funded) Institute of Medicine (IOM) and various specialty societies, notably the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and the American Medical Association (AMA), say the same thing about mercury in vaccines. There is growing evidence, however, that mercury in vaccines and amalgams cause both autism and Alzheimer's disease. The CDC and FDA and the medical establishment, led by its specialty societies, discount or ignore evidence that includes: Privately funded epidemiological studies Research on how mercury damages brain cells grown in cultures Animal studies in rodents, sheep and primates Clinical studies in children and adults Autism was discovered in 1943, in American children, 12 years after ethyl mercury (thimerosal) was added to the pertussis vaccine. (The disease was not seen in Europe until the 1950s, after thimerosal was added to vaccines used there.) In a typical case, shortly before his second birthday, a normally developing, healthy boy stops communicating with others and withdraws into himself. He avoids eye contact and becomes strange and aloof. His vision becomes blurred and he develops various motor disturbances, such as an involuntary jerking of the arms and legs and walking on his toes. In addition to these manifestations, Dr. Sallie Bernard and her colleagues, in a study entitled, Autism: A Unique Type of Mercury Poisoning, " describe the speech difficulties, unusual behavior (such as unprovoked crying spells and head banging), various degrees of cognitive impairment, gastrointestinal difficulties and immune difficulties that these autistic children can have. Mercury is most likely a causative factor in other developmental disorders as well, such as delayed speech and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. A Direct Connection Investigators have shown there is a direct relationship between increasing doses of mercury in vaccines and autism. In the 1950s, with an immunization schedule limited to four vaccines (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and smallpox), one in 10,000 children developed this disease. As vaccines for other diseases were added, health care providers began injecting increasingly larger doses of mercury into children. Those born in 1981 were given 135 micrograms of mercury (on average), and one case of autism occurred in every 2,600 children born that year. With the addition of hepatitis B vaccine (injected on the day of birth) and one for Haemophilus influenzae Type b, providers injected 246 micrograms of mercury into children born in 1996. Autism occurred in one out of every 350 of these children. Today, providers follow an immunization schedule prepared by the CDC and approved by the AAP and AAFP, that includes 13 vaccines given, with variable numbers of booster shots, 33 times before a child reaches the age of 2 (when the development of the brain is completed). Autism now afflicts 1 in 100 boys and 1 in 400 girls, and physicians diagnose 100,000 new cases of this disease every year in the U.S (using diagnostic criteria, in the DSM-IV, that is more restrictive than the previous DSM-IIIR). Over the last 30 years, more than 1 million children have come down with this disease, and currently one in every 68 families in America has an autistic child. Mainstream medical journals, like Pediatrics and The New England Journal of Medicine, only publish studies that claim thimerosal is safe. And it turns out that these articles are written in large part by researchers in the pay of vaccine makers, as the Coalition for Safe Minds (Sensible Action For Ending Mercury-Induced Neurological Disorders), a private nonprofit organization, has shown. Editors of these journals will not publish studies that show a link between thimerosal and autism like, Thimerosal in Childhood Vaccines, Neurodevelopment Disorders, and Heart Disease in the United States by Mark and David Geier, which documents a strong association between the amounts of mercury injected in vaccines and autism. Such articles can only find acceptance in alternative (i.e., politically incorrect) journals like the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, where this one was published. Look for the final installment in the next eHealthy News You Can Use Donald Miller is a cardiac surgeon and Professor of Surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle and a member of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness and writes articles on a variety of subjects for LewRockwell.com, including bioterrorism. His web site is www.donaldmiller.com, and you can contact him at dwm. --- ----------- Related Articles: Mercury Pollutes Nation's Rivers, Lakes Flu Vaccines for Children Still Contain Mercury Mercury In Your Fish Mercury Contributes To Alzheimer's Disease! Autism and Mercury --- ----------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 I recntly joined the group and have been trying to read old threads. I currently have a cracked filling that the dentist wants to remove completely. Is this a safe procedure? What can I do to protect myself if I move forward? Shawn , " chrisgaren555 " <chrisgaren555> wrote: > > > Dr. Mercola's Comment: > > I still find it unbelievable that there is any question expert > bodies like FDA and CDC don't acknowledge the powerful and > destructive influence mercury has on our health in so many ways. > > Is it a deadly stubbornness that keeps many of my peers in the > medical profession in the dark, because they merely focus on what's > in front of them? Or, do they actually realize the harm they've > done, and merely refuse to acknowledge it? Either way, those biases - > - based on ignorance or stupidity by trained professionals you want > to trust -- can directly affect the health of you and your family. > > Although I can't imagine people who read my twice-weekly newsletter > refusing to see the deadly connection, if you're still riding the > fence, Dr. Donald Miller has written a brilliant article that > provides a great overview on the toxicity of mercury from various > sources. > > > -- - > ----------- > > By Donald W. Miller, Jr., MD > > Although they afflict widely different age groups, autism and > Alzheimer's disease share a common cause: mercury. Dr. Boyd Haley, > professor and chair of the chemistry department at the University of > Kentucky, and Dr. Bernard Rimland, founder of the Autism Research > Institute, presented evidence at this year's Doctors for Disaster > Preparedness meeting that connects mercury with these diseases. > > This heavy metal is highly poisonous. A Dartmouth professor studying > the chemical characteristics of an organic form of mercury -- > dimethyl mercury -- spilled two drops of it on her gloved hand. The > first sign of mercury poisoning occurred four months later when her > speech began to be slurred. This was followed by difficulty walking > and loss of vision. She then fell into a coma and died. > > Another person, attempting to smelt the silver in dental amalgams he > obtained (they are 35 percent silver, 50 percent mercury and 15 > percent tin, zinc and other metals), heated them in a frying pan. > The mercury vapor generated killed him quickly. The two other family > members in the house at the time also died. > > The Deadly Properties of Mercury > > Mercury is one proton (neutron and electron) heavier than gold. The > atomic number of gold is 79 (mercury is 80). It is distributed > throughout the earth's crust. Unlike other metals, mercury, in its > elemental state, is liquid (molten) at room temperature. And it > releases a steady stream of gaseous mercury atoms that linger in the > atmosphere for months (eventually falling back to earth and its > oceans in an inorganic form in raindrops). Even in a solid state or > combined with other metals as an alloy, mercury atoms continually > escape into the atmosphere. > > Once added to latex paint, put in teething powder, used in making > hats and as a fungicide on seeds, an antiseptic (Merthiolate) and a > treatment for syphilis (the cure was worse than the disease), human > exposure to mercury today comes principally from three sources: > dental amalgams, vaccines and fish. > > Elemental mercury when released by a dental amalgam is inhaled and > (80 percent of it) absorbed by the lungs and retained in the body. > Vaccine makers add thimerosal (which is half ethyl mercury) to > vaccines to prevent bacterial contamination. > > This injected organic form of mercury is readily taken up by brain > and heart muscle cells. Fish harbor another organic form of mercury - > - methyl mercury -- that is obtained from plankton that synthesize > it from inorganic mercury extracted from the sea. > > Ignoring the Obvious > > Currently, the two most important sources of mercury exposure for > Americans are dental amalgams and vaccinations. The federal > government's CDC and FDA -- for reasons not explained -- have chosen > to ignore this fact. In fact, these agencies and the National > Institutes of Health (NIH) focus exclusively on mercury in seafood, > to the extent the NIH will not fund studies that address mercury in > amalgams and vaccines. > > In lockstep with the government, the American Dental Association > (ADA) claims that amalgams are safe, and the mercury in them poses > no problem. The (government-funded) Institute of Medicine (IOM) and > various specialty societies, notably the American Academy of > Pediatrics (AAP), American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and > the American Medical Association (AMA), say the same thing about > mercury in vaccines. > > There is growing evidence, however, that mercury in vaccines and > amalgams cause both autism and Alzheimer's disease. > > The CDC and FDA and the medical establishment, led by its specialty > societies, discount or ignore evidence that includes: > > Privately funded epidemiological studies > Research on how mercury damages brain cells grown in cultures > Animal studies in rodents, sheep and primates > Clinical studies in children and adults > Autism was discovered in 1943, in American children, 12 years after > ethyl mercury (thimerosal) was added to the pertussis vaccine. (The > disease was not seen in Europe until the 1950s, after thimerosal was > added to vaccines used there.) > > In a typical case, shortly before his second birthday, a normally > developing, healthy boy stops communicating with others and > withdraws into himself. He avoids eye contact and becomes strange > and aloof. His vision becomes blurred and he develops various motor > disturbances, such as an involuntary jerking of the arms and legs > and walking on his toes. > > In addition to these manifestations, Dr. Sallie Bernard and her > colleagues, in a study entitled, Autism: A Unique Type of Mercury > Poisoning, " describe the speech difficulties, unusual behavior (such > as unprovoked crying spells and head banging), various degrees of > cognitive impairment, gastrointestinal difficulties and immune > difficulties that these autistic children can have. > > Mercury is most likely a causative factor in other developmental > disorders as well, such as delayed speech and attention deficit > hyperactivity disorder. > > A Direct Connection > > Investigators have shown there is a direct relationship between > increasing doses of mercury in vaccines and autism. In the 1950s, > with an immunization schedule limited to four vaccines (diphtheria, > tetanus, pertussis and smallpox), one in 10,000 children developed > this disease. > > As vaccines for other diseases were added, health care providers > began injecting increasingly larger doses of mercury into children. > Those born in 1981 were given 135 micrograms of mercury (on > average), and one case of autism occurred in every 2,600 children > born that year. > > With the addition of hepatitis B vaccine (injected on the day of > birth) and one for Haemophilus influenzae Type b, providers injected > 246 micrograms of mercury into children born in 1996. Autism > occurred in one out of every 350 of these children. > > Today, providers follow an immunization schedule prepared by the CDC > and approved by the AAP and AAFP, that includes 13 vaccines given, > with variable numbers of booster shots, 33 times before a child > reaches the age of 2 (when the development of the brain is > completed). Autism now afflicts 1 in 100 boys and 1 in 400 girls, > and physicians diagnose 100,000 new cases of this disease every year > in the U.S (using diagnostic criteria, in the DSM-IV, that is more > restrictive than the previous DSM-IIIR). > > Over the last 30 years, more than 1 million children have come down > with this disease, and currently one in every 68 families in America > has an autistic child. > > Mainstream medical journals, like Pediatrics and The New England > Journal of Medicine, only publish studies that claim thimerosal is > safe. And it turns out that these articles are written in large part > by researchers in the pay of vaccine makers, as the Coalition for > Safe Minds (Sensible Action For Ending Mercury-Induced Neurological > Disorders), a private nonprofit organization, has shown. > > Editors of these journals will not publish studies that show a link > between thimerosal and autism like, Thimerosal in Childhood > Vaccines, Neurodevelopment Disorders, and Heart Disease in the > United States by Mark and David Geier, which documents a strong > association between the amounts of mercury injected in vaccines and > autism. > > Such articles can only find acceptance in alternative (i.e., > politically incorrect) journals like the Journal of American > Physicians and Surgeons, where this one was published. > > Look for the final installment in the next eHealthy News You Can Use > > Donald Miller is a cardiac surgeon and Professor of Surgery at the > University of Washington in Seattle and a member of Doctors for > Disaster Preparedness and writes articles on a variety of subjects > for LewRockwell.com, including bioterrorism. His web site is > www.donaldmiller.com, and you can contact him at > dwm@u... > > > -- - > ----------- > > Related Articles: > > Mercury Pollutes Nation's Rivers, Lakes > > Flu Vaccines for Children Still Contain Mercury > > Mercury In Your Fish > > Mercury Contributes To Alzheimer's Disease! > > Autism and Mercury > > > -- - > ----------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Hi Shawn! Unless your dentist takes precautions, you'll be exposed to mercury vapour (as I was, having all my fillings replaced over a year'[s time). I beleive the dentist should use a face mask for you, so you have a separate air supply. Perhaps others, who have had this done correctly will comment. I got tested, after having my mercury fillings out, and tested almost to the end of the chart's measurements: very high for the metals. I then chelated, on a rotational basis (time on, time off), to remove the metals. Expensive! Good luck, and do ask your dentist about correct procedures. If the dentist is clueless, it may be time to shop around for a new one. I was shocked to learn about another deception dentists use: " air abrasion " techniques --seems benign, untill I learned aluminum is used to accomplish the abrasion. There are more advanced methods out there, but we sure do need to question further, and many are committed to toxic techniques, to our detriment. Healozone is another new method, I'm checking into, obviously involving ozone, and also remineralization of teeth. Interesting, but gotta check 'em out further. Steve - nyapshawn Saturday, October 16, 2004 6:03 PM Re: Mercury on the MInd I recntly joined the group and have been trying to read old threads. I currently have a cracked filling that the dentist wants to remove completely. Is this a safe procedure? What can I do to protect myself if I move forward? Shawn , " chrisgaren555 " <chrisgaren555> wrote: > > > Dr. Mercola's Comment: > > I still find it unbelievable that there is any question expert > bodies like FDA and CDC don't acknowledge the powerful and > destructive influence mercury has on our health in so many ways. > > Is it a deadly stubbornness that keeps many of my peers in the > medical profession in the dark, because they merely focus on what's > in front of them? Or, do they actually realize the harm they've > done, and merely refuse to acknowledge it? Either way, those biases - > - based on ignorance or stupidity by trained professionals you want > to trust -- can directly affect the health of you and your family. > > Although I can't imagine people who read my twice-weekly newsletter > refusing to see the deadly connection, if you're still riding the > fence, Dr. Donald Miller has written a brilliant article that > provides a great overview on the toxicity of mercury from various > sources. > > > -- - > ----------- > > By Donald W. Miller, Jr., MD > > Although they afflict widely different age groups, autism and > Alzheimer's disease share a common cause: mercury. Dr. Boyd Haley, > professor and chair of the chemistry department at the University of > Kentucky, and Dr. Bernard Rimland, founder of the Autism Research > Institute, presented evidence at this year's Doctors for Disaster > Preparedness meeting that connects mercury with these diseases. > > This heavy metal is highly poisonous. A Dartmouth professor studying > the chemical characteristics of an organic form of mercury -- > dimethyl mercury -- spilled two drops of it on her gloved hand. The > first sign of mercury poisoning occurred four months later when her > speech began to be slurred. This was followed by difficulty walking > and loss of vision. She then fell into a coma and died. > > Another person, attempting to smelt the silver in dental amalgams he > obtained (they are 35 percent silver, 50 percent mercury and 15 > percent tin, zinc and other metals), heated them in a frying pan. > The mercury vapor generated killed him quickly. The two other family > members in the house at the time also died. > > The Deadly Properties of Mercury > > Mercury is one proton (neutron and electron) heavier than gold. The > atomic number of gold is 79 (mercury is 80). It is distributed > throughout the earth's crust. Unlike other metals, mercury, in its > elemental state, is liquid (molten) at room temperature. And it > releases a steady stream of gaseous mercury atoms that linger in the > atmosphere for months (eventually falling back to earth and its > oceans in an inorganic form in raindrops). Even in a solid state or > combined with other metals as an alloy, mercury atoms continually > escape into the atmosphere. > > Once added to latex paint, put in teething powder, used in making > hats and as a fungicide on seeds, an antiseptic (Merthiolate) and a > treatment for syphilis (the cure was worse than the disease), human > exposure to mercury today comes principally from three sources: > dental amalgams, vaccines and fish. > > Elemental mercury when released by a dental amalgam is inhaled and > (80 percent of it) absorbed by the lungs and retained in the body. > Vaccine makers add thimerosal (which is half ethyl mercury) to > vaccines to prevent bacterial contamination. > > This injected organic form of mercury is readily taken up by brain > and heart muscle cells. Fish harbor another organic form of mercury - > - methyl mercury -- that is obtained from plankton that synthesize > it from inorganic mercury extracted from the sea. > > Ignoring the Obvious > > Currently, the two most important sources of mercury exposure for > Americans are dental amalgams and vaccinations. The federal > government's CDC and FDA -- for reasons not explained -- have chosen > to ignore this fact. In fact, these agencies and the National > Institutes of Health (NIH) focus exclusively on mercury in seafood, > to the extent the NIH will not fund studies that address mercury in > amalgams and vaccines. > > In lockstep with the government, the American Dental Association > (ADA) claims that amalgams are safe, and the mercury in them poses > no problem. The (government-funded) Institute of Medicine (IOM) and > various specialty societies, notably the American Academy of > Pediatrics (AAP), American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and > the American Medical Association (AMA), say the same thing about > mercury in vaccines. > > There is growing evidence, however, that mercury in vaccines and > amalgams cause both autism and Alzheimer's disease. > > The CDC and FDA and the medical establishment, led by its specialty > societies, discount or ignore evidence that includes: > > Privately funded epidemiological studies > Research on how mercury damages brain cells grown in cultures > Animal studies in rodents, sheep and primates > Clinical studies in children and adults > Autism was discovered in 1943, in American children, 12 years after > ethyl mercury (thimerosal) was added to the pertussis vaccine. (The > disease was not seen in Europe until the 1950s, after thimerosal was > added to vaccines used there.) > > In a typical case, shortly before his second birthday, a normally > developing, healthy boy stops communicating with others and > withdraws into himself. He avoids eye contact and becomes strange > and aloof. His vision becomes blurred and he develops various motor > disturbances, such as an involuntary jerking of the arms and legs > and walking on his toes. > > In addition to these manifestations, Dr. Sallie Bernard and her > colleagues, in a study entitled, Autism: A Unique Type of Mercury > Poisoning, " describe the speech difficulties, unusual behavior (such > as unprovoked crying spells and head banging), various degrees of > cognitive impairment, gastrointestinal difficulties and immune > difficulties that these autistic children can have. > > Mercury is most likely a causative factor in other developmental > disorders as well, such as delayed speech and attention deficit > hyperactivity disorder. > > A Direct Connection > > Investigators have shown there is a direct relationship between > increasing doses of mercury in vaccines and autism. In the 1950s, > with an immunization schedule limited to four vaccines (diphtheria, > tetanus, pertussis and smallpox), one in 10,000 children developed > this disease. > > As vaccines for other diseases were added, health care providers > began injecting increasingly larger doses of mercury into children. > Those born in 1981 were given 135 micrograms of mercury (on > average), and one case of autism occurred in every 2,600 children > born that year. > > With the addition of hepatitis B vaccine (injected on the day of > birth) and one for Haemophilus influenzae Type b, providers injected > 246 micrograms of mercury into children born in 1996. Autism > occurred in one out of every 350 of these children. > > Today, providers follow an immunization schedule prepared by the CDC > and approved by the AAP and AAFP, that includes 13 vaccines given, > with variable numbers of booster shots, 33 times before a child > reaches the age of 2 (when the development of the brain is > completed). Autism now afflicts 1 in 100 boys and 1 in 400 girls, > and physicians diagnose 100,000 new cases of this disease every year > in the U.S (using diagnostic criteria, in the DSM-IV, that is more > restrictive than the previous DSM-IIIR). > > Over the last 30 years, more than 1 million children have come down > with this disease, and currently one in every 68 families in America > has an autistic child. > > Mainstream medical journals, like Pediatrics and The New England > Journal of Medicine, only publish studies that claim thimerosal is > safe. And it turns out that these articles are written in large part > by researchers in the pay of vaccine makers, as the Coalition for > Safe Minds (Sensible Action For Ending Mercury-Induced Neurological > Disorders), a private nonprofit organization, has shown. > > Editors of these journals will not publish studies that show a link > between thimerosal and autism like, Thimerosal in Childhood > Vaccines, Neurodevelopment Disorders, and Heart Disease in the > United States by Mark and David Geier, which documents a strong > association between the amounts of mercury injected in vaccines and > autism. > > Such articles can only find acceptance in alternative (i.e., > politically incorrect) journals like the Journal of American > Physicians and Surgeons, where this one was published. > > Look for the final installment in the next eHealthy News You Can Use > > Donald Miller is a cardiac surgeon and Professor of Surgery at the > University of Washington in Seattle and a member of Doctors for > Disaster Preparedness and writes articles on a variety of subjects > for LewRockwell.com, including bioterrorism. His web site is > www.donaldmiller.com, and you can contact him at > dwm@u... > > > -- - > ----------- > > Related Articles: > > Mercury Pollutes Nation's Rivers, Lakes > > Flu Vaccines for Children Still Contain Mercury > > Mercury In Your Fish > > Mercury Contributes To Alzheimer's Disease! > > Autism and Mercury > > > -- - > ----------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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