On 7 January 2003, the Superior Court in San Francisco
approved the warnings on dental amalgam mercury
that are required under California's Proposition 65

"Warning on dental amalgam,
used in many dental fillings,
causes exposure to mercury,
a chemical known to the state of California to cause
birth defects or other reproductive harm."

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Swedish Government report of 2003 states:

"With reference to the fact that mercury is a multipotent toxin
with effects on several levels of the biochemical dynamics of the cell,
amalgam must be considered to be an unsuitable material for dental restoration.
This is especially true since fully adequate and less toxic alternatives are available."

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The danger of mercury from amalgam is well known to the manufacturers of this substance.

Really all one needs to do is to read their Material Safety Data Sheets

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Latest Research Linking Mercury To Autism

B.E. Haley/Medical Veritas 2 (2005)
Mercury toxicity: Genetic susceptibility and synergistic effects
Boyd E. Haley, PhD
Professor and Chair Department of Chemistry University of Kentucky

Abstract
Mercury toxicity and intoxication (poisoning) are realities that every American needs to face. Both the Environmental Protection Agency and National Academy of Science state that between 8 to 10% of American women have mercury levels that would render any child they gave birth to neurological disorders. One of six children in the USA have a neurodevelopmental disorder according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet our dentistry and medicine continue to expose all patients to mercury. This article discusses the obvious sources of mercury exposures that can be easily prevented. It also points out that genetic susceptibility and exposures to other materials that synergistically enhance mercury and ethyl-mercury toxicity need to be evaluated, and that by their existence prevent the actual determination of a "safe level" of mercury exposure for all. The mercury sources we consider are from dentistry and from drugs, mainly vaccines, that, in today's world are not only unnecessary sources, but also sources that are being increasingly recognized as being significantly deleterious to the health of many.

From the Conlusion:

... If certain infants are more susceptible to mercury toxicity due to their inability to excrete mercury then it seems plausible that, since this is a genetic susceptibility, older individuals may suffer from the inability to excrete mercury also. Based on the ability of mercury to mimic many of the biochemical aberrancies found in AD brain and to produce aspects of the pathological diagnostic hallmarks of AD it seems plausible that AD is a disease related to mercury toxicity. The published decrease of mercury in the nail tissue of AD versus normal age-matched individuals seems to support this possibility.
Finally, the synergistic effects of other heavy metals, diet, antibiotics, etc. on mercury toxicity make it impossible to define a "safe level of mercury exposure." Therefore it is imperative that we try to eliminate all exposure to mercury; and removal from dentistry and medicines is most important and critical for human health.

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