Mercury Toxicity

Do you have "silver" amalgam dental fillings? If so, you are being exposed to mercury everyday. A silver colored amalgam filling normally contains 52% mercury. In 1989, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made a declaration that amalgams are a hazardous substance under the Superfund law. In fact, the majority of mercury that accumulates in our bodies comes from the "silver" amalgam fillings in our teeth. Just the normal chewing of food and a chemical reaction between the amalgam and saliva causes the ingestion and inhalation of mercury.

Have you ever been vaccinated? Thimerosal, which is 50% mercury by weight, was added to vaccines starting in the 1930's to act as a preservative. The FDA banned the use of Thimerosal in over the counter medications in October of 1998, but it is still used in most vaccines. Even today's flu vaccinations can contain mercury.

Do you wear contact lenses? Certain contact lens solutions contain mercury.

Have you ever had a scrape or a cut? Some first aid antiseptics contain mercury.

Do you eat fish or did your mother eat fish when she was pregnant with you? In the US, more than half the fish living in our lakes and reservoirs have unacceptable levels of mercury. A study has shown that Japanese children who ate more fish were more likely to develop asthma. Why? The high mercury levels in the fish are poisoning the children.

Do you live in Texas or by a coal-burning power plant? Texas power plants produce the most mercury emissions annually. Coal-fired power plants account for some 90,000 pounds of mercury emissions. Emissions in regions like the Great Lakes and Northeast are especially high too.

Did you ever paint a room in your house before 1991, when it became illegal to use mercury in latex house paint? A toxicity study showed mercury was still gassing off 90 days after painting with latex paint containing even very low levels of mercury.

Mercury can also be found in acetone fingernail polish removers, rubbing alcohol, the chlorine in drinking water and chlorine bleaches, disinfectants, cosmetics, dyes, and wood preservatives. Other mercury containing household items include: wiring devices and switches, thermostats, thermometers, barometers, and blood pressure cuffs. Some clothes irons, button cell batteries (including those used in hearing aids and children's books), radio tubes, some wrist watches, mirrors, pottery, artificial flowers, Q-tips, ammunition cartridges, felt hats, pesticides prior to 1995, oil-based paints, Pre-1997 LA Gear® tennis shoes with light-up soles, and fluorescent lamps contain mercury.

Toxic effects caused by mercury poisoning include headaches, hypoglycemia, fainting, blurred vision, limb tremors, tingling, depression, anxiety, irritability, hostility, aggression, insomnia, decreased concentration, depression, and suicidal thoughts. These symptoms can appear even decades after exposure to this metal.

Mercury is capable of producing symptoms indistinguishable from those of Multiple Sclerosis. Incidentally, MS patients have an average of 8 times higher levels of mercury in their spinal fluid then neurologically healthy people.

According to Dr. Amy Holmes, MD, testing for Mercury Toxicity can be tricky.
If any amount of time has elapsed after the mercury exposure, little if any mercury will be detected in the usual blood, urine or hair analysis because mercury generally settles in the internal organs instead. One way doctors can test for mercury is to look for low levels of mercury-binding agents like glutathione.

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