Rebecca’s Story – Mercury, Babies, and Suffering
Filed Under: Health Issues, NaturalNews.com on June 22, 2010
Aaron Note: Received via comments here on Aaron’s EnvironMental Corner:
Hi Aaron,
This is a comment I printed for your article on the “Natural News” website on mercury:-
During the 1970’s I worked in a dental surgery mixing amalgam fillings on a daily basis and throughout my pregnancy, exposed continually to mercury vapour. My daughter was diagnosed with a neurological condition and scoliosis. I am convinced this was the result of her chronic exposure to mercury in my womb.
Mercury is the third most toxic substance on the planet and we are still putting it in people’s mouths – yet the only place dental amalgam is not regarded as toxic waste is in a living mouth!
Despite claims that amalgam fillings are safe, once solidified, the fillings have been proven to discharge mercury vapour when chewing food, consuming hot drinks or cleaning our teeth.
We get a constant low dose of mercury from amalgam fillings and we are all genetically different – some of us have very efficient detoxification systems and can excrete the mercury from our bodies and others have not.
The latest report from the EC says “the largest source of mercury exposure for most people in developed countries is inhalation of mercury vapour from dental amalgam.”
Children, especially the foetus, are particularly vulnerable to the ‘cumulative’ effect of mercury and research studies have shown a significant correlation between maternal mercury-blood levels and mercury-blood levels in the newborn infant. Mercury is transferred to the child via the placenta and breast feeding.
My advice to anyone considering amalgam removal is to find a reputable mercury free dentist who will use the correct protocols for removing amalgam fillings. This is extremely important!!
- Rubber dam
- Separate air supply and proper ventilation
- Special drills which cut through amalgam quickly
- High volume suction
I am currently involved with medical research and run two websites – both dealing with the effect of mercury on health.
Rebecca Dutton
http://www.mercurymadness.org
http://www.understandingscoliosis.org
