Mercury Amalgam is Driving Up Healthcare Costs
by John P. ThomasHealth Impact News
The silvery-gray dental fillings called amalgam are a toxic trigger for rising healthcare costs. Amalgam dental fillings are approximately 50% mercury by weight. They have been commonly used since the 1850s, and have been declared safe by the American Dental Association without proper testing.
They are being implanted in the mouths of millions of people worldwide every year even though the mercury in these fillings is the most toxic non-radioactive substance on the Earth. The US government refuses to require mercury amalgam be tested for safety despite the mountain of evidence proving that great harm to human health and the environment is produced by the use of this product.
In a previous article, I discussed the health dangers of mercury amalgam, and the safe methods for removing it from the mouth. The lives of thousands of people have been saved by having mercury amalgam properly removed from their teeth. Children have been spared exposure to mercury poisoning when their mothers had mercury amalgam removed prior to pregnancy and nursing. Children are given an advantage in life when parents prevent dentists from giving their children mercury amalgam fillings.
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The Origin of Your Health Problems may Actually be in Your Mouth
In this article, I will discuss the true cost of using mercury amalgam fillings. Amalgam is driving up the cost of healthcare, because it is making us sick. People are becoming sicker earlier in life and are living with greater levels of chronic illness, because of mercury poisoning. I will refute the claims that mercury amalgam is more durable and provides cost savings when compared to white composite fillings. Finally, I will also look at another source of chronic illness that has its origin in the mouth – namely, root canals. Dead teeth that have been preserved in the mouth through root canal treatment are a constant source of bacterial infection and toxins, which weaken the immune system and also cause life-threatening disease.
Mercury from Dental Fillings is a Worldwide Environmental Concern
In 1991, the World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged that the predominant source of human exposure to mercury is from dental fillings. [1]On the basis of environmental contamination alone, mercury amalgam fillings should be banned worldwide, but the proponents of amalgam fillings strenuously object! Their objections are simple. First they say that amalgam fillings are safe. The facts that refute this belief were stated in the previous article. They also assert that amalgam fillings are the most cost-effective method for restoring teeth that have begun to decay. They say the fillings are much less expensive and last longer than the alternative white composite fillings.
Are the claims of cost savings and additional durability true? Let’s take a closer look at the facts. Let’s also take a look at the political protection that is being given to mercury amalgam to insure that trade associations and corporations continue to receive their income stream without the threat of product liability lawsuits.
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