Question:

Sources of mercury in Washington State ?


Answer: For those of you who may be interested, this is a fairly even-handed comparison of the various sources of mercury pollution in Washington state. http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20030511/frontpage/2809.shtml

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~berniew1/indexa.html

1. Dental Amalgam Fillings are the largest source of mercury in most people, and largest source of methyl mercury as well since other forms of mercury are methylated to methyl mercury in the body by bacteria, etc.

http://www.algonet.se/~leif/FUSCIFCT.html



>amalgam fillings are the number one source of mercury in most people>

http://www.lichtenberg.dk/mercury_vapour_in_the_oral_cavit.htm

According to WHO, the greatest source of mercury in the body is our amalgam fillings.9.

http://vitalpathhealthcentre.com/heavymetals.htm

The dental profession and ADD have for a long time successfully hidden the fact from the public that most dental fillings contain a lot ofmercury which is extremely toxic and known to cause many neurological conditions and birth defects.

The U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances andDisease Registry(ATSDR) indicates that mercury and lead cause more adverse health effects than any other toxic substances.

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