The Women Warriors

[Lilly]

How much pain those mercury fillings have caused me? You cannot possibly imagine...


For a month I could not move my neck, not even a inch. All I could do was to sit on the sofa as I couldn’t sleep in my bed or lie horizontally. It was terrible, suffering all day and long. It was Hell on Earth for me.


After I had enough of this ordeal I decided to ask my psychic spirit what is the cause of my suffering and pain.
So I "went above myself" and asked my spirit "what I the cause of my neck pain." I heard this:" you've been poisoned".
When I asked what kind of poison I immediately heard heavy metals - the mercury fillings causing the misery.

Prior to this, my knees hurt when I played tennis or jogged, my neck hurt almost every morning upon awakening. Depression was getting worse every day.


I asked my spirit what do I need to do in order to get rid of the misery.
I heard "cilantro"... I did a search and indeed cilantro helps removing heavy metals from the system. I was also given more remedies at the time... I am so grateful what my guidance gives me, God knows really if I would be alive without my guidance.


After one month of working energetically on myself, taking herb supplements, cilantro tincture for heavy metal chelation, drinking lots of water I could finally move my neck a little bit without excruciating pain. I searched for a holistic dentist who replaced all the mercury fillings with composite. God Bless True holistic dentists!!


I Now feel better, never woke up with neck pain, knees won’t hurt anymore when jogging or playing tennis, don't feel fatigue and feel more positive.


I strongly believe mercury amalgams could have killed me if I didn’t replaced them, there is no joke. Thank you God and spirit for guiding me.

Lilly

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...if they have as few as 4 amalgam fillings present in their mouth, the average person's saliva is so high in mercury they cannot legally spit into the toilet. Their saliva exceeds the EPA maximum legal municipal discharge standard for mercury..--David Kennedy D.D.S.


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Mercury is one of the most toxic elements on the planet, probably second only to plutonium, yet worldwide people have it in all tissues of their bodies, and it continues to be dumped into our waterways and soil, placed into our teeth, and injected into our bodies. If a single large amalgam filling contained 1 gram of mercury (1 million micrograms) and lost a significantly toxic 10 micrograms per day there would be enough mercury for 100,000 days or about 274 years of exposure. A small tenth of a gram mercury filling would last 27 years. So enough mercury is within amalgam fillings to provide a consistent chronic toxic exposure for the life of most fillings.
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Mercury can bind to the DNA of cells, as well as to the cell membranes, distoring them and interfering with normal cell functions. The immune system no longer recognizes the target as part of the body and will attack it. Once mercury reaches its destination tissue, it has many ways in which it may express its toxicity in many ways.

1. Altered cell membrane permeability

2. Alteration of tertiary structure

3. Alteration of enzyme function

4. Interference in nerve impulses

5. Alteration of the genetic code

6. Inhibition of DNA repair

7. Interference with endocrine function

8. Contribution to autoimmune disease

9. Digestion and absorption alteration

10. Contribution to the development of antibiotic resistance

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"If you have something that's been put in your mouth that you can't dispose of in a waste basket without breaking environmental protection laws, there's no point in keeping it around, there's no point in taking that type of risk - there's no point in exposing people to any level of mercury toxicity if you don't have to...... .....there is no doubt in my mind that low levels of mercury present in the brain could cause normal cell death, and this could lead to dementia which would be similar to Alzheimer's disease.... We can't go inside a living human being and look at their brain, so we have to work outside, and do scientific experiments such as we've done. And to the best that we can determine with these experiments, mercury is a time-bomb in the brain, waiting to have an effect. If it's not bothering someone when they're young, especially when they age it can turn into something quite disastrous."--Dr Boyd Haley, Professor of Medicinal Biochemistry, University of Kentucky.

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Mercury and the Eyes

The retina of the eye accumulates mercury when there is exposure to mercury vapor. Mercury remains in the retina for a very long time –– often for years. Accumulation of mercury is seen, in monkeys, in the inner portion of the retina, in pigment epithelial cells and capillary walls. Pregnant squirrel monkeys were exposed to mercury vapor during approximately 2/3 of a pregnancy, at a concentration of 0.5 or 1 mg Hg/m3 air for 4 or 7 hours a day, 5 days a week. The offspring were sacrificed at different ages (gestational week 16 to 5 years). The eyes were enucleated and horizontal sections of the retina, comprising the optic disc and the fovea, were processed for autometallographic (AMG) silver enhancement. The AMG mercury distribution was mapped using light and epipolarization microscopy. In young offspring (16-week-old fetus to 3 days old), mercury was detected mainly in the optic nerve, retinal pigment epithelium, inner plexiform layer, vessel walls, and ganglion cells. Three and a half months later, the amount of visualized mercury had decreased in all areas except for the retinal pigment epithelium.
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Neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with mercury toxicity include:
1. Insomnia

2. Nervousness

3. Hallucinations

4. Memory loss

5. Headache

6. Dizziness

7. Anxiety

8. Irritability

9. Drowsiness

10. Emotional instability

11. Depression

12. Poor cognitive function
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Mercury Vapor

Silver mercury fillings are not stable. These fillings emit mercury vapor at a rate of 2.8 micrograms per cubic meter of air breathed in the resting state, and their emission rate accelerates dramatically (as high as 49 mgs) after minimal mechanical, chemical, and temperature stimulations. It is also very volatile. This means that "metallic" mercury gives off mercury vapor when agitated, compressed or exposed to increases in temperature. Mercury vapor--which is colorless, tasteless and odorless--if inhaled into the lungs, passes into your bloodstream for distribution to all body tissues. It is at this point that biotransformation begins. Some of the mercury vapor remains unchanged, and some of it is oxidized. (This means to remove a pair of hydrogen atoms and to combine with oxygen. Chemically it means the increase of a positive electrical charge and the decrease of the negative charge, which in effect ionizes the vapor). The unchanged portion exists dissolved in the blood lipids (fats). The toxic effects are produced by that portion that is oxidized into mercuric ions which occurs partly in the blood, partly in the tissues but mainly in the red blood cells.

Hg vaporizes and corrodes in the presence of more noble metals, gold, through all surfaces of the fillings. Most enters the blood stream of the jawbone directly. All kinds of stimulation release it: Chewing, chewing gum, tooth brushing, -cleaning, -polishing and bruxism. Five years old fillings have lost 25%, after 10-15 years half the Hg has left them.


It easily passes the intestinal wall, helped by emulsified fat, oxidizes quickly in body fluids is by far the main source of free radicals splitting any compound hit. It creates oxidative stress.


It attacks sulphur containing proteins, enzymes, some hormones and DNA and sets them out of action. Selenium similarly, e.g. in the enzyme that generates our most important antioxidant glutathione.


It forms cytotoxic organic Hg. Our streptococci in the plaque directly on the fillings, in the throat and alimentary canal do it. It penetrates protecting barriers, cell membranes, blood/brain and blood/retina, the placenta and the mammary glands. It accumulates in the brain of the fetus/baby.


The final compounds are deposited anywhere in the body. They are extremely water insoluble.

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Chewing, or tooth grinding, increases the heat between teeth and, thus, enhances the release of mercury from amalgams.

Mercury Ingestion

Mercury readily mixes with food and is swallowed with it. The body uptake from inorganic mercury, swallowed with saliva, can be as much as hundreds of micrograms per day for individuals with a large number of amalgam fillings. Urinary excretion is a common indicator of mercury toxicity, even though fecal excretion of mercury is twenty times greater than the corresponding urinary excretion. There is a statistical correlation between the mercury concentration in saliva and the number of amalgam fillings. The United States government has determined and ruled that the continual exposure to mercury from amalgam fillings is not without risk to patients. We are concerned over picograms and micrograms of mercury in apples and are looking the other way when milligrams, one million times more, are being implanted directly into a child's mouth. There is a phenomenon that occurs in the mouth that can contribute to the release of mercury, and is called corrosion. Corrosion is similar to "rust" and means that surface particles of the filling material are being chemically broken down and released into the oral cavity.


Mercury vapor is released when you chew or grind. Additionally, minute rusted particles of the amalgam are being abraded and taken up by your food or saliva and swallowed. Intestinal enzymes and bacteria both produce methylmercury, an even more toxic form than elemental mercury, may act upon these minute particles of mercury filling. Although several sources contributing to the domestic mercury concentrations have been identified, human wastes (feces and urine) from individuals with dental amalgam fillings are believed to be the most significant source--greater than 80 percent. Conventional amalgam was routinely placed until 1976, when the new state-of-the-art amalgams (50% mercury and 30% copper) were introduced. They emit up to 50 times more mercury than the earlier, conventional amalgam fillings. That means that every new high-copper amalgam filling placed today has the effective toxic equivalent of fifty of the older amalgam fillings. If other fillings are in the mouth, such as gold crowns, nickel crowns, and removable bridges or braces, the mercury emission further increases from the amalgam. This is due to the electrical current generated by the presence of dissimilar metals in an electrolyte such as saliva. Heat will reliably increase the rate of escape of mercury vapor from amalgam fillings. Vapor detectors, held above amalgams, revealed an increase from 3 micrograms to over 500 micrograms ten seconds after a hot drink was swallowed.


"Worldwide there are over 4000 research papers indicating mercury is a highly toxic substance. How can dentists be so thoughtless as to place one of the deadliest toxins in existence *two* inches from our brain?"--Tom Warren


"The mercury uptake from amalgam is the dominating source for inorganic mercury in the central nervous system and is the major source of total mercury uptake in the population."--Maths Berlin, a leading Swedish toxicologist

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Blood-Brain Barrier

The blood-brain barrier is a normal mechanism that is supposed to restrict the entry of substances into the brain. The transfer of substances such as nutrients, waste products, oxygen and carbon dioxide, hormones, and poisons in and out of the cells of the body is accomplished through the smallest of blood vessels, the capillaries. The capillaries of the brain have a special structural design to provide extra protection for the critical brain cells. Unlike capillaries elsewhere in the body, the cells lining the brain capillaries are overlapped and less porous. This special structure prevents many substances from passing into or out of the brain that would easily pass to and from other body cells.


Substances that can dissolve in fats readily penetrate the membranes of cells, as these membranes have large amounts of fat-containing molecules. Elemental mercury vapor and methylmercury are fat-soluble and therefore easily penetrate cell membranes, including those of the placenta and the blood-brain barrier. This barrier does, however, selectively allow passage of certain smaller water-soluble substances necessary to the brain, such as glucose and essential amino acids. Mercury vapor has no electrical charge (non-ionic) and is fat-soluble, which accounts for its extremely potent toxicity in the elemental vapor form. The oxidation of mercury vapor occurs in the blood and in the body cells. Ionic mercury is the harmful form of mercury because it is chemically active and can readily combine with tissues, exerting its toxic influence in that manner.


Elemental mercury vapor, after entering the bloodstream, is oxidized through the mercurous into the mercuric ion. These reactions requires several minutes for completion; because of this delay, elemental mercury stays in the blood long enough to reach all tissues and organs. In its elemental form, mercury easily penetrates the blood-brain barrier and infiltrates nerve cells, where final oxidation proceeds. By easily overcoming the blood-brain and placental barriers, elemental mercury is particularly dangerous during long-term or chronic exposures, representing a potentially serious hazard in many occupations. Once mercury has penetrated the blood-brain barrier, its oxidation to the ionic form is completed. This ionic mercury now has an electrical charge and is no longer fat-soluble. Ionic mercury is very active chemically and readily combines with body substances, thereby exerting its toxic effect.


This ionic mercury can no longer easily penetrate the blood-brain barrier and is very resistant to removal from the brain. Mercury is retained in brain tissue for extremely long periods of time. Autopsy studies have demonstrated a definite correlation between levels of mercury found in the brain and the number and surfaces of dental amalgam fillings present. When mercury ions are absorbed into the bloodstream, even in minute amounts (less than 1.0 parts per million), they are capable of impairing the blood-brain system within 4-6 hours, allowing passage of normally barred plasma solutes into the brain from the blood, that otherwise would be denied entry. Mercury will not only damage the brain but it will also increase exposure of the brain to other harmful substances in the blood. The blood-brain barrier is also an active site for the regulation of the uptake of metabolites from the blood to the nervous system.


The impairment of the blood-brain barrier, together with the possible inhibition of certain associated enzymes by the mercury, is probably responsible for the great reduction of the uptake of amino acids and other metabolites by the nervous system after mercury administration. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins which are the structural materials used to construct the cells of the body, along with physiological materials such as enzymes and hormones. There is no scientific evidence that brain cells can be regenerated. This is why mercury damage to the brain is permanent and irreversible. Since mercury vapor readily traverses the placental membrane, the oxidation of mercury vapor in the fetal blood or at the fetal blood-brain barrier itself no doubt results in damage to the fetal blood-brain barrier. But the damage to the fetal blood-brain barrier may be even more important, preventing the uptake of vital amino acids for the construction of the irreplaceable brain cells.


There is absolutely no doubt that exposure to methylmercury in pregnant women presents a serious threat to the fetus. A number of studies have described the effects on infants of prenatal exposure to methylmercury, while the exposed pregnant mothers exhibited little or no observable signs or symptoms from exposure. The neurological effects on these infants were as severe as cerebral palsy and even death, but less easily recognizable symptoms were more common, such as delayed mental development, delayed speech development, delayed motor development, and learning deficits. The major influence of mercury vapor on the fetus is not the promotion of birth defects; but rather the toxic effect on the body cells, particularly those of the brain. In spite of the wealth of information strongly demonstrating the potential risk of elemental mercury vapor to the unborn child, the scientific community has not yet seen fit to responsibly investigate this awesome question.


"It is sobering to realize that the original "quacks" were dentists who advocated the use of mercury amalgam and that most dentists are still advocating it today."---"The maximum amount of mercury that the Environment Protection Agency allows people to be exposed to is 5,000 times smaller than the permissible amount of lead exposure; in other words the EPA apparently considers mercury to be 5,000 times more toxic than lead."--Marcia Basciano DDS


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Fertility

Mercury has been shown to pass the placental membrane in pregnant women and cause permanent damage to the brain of a developing baby. A special relationship regarding mercury distribution exists between the mother and the fetus. Much higher levels of methylmercury have been reported in cord blood versus that contained in maternal blood. In animal experiments it has also been shown that there is a much higher accumulation of mercury in the fetal brain tissue than in the maternal brain tissue. Mercury exposure leads to hormone and immune disturbances that can reduce fertility. Reduced fertility among dental assistants with occupational exposure to mercury is a common problem. Many of the female fertility cycle events are related to posterior pituitary activity, so amalgam is another factor that can disturb fertility as well as functions unrelated to pregnancy. Estrogen function can also be influenced by amalgam. Blood serum phosphorus is a guideline to endocrine balance. If the phosphorus is below 3.5 mg%, there is an endocrine disturbance, somewhat related to the degree of drop below 3.5. The most effective hormones in balancing the phosphorus level are the sex hormones. All males and all females produce both estrogen and testosterone. The males produce more testosterone and the females more estrogen, but there is a balance between the two in both sexes. Small doses of both hormones are used in both sexes to balance the serum phosphorus.


The menstrual and reproductive cycles are controlled by a very complex feedback mechanism between the ovaries, hypothalamus, and the pituitary. In the case of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), there is a negative feedback relationship with estradiol at all times. When estrogen levels are low, the release of leutinizing hormone (LH) is increased, and when estrogen levels are high, LH is decreased. This ebb and flow controls the hormonal function leading to ovulation and the mid-cycle surge of both LH and FSH and the reduction of LH and FSH at the luteal phase relate to a feedback relationship with progesterone. Progesterone is not secreted by the ovary until just before ovulation. This, in turn, provokes ovulation--progesterone secretion, which undergoes a tremendous increase. The high levels of progesterone and estrogen associated with the luteal phase combine to suppress FSH and LH during the corpus luteum phase. Mercury inhibits release of FSH from the pituitary by damaging membranes of cells in the anterior pituitary.


Chronic inhalation of mercury vapor from amalgam fillings for twenty years or more can result in accumulation of pathologic quantities of mercury in the brain and other critical organs and tissues. Human autopsy studies of accident victims have shown a positive correlation between the numbers of mercury amalgam dental fillings and the concentration of mercury in the brain. The onset of clinically observable signs or symptoms of mercury toxicity may take as long as 20-30 years to appear, depending on a person's biochemical individuality. Lubricated condoms and birth control creams or gels have mercury as the primary spermicide. It is not required that the word mercury appear on the label, as it is assumed that everyone knows mercury is in there. The uterus is a collection center for mercury. Hal Huggins reported that more than 90% of the imbalances, created by sex hormone disturbances were corrected within a few weeks of amalgam removal. His patients noted differences in fertility, less pain during periods, relief from endometriosis, and a trend toward optimization of the days of menstrual flow. PMS is one of the most common symptoms to change after amalgam removal. Amenorrhea, or the complete absence of a menstrual flow, responds to amalgam removal. This is usually in women in their twenties or thirties. Even in women who have gone through a sort of premature menopause in their early forties, the periods may start up again for a couple of years. This has resulted in surprise pregnancies. Women should avoid pregnancy for at least six months after amalgam removal.


The Placenta

The circulatory systems of the mother and fetus are separated by a very thin membrane in the placenta. The purpose of this membrane is to ensure that there is no actual mixing of maternal blood with the fetal blood. This placental membrane was formerly called the placental barrier. Its function was assumed to be one of protecting the fetus from possible damage from any of the potentially toxic drugs or substances that might be present in the mother's blood. The Thalidomide disaster in 1961 demonstrated that the passage of toxic substances from mother to fetus did occur and could result in tragic birth defects and deformities. Mercury reduces the blood's ability to carry oxygen and, although fetal blood flow might be normal, the reduced oxygen content of the blood would parallel the hypoxic condition. Mercury may affect the balance or status of most of the body's essential nutrients. No scientific study has ever addressed the relationship between chronic mercury exposure and placental weight/birth weight. From the time of fertilization until birth, the offspring is dependent upon maternal sources for all nutrition.


There are four major areas that are considered to be critical or determinants in the outcome of fetal development: (1) the mother's nutritional status, (2) the structural and functional quality of the placenta, (3) the genetic makeup of the offspring, and (4) the presence of physical, chemical, or mechanical insults to mother and child during pregnancy. Mercury can also affect the satisfactory outcome of fetal development in all four of these areas.


A possibly contributory factor in cadmium and mercury fetotoxicity may be an effect on the transmembrane transport of nutrients, such as amino acids, across the placenta to the fetus. An inhibition of nutrient transport may cause fetal death, congenital malformations, or growth retardation. The toxic effects of cadmium and mercury may be found in the placenta where presence of these metals prevent the passage of required nutrients to the embryo/fetus. The placental membrane will stop many substances. However, it is made of fat molecules, and mercury vapor and methylmercury, being fat-soluble, will penetrate the membrane. The lack of knowledge concerning the mechanisms of mercury toxicity as they relate to the human reproductive cycle is compounded by the scarcity of scientific studies investigating the effects of mercury vapor. The majority of scientific studies on mercury have dealt with methylmercury or inorganic mercury. Very little attention has been paid to the threat posed by low-level chronic exposures to toxic metals.


A great deal of the available scientific data was derived from observation of acute exposures where a large single injection of the toxic metal being investigated was administered and the results examined. While there is no barrier preventing the transfer of mercury, there is a slight barrier to the transfer of lead, and the greatest barrier is to the transfer of cadmium. Mercury vapor enters the body and its cells far more readily than most other forms of mercury. Researchers have found that the placental transfer of mercury varies with the chemical form of mercury; that is, methylmercury is more readily transferable than mercuric nitrate.


The mercury concentrations in the placenta and the infant's hair are directly related to the infant's body burden of mercury. Total mercury and methylmercury, cadmium, and iron were higher in cord blood than in maternal blood, whereas copper and zinc were lower. Significant positive correlations were observed between maternal and cord blood with regard to total mercury and methylmercury, lead, cadmium, and manganese content. Significant correlations were also observed between many pairs of metals, particularly in the umbilical cord and its blood. These results suggest a more serious and complicated influence of heavy metals on infants than on their mothers. The presence of selenium in the placenta can modify and greatly reduce the transplacental passage of mercury to the embryo/fetus.


Environmental chemicals taken into the body may considerably increase the fetal body burden of mercury and its concentration in certain tissues, like the liver or thyroid, after mercury vapor inhalation. Most scientists and researchers are ignoring elemental mercury vapor in their research and in their recommendations for critical future research areas. These researchers either do not know or have forgotten that, once in the blood, elemental mercury vapor remains in its elemental form for minutes, during which time it can penetrate most tissues easily. It is this capability that permits it to also readily move through the placenta to the embryo or fetus, as does organic mercury. Most of the published research has assumed that the only exposure to elemental mercury vapor is from a minute amount contained in the atmosphere. Most research therefore has only focused on probable exposure from dietary mercury, which is usually in the form of organic methylmercury. A glaring omission has been made by not considering the exposure to elemental mercury vapor from mercury amalgam dental fillings.


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Chronic Fatigue

The formation of hemoglobin can be impaired by the presence of mercury, which shows up as increased amounts of porphyrin, a building block of hemoglobin, in the urine. Porphyrin is a layered molecule with the first layer consisting of eight carboxyl groups. When enzymes cut off the carboxyl fragments, what is left is a core molecule known as heme. Heme has two energy functions involving its attachment to globin to form hemoglobin, used by the body to transport oxygen, and it can also undergo a transformation down a chemical cascade of enzymes called the cytochrome oxidase system in which the molecules of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) are formed in the Kreb's cycle within the mitochondria of the cells. Mercury appears to create interference in porphyrin metabolism; the result being an identifiable increase in the urine of porphyrin breakdown products in lieu of energy forms. In serious chronic fatigue conditions, the excretion is as high as 2100 micrograms.


The levels of hemoglobin in chronic fatigue patients can run below normal. Readings below 12 grams clearly indicate inadequate blood levels of hemoglobin. But, many with chronic fatigue have normal or even high levels of hemoglobin. Often these people are referred to psychiatrists under the assumption that they are suffering from mental/emotional stress disorders. The oxygen binding sites in hemoglobin are a favorite of mercury. When enough mercury combines with the hemoglobin, the body experiences chronic fatigue due to lack of oxygen transport, and may create more red blood cells in compensation. This would show up as normal or high hemoglobin readings. Since the body cannot block the daily mercury doses released from amalgams, it will typically make more red blood cells to compensate for this daily contamination. Physicians can easily make the mistake of thinking that they couldn't possibly be hypoxic or anemic with normal hemoglobin. Once mercury is bound to hemoglobin, it will typically stay there for the lifetime of the red blood cell, which is approximately 120 days. Since one molecule of hemoglobin has four oxygen-binding sites, then one atom of mercury will drop the oxygen-carrying capacity of that hemoglobin molecule by 25% after binding. If two atoms of mercury attach, that hemoglobin molecule will have a 50% reduction of its oxygen-carrying capacity, etc. After amalgam removal, the oxygen saturation in venous blood rises dramatically.

Digestion

Through a process called pleomorphism, similar to metamorphosis in which a worm becomes a butterfly, many bacteria alter themselves in response to their immediate environment and become different bacteria. These changes in body function lead to differences in their personal biological wastes, which is the cause of many problems. As the stomach environment changes with the addition of new and different foods, some bacteria can undergo a pleomorphic change to accommodate the digestive needs of the new food. By the time a child is two years old, and their teeth have erupted, there may be as many as 400 variations of bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract, and the child is ready for the basic challenges of digestion. When mercury enters the digestive tract, it has an effect on the bacteria that reside there. Mercury readily mixes with the foods and is swallowed with it, then contacting the friendly bacteria.


Bacteria and Yeast

When people have mercury amalgams or just has elevated mercury in their body, the friendly bacteria (probiotics) will convert the mercury into methyl mercury, which is at least 100 times more toxic than ordinary mercury. Research shows that oral bacteria, yeast and probiotics all methylate mercury, so you should minimize any contact between the bacteria and your mercury. The methylation of mercury could explain some of the adverse reactions reported by parents and patients who have begun detox with massive doses of probiotics to correct dysbiosis.


Dysbiosis is a pressing problem, but the production of large amounts of methyl mercury is much worse. Methyl mercury exacerbates damage to the nervous system and even further promotes dysbiosis by further compromising the intestinal immune system. One theory holds that the body deliberately builds up the population of candia as a coping strategy to deal with the heavy metal poisoning. The body actually fosters the presence of candida in a heavy metal toxic patient because the cell walls of the candida binds up the mercury and other toxic metals, providing a measure of relief. If the candida cell walls are destroyed, the cell walls release their toxic metals back into the system, causing symptoms. This release of heavy metals is possibly one explantion of Herxheimer's reaction, in which the patient feels more ill, and even more toxic, after the candida is attacked and killed. By using NDF (Nanocolloidal Detox Factors), an oral detox supplement, containing cell wall broken probiotics, the bacteriocins from the probiotics drive pathogenic bacteria and yeast away from their territory without breaking their cell walls. This competitive exclusion effect is safer than breaking the cells of the candida.


Mercury may kill the bacteria, but the ones that are stronger undergo pleomorphic change and become more resistant to mercury. These altered intestinal bacteria almost digest your food properly, but not quite. The resultant almost digested proteins are absorbed into the bloodstream. But, while almost the right shape and form, they do not fool the immune system. The immune system sees these undigested proteins as foreign protein and immediately sets up an antigen/antibody reaction, creating an allergic reaction. This is often how food allergies are created. Mercury can turn every meal into an immune challenge instead of the nutritional boost it is supposed to be. Altered bacteria also encourage the rotting of proteins (called putrefaction). Putrefaction of proteins results in the production of more toxins interfering with the actual absorptive mechanism from the intestinal lining.


As a result of these injuries, the selective absorption of the intestinal tract is impaired, allowing seepage of partially processed foods through the lining into the body itself. The lymphatic drainage system picks these up and places them in the blood. Leaky gut syndrome is one of the labels applied to this situation. There is another connection with root canal filled teeth and digestive problems. The common denominator appears to be toxic immune damage from toxins found in the periodontal ligament surrounding the root canal tooth. These toxins are formed within the root structure of the tooth itself, regardless of what is used to fill the root canal. Once formed, they migrate to the outside of the root, to the interphase between bone and teeth. When one bites down, as during chewing, a few molecules of the toxins are forced up the root surface into the mouth. From the mouth, toxins are mixed with saliva and foods and swallowed into the stomach and intestinal tract. These toxins are unaffected by acids and enzymes in the stomach. There is nothing known in biochemistry or toxicology that is as toxic per volume as root canal generated toxins. It only takes microminute amounts of these acute dentally associated toxins only a minute or two to inactivate many of the body's most critical enzymes. The first layer of cells in the intestine in contact with the food is called the epithelium. These epithelial cells contain glycolytic enzymes that are critical in the production of trypsin, chymotrypsin, and pepsin--digestive enzymes.


As toxins from root canal teeth are released into the saliva, they mix with other components of the saliva, one of which will be mercury if there are any silver mercury amalgam filings in the teeth. In addition to root canal toxins, several other toxic chemicals are produced simultaneously in the periodontal ligament space. Among these are hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan. As this team of chemicals is exposed to mercury, an immediate reaction occurs between them and a new "dual" toxin is formed that can easily enter the epithelial cells of the intestinal tract, inhibiting the production of trypsin, chymotrypsin, and pepsin that are necessary for complete digestion. This leads to chronic constipation, etc. The most significant factor to good digestion is thorough chewing of food, but chewing can trigger the release of these vicious toxins--and if you don't chew your food well, it will ferment and putrefy.


Diarrhea

Another reaction of mercury in the gut can be diarrhea. Diarrhea is an effective response by the body to rid the G.I. tract of harmful or toxic substances that may have been ingested. After an average of eight years from the time the body begins to fight the presence of mercury seriously, there is the onset of an alternating pattern of diarrhea and constipation, eventually settling into chronic constipation. This condition of chronic constipation leads to parasitic infestation, causing the patient to become even sicker. Parasites not only rob these patients of essential nutrients, but they supply their own toxic by-products as well, which takes energy from the immune cells, liver and kidneys.


Leukemia

There is a significant cause and effect relationship between mercury amalgam fillings and the white blood cell count. A normal unchallenged, white cell count will run between five and ten thousand cells per cubic milliliter. Amalgam removal is often followed by drops in the high levels of white blood cells seen in leukemia-diagnosed persons. Even the presence of one or two amalgams would increase the white cell level to 7,000 or 8,000. Some researchers, like Hal Huggins, believe that leukemia might be the result of a valiant attempt on the part of a super-healthy immune system to rid the body of a challenge that the system considers extremely bad. Sometimes, the day after having fillings removed, the white count will drop over 10,000 to a more healthy level.


Diabetes

Mercury bonds to the insulin molecule. Insulin, the molecule of question in diabetes, has three sulfur-binding sites. Should mercury attach to one of these, there will be an interference with normal biological function. In diabetics, the daily requirements for insulin usually drop to less than half of what they had been before dental revision. It's important to monitor blood sugar changes after revision, as insulin overdose can occur.


Alzheimer's Disease
There is conclusive scientific research showing a direct correlation between the numbers and surfaces of amalgam fillings and the mercury content of brain tissue. Autopsy studies show high levels of mercury in the brain tissue of Alzheimer's victims. Chronic inhalation of low-level mercury vapor can inhibit polymerization of brain tubulin essential for formation of microtubules.


Hormones

The affinity of mercury for the pituitary gland was first identified by Stock in 1940. Autopsy studies in 1975 revealed that, contrary to accepted belief that the kidney was the prime accumulator of inorganic mercury, the thyroid and pituitary retain and accumulate more inorganic mercury than the kidneys. It has been well documented that mercury is an endocrine system disrupting chemical in animals and people, disrupting function of the pituitary gland, thyroid gland, enzyme production processes, and many hormonal functions at low levels of exposure.


People with high mercury levels in their bodies have more hormonal disturbances, immune disturbances, recurring fungal infections, hair loss and allergies. Very few periodontists or dentists recognize amalgam mercury as an etiological (causing) factor in the development of periodontal disease. Hormones that are most often affected by mercury are thyroid, insulin, estrogen, testosterone, both anterior and posterior pituitary, and adrenaline. Almost all hormones have binding sights capable of connecting to metabolic cofactors, but mercury can bind here, too. Mercury frequently has a stronger affinity for these binding sites than the normal activators; even though the hormone is present in the bloodstream, it may not be able to act as it is supposed to act.


Mercury (especially mercury vapor or organic mercury) rapidly crosses the blood-brain barrier and is stored preferentially in the pituitary gland, thyroid gland, hypothalamus, and occipital cortex in direct proportion to the number and extent of dental amalgam surfaces. Mercury, through its affects on the endocrine system, is documented to cause other reproductive problems including infertility, low sperm counts, abnormal sperm, endometritis, PMS, adverse effects on reproductive organs, etc. In general, immune activation from toxins such as heavy metals, resulting in cytokine release and abnormalities of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis, can cause changes in the brain, fatigue, and severe psychological symptoms such as depression, profound fatigue, muscular-skeletal pain, sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal and neurological problems as are seen in CFS, fibromyalgia, and autoimmune thyroiditis. Symptoms usually improve significantly after amalgam removal. A direct mechanism involving mercury's inhibition of hormones and cellular enzymatic processes by binding with the hydroxyl radical (SH) in amino acids, appears to be a major part of the connection to allergic/immune reactive/autoimmune conditions such as autism/ADHD, schizophrenia, lupus, scleroderma, eczema, psoriasis and allergies.


Mercury inhibits the activity of dipeptyl peptidase (DPP IV) which is required in the digestion of the milk protein casein as well as xanthine oxidase. Studies involving a large sample of autistic and schizophrenic patients found that over 90% of those tested had high levels of the neurotoxic milk protein beta-casomorphine-7 in their blood and urine and defective enzymatic processes for digesting milk protein. Elimination of milk products from the diet improves the condition. ADHD populations have high levels of mercury and recover after mercury detoxification. As mercury levels are reduced, the protein binding is reduced and improvement in the enzymatic process occurs. Additional cellular level enzymatic effects of mercury binding with proteins include blockage of sulfur oxidation processes, enzymatic processes involving vitamins B6 and B12, effects on cytochrome-C energy processes, along with mercury's adverse effects on mineral levels of calcium, magnesium, zinc, and lithium.


Thyroid

Organic mercury causes severe damage to both the endocrine and neural systems. Studies have documented that mercury causes hypothyroidism, damage of thyroid RNA, autoimmune thyroiditis (inflammation of the thyroid), and impairment of conversion of thyroid T4 hormone to the active T3 form. Large percentages of women have elevated levels of antithyroglobulin (anti-TG) or antithyroid peroxidase antibody (anti-TP). Slight imbalances of thyroid hormones in expectant mothers can cause permanent neuropsychiatric damage in the developing fetus. Hypothyroidism is a well-documented cause of mental retardation. Maternal hypothyroidism appears to play a role in at least 15% of children whose IQs are more than 1 standard deviation below the mean, millions of children. Studies have also established a clear association between the presence of thyroid antibodies and spontaneous abortions. Hypothyroidism is a risk factor in spontaneous abortions and infertility.


In pregnant women who suffer from hypothyroidism, there is a four-times greater risk for miscarriage during the second trimester than in those who don't. Women with untreated thyroid deficiency are four-times more likely to have a child with a developmental disability and lower I.Q. Mercury blocks thyroid hormone production by occupying iodine-binding sites and inhibiting hormone action even when the measured thyroid levels appears to be in the proper range. There are several aspects of iodine deficiency and hypothyroidism-related effects on fetal and perinatal brain development that can be aggravated or otherwise affected by the presence of mercury. Mercury has the ability to reduce cerebellar brain weight through significant reductions in total cell populaton of the cerebellum. Reductions of total body weight at birth are related to maternal exposure to mercury. Lead and mercury also have a direct effect on neuronal development leading to learning deficits. These are the same type of birth defects produced by maternal iodine deficiency and hypothyroidism.


Mercury can have a negative effect on both iodine and thyroid status. A pregnant woman with a mouthful of mercury amalgam fillings has a much greater chance of experiencing some degree of hypothyroidism and/or iodine deficiency during pregnancy than one without amalgam fillings. Both the pituitary and the thyroid display an affinity for accumulating mercury. The enzymatic effects of mercury intoxication can be overcome by the administration of the thyroid hormone thyroxine. Through a feedback loop, the pituitary releases thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), which in effect tells the thyroid how much thyroxine hormone to release into the blood. Mercury first stimulates and then suppresses the thyroid function. Chronic intake of mercury for more than ninety days results in signs of mercury poisoning, together with decreased uptake of iodine and depression of thyroid hormonal secretion.


The thyroid and hypothalamus regulate body temperature and many metabolic processes including enzymatic processes that, when inhibited, result in higher dental decay. Mercury damage thus commonly results in poor body temperature control, in addition to many problems caused by hormonal imbalances such as depression. Such hormonal secretions are affected at levels of mercury exposure much lower than the acute toxicity effects normally tested. Mercury also damages the blood brain barrier and facilitates penetration of the brain by other toxic metals and substances. Hypothyroidism is also a major factor in cardiovascular disease. The thyroid gland has four binding sites for iodine. When mercury attaches to one of these sites, the hormone activity is altered. There is a relationship between thyroid function and the nutritional status of folate, vitamin B12, and methionine. There is also a strong association between lowered zinc intake, lowered basal metabolic rate, lowered thyroid hormones and lowered protein utilization.


Mercury affects the nutritional status of folate, vitamin B12, methionine, and zinc, as well as protein. The thyroid is one of the important glands influencing dental decay. There is a fluid flow from the pulp chamber, through the dentin, through the enamel and into the mouth in people who have no dental decay. Thyroid is part of the endocrine function that controls the direction of this fluid flow. Low thyroid hormone production allows this fluid flow to run in the opposite direction--from the mouth, into the enamel, dentin, and pulp chamber. This fluid brings bacteria and debris from the mouth with it, leading to dental decay. When the teeth are susceptible to decay, the whole body is susceptible to degenerative disease. The thyroid is involved with maintenance of proper body temperature. Most mercury toxic patients have lower than optimum body temperatures.


The most toxic persons may have temperatures as low as 96.2. When the amalgam fillings are removed, there is a trend for the temperature to approach 98.6, sometimes within 24 hours of removing all of the amalgams. The thyroid gland is controlled by the pituitary gland. When the thyroid is influenced by mercury, there is a high incidence of unexplained depression and anxiety. A person may have adequate levels of T3 and T4 hormones, but if the hormones are contaminated, the person is functionally thyroid deficient. Thyroid imbalances cause chronic conditions such as clogged arteries and chronic heart failure. People who test hypothyroid usually have significantly higher homocysteine and cholesterol, which are documented risk factors in heart disease.


Fifty percent of those also had high levels of homocysteine, and 90% were either hyperhomocystemic or hypercholesterolemic. The major regulator of adrenocortical growth and secretion activity is the pituitary hormone ACTH. ACTH attaches to receptors on the surface of the adrenal cortical cell and activates an enzymatic action that ultimately produces cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). cAMP, in turn, serves as a cofactor in activating key enzymes in the adrenal cortex. The adrenal cortex is able to synthesize cholesterol and to also take it up from circulation. All steroid hormones produced by the adrenal glands are derived from cholesterol through a series of enzymatic actions, which are all stimulated initially by ACTH.


Steroid biosynthesis involves the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone, which is then enzymatically transformed into the major biologically active corticosteroids. cAMP is produced from adenosine triphosphate (ATP) by the action of adenylate cyclase. Adenylate cyclase activity in the brain is inhibited by micromolar concentrations of lead, mercury, and cadmium. One of the key biochemical steps in the conversion of adrenal pregnenolone to cortisol and aldosterone involves an enzyme identified as 21-hydroxylase.


Mercury causes a defect in adrenal steroid biosynthesis by inhibiting the activity of 21a-hydroxylase. The consequences of this inhibition include lowered plasma levels of corticosterone and elevated concentrations of progesterone and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). DHEA is an adrenal male hormone. Because patients with 21-hydroxylase deficiencies are incapable of synthesizing cortisol with normal efficiency, there's a compensatory rise in ACTH leading to adrenal hyperplasia and excessive excretion of 17a-hydroxyprogesterone, which, without the enzyme 21-hydroxylase, cannot be converted to cortisol.


The inhibition of the 21-hydroxylase system may be the mechanism behind the mercury-induced adrenal hyperplasia. Adrenal hyperplasia can stress the adrenal glands by their accelerated activity to produce steroids to the point that production begins to diminish and the glands will atrophy. The result is a subnormal production of corticosteroids. Both lead and mercury can precipitate pathophysiological changes along the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal and gonadal axis that may seriously affect reproductive function, organs, and tissues. Leukocyte production, distribution, and function are markedly altered by glucocorticosteroid administration. In Addison's disease (hypofunction of adrenal glands), neutrophilia occurs 4-6 hours after administration of a single dose of hydrocortisone, prednisone, or dexamethasone. Neutrophilia is an increase in the number of neutrophils in the blood. Neutrophils are also called polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs). Mercury not only causes a suppression of adrenocorticosteroids that would normally have stimulated an increase of PMNs, but at the same time also affect the ability of existing PMNs to perform immune function by inhibiting a metabolic reaction that destroys foreign substances.


Posterior Pituitary Gland

The pituitary gland controls many of the body's endocrine system functions and secretes hormones that control most bodily processes, including the immune system and reproductive systems. One study found mercury levels in the pituitary gland ranged from 6.3 to 77 ppb, while another found the mean levels to be 30 ppb, levels found to be neurotoxic (toxic to nerves) and cytotoxic (kills cells). Amalgam fillings, nickel and gold crowns are major factors in reducing pituitary function. The posterior pituitary hormone joins forces with the thyroid in influencing emotions. Posterior pituitary hormone is really two hormones, oxytocin and vasopressin. High blood pressure is related to the function of the posterior pituitary hormone vasopressin. It is a short trip for mercury vapor to leave a filling, and travel into the sinus, and then travel an inch through very porous, spongy tissues to the pituitary gland. Mercury is detected in less than a minute after placing amalgam in teeth of test animals.


Suicide

Part of the reason for depression is related to mercury's effect of reducing the development of posterior pituitary hormone (oxytocin). Low levels of pituitary function are associated with depression and suicidal thoughts, and appear to be a major factor in suicide of teenagers and other vulnerable groups. As a profession, dentists rank highest in suicide. Autopsy studies in Sweden showed that the pituitary glands of dentists hold 800 times more mercury than people who were not in dentistry. Suicidal thoughts are not limited to dental personnel though. Suicide is close to the number-one cause of death in teenagers. Braces increase the electrical and toxic load people are carrying if they have amalgam in their mouths. Amalgam can create suicidal tendencies by itself, but the addition of braces, nickel crowns, or even gold crowns evidently increases the exit rate of mercury, and the glands react--or actually stop reacting. Suicidal tendencies tend to disappear within a few days of supplemental oxytocin extract, along with dental metal removal. Menstrual cycle problems, also normalize and fertility increases and endometriosis symptoms subside.


Frequent Urination

The center that controls the need to get up several times each night to urinate is the posterior pituitary gland. There is a certain amount of solid material that must be disposed of daily in the urine. If the concentration of these solids is high (yield a specific gravity of 1.022 to 1.025) then the proper volume of urine will be excreted in a day. Should the concentration be half that, or yielding a specific gravity of 1.012 for instance, then it will take double the amount of urine to rid yourself of the same amount of solid. In other words, the solids remain the same. If the concentration of the urine is reduced, the total volume of urine is increased substantially. This ability of the kidney is controlled by the posterior pituitary.


Adrenal Glands

Mercury accumulates in the adrenal glands and disrupts adrenal gland function. During stress, the adrenal glands increase in size as a normal reaction in order to produce more steroids (hormones). Both physical and physiological stress will stimulate the adrenal glands. The outer shell of the adrenal gland is called the cortex, and the inner core of the gland is called the medulla. The cortex produces three types of steroids called glucocorticoids. Cortisone is a corticoid essential to life and functions to maintain stress reactions. Mineral corticoids, such as aldosterone, regulate the balance of blood electrolytes and also cause the kidneys to retain sodium and excrete potassium and hydrogen. Mineral corticoids are also involved in gluconeogenesis, which is the process whereby your body converts glycogen to glucose (blood sugar).


Small amounts of corticoid sex hormones, both male and female, are also produced by the adrenal cortex. Two primary nutrients for the adrenal glands are pantothenic acid and vitamin C. A deficiency of pantothenic acid can lead to adrenal exhaustion (chronic fatigue) and ultimately to destruction of the adrenal glands. A deficiency of pantothenic acid also causes a progressive fall in the level of adrenal hormones produced. One of the largest tissue stores of vitamin C is the adrenals; it is exceeded only by the level of vitamin C in the pituitary. Physical and mental stress increase the excretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from the pituitary, which is the hormone that tells the adrenals to increase their activity. The increased adrenal activity, in turn, depletes both vitamin C and pantothenic acid from the glands.


Humans cannot produce vitamin C. They therefor attempt to replenish the needs of the adrenals by taking the vitamin from other storage locations in the body. If your overall ascorbate status is low, there may be an insufficient amount available to satisfy the needs of the adrenals. Under this condition, normal adrenal hormone response may become inadequate, leading to an inadequate immune function. Mercury builds up in the pituitary gland and depletes the adrenals of both pantothenic acid and vitamin C. Stress and the presence of mercury will have a very negative effect on the adrenal production of critical steroids. The ability of the adrenal gland to produce steroids is called steroidogenesis and is dependent upon reactions mediated by the enzyme cytochrome P-450. Cytochrome P-450 reacts with cholesterol to produce pregnenolone, which is then converted to progesterone. Cytochrome P-450 can then convert progesterone to deoxycorticosterone which is then converted to corticosterone or aldosterone by other enzymes in the adrenals. These adrenal functions are also affected by metal ions. Still today, the ADA and other governmental agencies tell us that the mercury in your mouth, or from vaccinations, is perfectly safe. Scientists say this is a ridiculous statement that is in violation of science and common sense.


Diagnosis

The diagnosis of heavy metal toxicity must take into account the exposure history, clinical signs and symptoms, and laboratory tests. While the Centers for Disease Control has steadily dropped the "allowable level" of lead in the blood over the last fifteen years, there remains a problem with using blood levels in the first place. Blood levels may not accurately reflect the total body burden of toxic metals. High blood levels are usually only found in acute toxic metal exposure, or in people exposed to high levels of toxins over a long period of time. In chronic low level exposure, however, the blood levels may actually be low due to redistribution of the toxins throughout the body, while bone and other tissue levels remain high.


Hair analysis is another method of determining toxin exposure that is popular with many clinicians. Hair can be a good indicator of exposure because it grows slowly and incorporates toxic metals into its structure over a long period of time, and therefore may be a better measure of actual tissue levels. There are arguments over the accuracy of hair analysis due to the possibility of contamination from hair dyes, shampoo, and other factors. Nevertheless, hair analysis can be a valuable screening tool if the proper questions are asked and the proper steps are taken prior to its use.


A more accurate method for evaluating toxic metal burden is to do a urine challenge test with a "chelating" agent. Chelating agents bind to heavy metals throughout the body, and then are excreted in the urine, taking the heavy metals with them. In the urine challenge test, a chelating agent is administered and then urine is collected and analyzed to determine the amount and type of toxic metals that are excreted.


A Time For Action

This is not a time for scientific studies and congressional hearings. It is a time for action! Common sense calls for termination of use of amalgam fillings and the removal of thimerosal from vaccines now. The ponderous machinery of Washington has proven itself unequal to the task of protecting our health. The states need to follow the lead of Maine , which requires its dentists to warn patients of the dangers of amalgam fillings. But that limited action is not enough. Amalgam fillings, thimerosal and all other mercury containing substances should be illegal to use on or in people. Dr. Boyd Haley is currently acting as an expert witness in California to help ban thimerosal in that state.


People with autistic children and those with AD patients in their families need to be aware of the cause of these diseases and jointly call for the elimination of use of mercury by dentists and physicians. Perhaps state courts could be induced to grant injunctions against the use of these materials while state legislatures pursue the necessary lawmaking procedures.


"The ADA owes no legal duty of care to protect the public from allegedly dangerous products used by dentists ..Dissemination of information relating to the practice of dentistry does not create a duty of care to protect the public from potential injury."--American Dental Association lawyers.

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My Father and Grandfather were dentists. Through their efforts and thousands of others like them the dental profession has become one of the most respected professions. The ADA accredited dental schools of America do not teach the students the truth. If the Dean Hal Slavkin won't admit the truth when confronted with the pictures, there is not chance in the world that the students will ever even hear about it. None were present at the hearings that I saw. Through the nefarious activities of the ADA and their component societies the mercury cover-up will bring great shame to our noble profession. They lie they cheat they steal the health of vulnerable subsets of the population yet claim in court that they owe no duty of care to the public.


The American Cattle Raisers Association let greed get in the way of good sense. They allowed and lobbied for cattle raisers to continue feeding cows to cows. That action caused one cow in Washington to come down with Mad Cow's Disease and they lost 70 Billion dollars overnight in trade with 17 countries who will no longer buy American beef.


Just as the ADA has been trying to save a sinking ship for way too many years, they too, will someday have to pay the piper. When that day comes the manufacturer of dental amalgam will take the brunt of the blame. Guess who manufactures a mercury silver filling? Is it Johnson and Johnson? Nope. Is it 3M? Nope. They only sell ingredients. Like a cake. They didn't bake the cake and so they are not responsible for how it turns out.


Guess who the cook is in this example? The poor dumb dentist who sleep walks through life will someday wake up to find that their liability is hanging way out and there is no one there to give them any sympathy. They let their association do what should not have been done. They did not protect the public. It is their 70 billion dollars of liability that will be lost in a blink. It is sad but true. The once proud profession of healers has degenerated to lobbyists and liars. Too bad and very sad for us few who remain truthful and ethical to be tarnished by the may who are not.


--The opinions of David Kennedy, DDS


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Mercury Poisoning

What is mercury?

Mercury is a heavy metal. Like most heavy metals, mercury is very poisonous (other metals in this class include arsenic and lead).

Mercury, though, is more dangerous than most because of the fact that it is a liquid at room temperatures, and vaporizes very easily. This means that mercury can be inhaled, pass into the blood stream through the lungs and be transported throughout the whole body. It’s most profound effects, however, are on the central nervous system.

The problem with mercury is that there are so many sources of contamination, and so many ways in which it can get into our bodies. As well as being inhaled from spilled mercury, it is also found in a preservative used to prevent vaccinations from becoming contaminated with bacteria, inhaled and swallowed from vapour released from mercury amalgam fillings in our teeth and eaten in contaminated food (most commonly fish).

The action of common bacteria on metallic mercury can change it into an organic form that is far easier for organisms to absorb, and therefore makes it far more dangerous.

Ever hear the expression “mad as a hatter”? Ever wondered where that came from?

It came from the fact that a large number of people involved in the production of hats made from felted animal hair became afflicted with a range of strange symptoms that included shakes, emotional instability, insomnia, dementia and hallucinations.

It was eventually found out that the cause of this illness was the use of mercuric nitrate that was used to separate the hair from the skin and mat it together. The mercuric nitrate was highly toxic, and it was almost impossible NOT to inhale it while working with it. The Mercury built up in the nervous system and quietly destroyed the brain cells, causing these symptoms.

Mercury comes in different forms. There is metallic mercury and organic mercury. Most of the damage done by the metallic form is due to the fact that it is inhaled and therefore has a direct route (through the lungs and blood stream) into the brain.

Organic mercuries (ethyl-mercury and methyl-mercury) have been altered by the metabolisms of bacteria and are now in a form where the body can absorb them through the digestive tract. This opens the body up to a whole new range of strange and un-explainable symptoms to add to the central nervous system effects.

The symptoms experienced depend on where your own body burden is greatest, how the mercury came into your system and what form of mercury is responsible as well as the amount involved and the length of time you have been exposed to it.

Because of this, I intend to split this project into three separated studies to show how people are effected by exposure to mercury through the food chain, from thimerasol and from mercury amalgam fillings.

It is very difficult to get test for mercury exposure if you go to a regular dr.. The only test that I was offered for mercury will only pick up an acute exposure to mercury within a couple of days of the exposure.

For long term, low level exposure, there is no use whatsoever in doing blood or urine tests, as mercury is retained in the tissues, it does not remain in the blood for long, and any that is excreted is passed within a couple of days.

Testing hair and nail samples is far more likely to show that you have been exposed over a long term.
There is another test that will reveal mercury body burden, but this needs to be administered with the guidance of a professional because timing is crucial.

There are certain substances that are able to bind to the mercury and pull it out of the cells. These are called chelators. To administer one of these, and then test for the presence of mercury will give some idea of how much is tied up in your cells.

Alternative practitioners have a battery of tests at their disposal to enable them to discover mercury poisoning.



This link show a computer generated video of the process by which mercury alters the structure of the brain and, basically, creates the damage so prevalent in alzheimers patients.


http://commons.ucalgary.ca/showcase/curtains.php?src=http://apollo.ucalgary.ca/mercury/movies/Lor2_QTS_300kb_QD.mov&screenwidth=320&screenheight=256


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Wanted to bring this topic up because I feel it it's important and I heard lately from quite a few people suffering and I think MERCURY poison was one of the causes. There is also a strong connection between "implants" and mercury fillings.

Mercury is BAD no doubt! But the good news is that once is replaced, body regenerates fast. With the right detoxing herbs, natural medicines we can get the body back into balance.

Also check out this video abut Information on mercury fillings and the real danger involved.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os_FP21DNi4

and this testimonial from a young lady Suzan who nearly died from her toxicity, and as soon as she had them removed www.el-essawy.com she started to live again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK_dnSxGDY8&feature=related


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