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Mercury is a deadly neurological poison. This information has been know for decades and any toxicology text should cover some of the known symptoms caused by mercury poisoning including dementia, nerve damage, and emotional problems. The World Health Organization as well as numerous scientists have publicly admitted that the dominant source of mercury in the human body comes from silver amalgam tooth fillings. All silver fillings, generally referred to as "amalgams", are manufactured to contain 50-52% mercury. This is still the dominant filling material being used by most dentists in the United States, even though some other countries, having looked at all the research, have banned the use of this material in dentistry. The U.S. still has its head in the sand regarding mercury in dentistry although the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been researching mercury for years and condemning its use in all industries except the health care industry. Mercury has been eliminated from paint (it was there to reduce mildew) and from many other products including mercury electrical switches. We are constantly being warned about the mercury levels in fish and yet the dominant source, our amalgam fillings, rarely get any attention. Numerous vaccination still contain "Thimerosol" as a preservative and this is an extremely potent form of mercury. I am adding this area to my web site in order to give my readers some important information regarding this toxic poison and to help you decide what to do about it. Please be kind to your dentist and other health professionals who have been taught lies regarding the safety of amalgam fillings. These professionals are simply telling you their beliefs and they do not realize these beliefs have been proven wrong for over two decades. Refer them to the International Association for Oral Medicine and Toxicology or the research published by Murray, Vimy, Haley and others on amalgam toxicity. Also please read and suggest the books Uninformed Consent by Huggins and Levy, Elements of Danger by Walker and Root Canal Cover-up Exposed by Meinig.

PLEASE NOTE: If you should decide, after further investigation on your part, to have your own fillings changed in order to remove the mercury that is leaking into your body 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, BE ADVISED of three EXTREMELY IMPORTANT pieces of information. First- that if the removal is not done correctly, by a properly trained mercury free dentist, you will release far more mercury into your body than you would if you leave them in your mouth. Second- that unless a compatibility test is done to determine what materials are best suited to you, the replacement fillings might have other chemicals that are also very toxic to your body. Third- that removing the silver amalgam filings simply turns off the mercury faucet in your mouth. Almost all of the mercury that has been going into your body since the day the first silver filling was placed by a dentist, is still there. The research shows that it is now bound to tissues in your brain, kidneys, liver and a number of other areas from where it is slowly poisoning your body. The mercury will remain there, doing its damage, unless you locate a properly trained professional to begin helping your body to slowly get it out. When done correctly, this removal process takes from one to three years.


From my research into this subject, which includes well over 100,000 dollars spent attending scientific conferences where this information gets presented, I have developed the following conclusions. At the very least, some of the conditions which mercury is either aggravating or possibly may even be the primary cause of, appear to include- dementia and other memory problems, Alzheimer's disease, numerous emotional problems, many neuropathies, kidney disease, possibly many cancers, heart irregularities, muscle tremors, and a great deal more. Take a look at the chart below regarding health related symptoms and their relation to dental fillings that was published in the March 1993 issue of the Bio-Probe newsletter.

I implore you to read at least one of the books I list above BEFORE you ask any health professionals for their opinion. You will now know more than they do and can better react to their misunderstanding and lack of knowledge. Remember, facts are facts and no amount of training or fancy initials after a name will ever change that.

The following chart is a handout I made for all my students and patients.
It is a compilation of most of the studies looking at the mercury levels in fish and seafood. The news media is only telling the public a tiny amount of the story. Many fish are too high to be eaten by those who treasure their health as I do. I hope this chart I devised will help you to stay away from food that is damaging to your present and in the case of mercury your future health

METHYL MERCURY IN FISH
(Note - FDA action level is 1 ppm.)
Compiled from FDA and National Marine Fisheries studies 1978 through 2003
FISH SPECIES Range tested (ppm) David's Recommendations
Bass, Freshwater 0.15 - 0.34 OK
Catfish, Fresh and Saltwater 0.10 - 0.31 OK
Cod 0.00 - 0.42 OK
Clams None Detected Excellent
Crab Blue 0.02 - 0.50 OK
Crab Dungeness 0.02 - 0.48 OK
Crab Tanner 0.00 - 0.38 OK
Crab King 0.02 - 0.24 Very Good
Flounder 0.00 - 0.08 Excellent
Grouper 0.05 - 1.35 Don't Eat!
Haddock Trace Excellent
Hake Trace Excellent
Halibut 0.12 - 0.63 Bad Guess
Lobster (North American) 0.10 - 1.31 Don't Eat!
Mackerel 0.10 - 0.23 OK
Mackerel (king) 0.23 - 1.67 Don't Eat!
Mahi Mahi (dolphin) 0.11 - 0.21 OK
Marlin 0.10 - 0.92 Bad Guess
Orange Roughy 0.42 - 0.71 Don't Eat!
Oysters 0.00 - 0.25 Very Good
Perch, freshwater 0.00 - 0.31 OK
Perch, salt/rose fish/red rockfish trace - 0.03 Excellent
Pickerel 0.00 - 0.06 Excellent
Pike 0.00 - 0.10 Excellent
Pollack 0.00 - 0.78 Bad Guess
Sable 0.00 - 0.70 Bad Guess
Salmon (fresh & canned) 0.00 - 0.18 Excellent
Sardines Trace - 0.035 Excellent
Scallops 0.00 - 0.22 Very Good
Shrimp 0.00 - 0.09 Excellent
Shark 0.05 - 4.54 Don't Eat!
Snapper, red 0.07 - 0.26 OK
Swordfish 0.26 - 3.22 Don't Eat!
Tile Fish 0.65 - 3.73 Don't Eat!
Trout 0.00 - 0.13 Excellent
Tuna, canned only 0.10 - 0.75 Bad Guess
Tuna (Fresh & Frozen) 0.10 - 0.83 Bad Guess
The last column are my suggestions and the lower the better is always the rule.


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