This is the famous "White Paper" presented by the FDA dental division staff to the Scientific Advisory Panel in September, 2006, purporting to represent the available scientific literature on mercury exposure from amalgam dental fillings, and which supported the notion of amalgam safety. The panel ultimately voted 13-7 to reject the idea that the literature [...]
In an in-depth review of studies that support the safety of amalgam, some prominent German authors find that they are rife with methodological errors in basic toxicology. Reprinted with publisher's permission. At their request, we furnish a link to the publisher's home page - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/14384639. View Article: Amalgam Studies Disregard Basic Principles
In IAOMT's ongoing examination of the toxicological data on fluoride, the Academy has made several preliminary determinations over the last 18 years, each concluding that fluoride added to the public water supply, or prescribed as controlled-dose supplements, delivers no discernible health benefit, and causes a higher incidence of adverse health effects. View Article: IAOMT Position [...]
In 2006, the Journal of the American Medical Association published two articles that have been widely regarded as proving that amalgam dental fillings are safe for children: Timothy A. Rouen, et. Al., Neurobehavioral effects of dental amalgam in children, JAMA 295(15): 1784-92. 2006. David C. Bellinger, et. al., Neuropsychological and renal effects of dental amalgam [...]
A widely read "quackbuster" blog claims that the "Smoking Teeth" video shows water vapor instead of mercury coming off the amalgam filling. Drs. Vimy, Haley, Eichman, and Kennedy explain why that's all wet! Quackbuster's Analysis of “Smoking Teeth = Poison Gas” Video Fails Scientific Scrutiny M.J. Vimy, DDS, B.E. Haley, PhD, R. Eichman, DDS [...]
FLUORIDE IN DRINKING WATER: A Scientific Review of EPA’s Standards published 2006 A 400 page report that reviews all the knowledge up to that time concerning the effects of fluoride in drinking water on organs, tissues and susceptible human populations. This report predates most of the publications that demonstrate negative effects of ingested fluoride on [...]
Mutter, et. al., have brought the literature citations for amalgam risk assessment up to date as of 2005, in this English translation of a German review paper. View Article: Risk Assessment of Amalgam, 2005
A very accessible introduction to the dangers of mercury written in 2005 by an author who vowed to have her amalgam fillings replaced after researching the subject! "A little mercury is all that humans need to do away with themselves quietly, slowly, and surely." Click to view article.
Despite claims to the contrary by defenders of amalgam, the official position of the World Health Organization remains that of the 1991 conference: dental amalgam is the greatest source of inorganic mercury for the general population, outside of industrial exposures. Attached is a two page report published by the WHO Department of Protection of the [...]
A 2005 review of the scientific evidence demonstrating significant exposure to mercury and resulting physiological harm from dental amalgam. View Article: The Scientific Case Against Mercury Amalgam
