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The FDA had also ruled out Hg in amalgam as a cause of neurotoxicity. Then their panel voted 13-7 against the adoption of their own white paper because of the information presented to the experts in Sept 2006 where I was one of the keynote speakers.
The FDA is now being sued for their failure to address the issue, at all. I have often wondered whether there were sinister powers at work, behind the scenes, at FDA to promote the use of Hg in humans; a sort-of Lex Luthor who ran his own sleeper-cell-government department.
The problem is that there can be no human experimentation with Hg to prove it unsafe. In Europe, the manufacturers must prove their materials safe, rather than the system in the US where the government must prove it unsafe. Remember, the Vimy study was undertaken to disprove the teachings of Huggins. Much to Maury’s (a wet-fingered dentist like you and I) surprise, the radioisotope of mercury was dispersed throughout the sheep’s (and later the primates’) bodies and crossed the placenta in a >2x concentration.
As I have said to my patients back in the early 90’s; and as stated by the authorities in Sweden when questioned about why they banned amalgam; and as I will say to the parents of my grandchildren: “I prefer to err on the side of caution.”
Steve Markus
The Centre for Dentistry at Haddon
209 White Horse Pike
Haddon Heights, NJ 08035
856 546 0665
www.cent4dent.com
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From: Bill Osmunson DDS MPH
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Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 10:53 PM
Subject: Re: [ACEsthetics] Re: vaccines and autism
Michael,
Do you have a source for some of those studies which have ruled out mercury as a contributing factor for autism?
As each vaccine was accepted by the FDA, I heard no one at the FDA was considering the total dosage of chemicals from the vaccines.
Total exposure is a serious concern for many chemicals. Few are looking at that aspect.
Bill
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From: MJHDDS@aol.com
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Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 7:06 PM
Subject: [ACEsthetics] Re: vaccines and autism
Mercury has been ruled out by several studies as a trigger for autism. They are looking at the vaccines, themselves, as the trigger. There is something in the genetic make-up of these kids that may allow a trigger to cause a change. There is still much to learn and there is definitely a multitude of differences in each case.
Michael Hoffmann