Do You Know What's In That "Silver Filling" from your Dentist?

The following is taken from a blog written by Alex Shvartsman, DDS, ND among other degrees.  I highly respect him and the type of dentistry he practices.  Many in this country do not understand the possible health affects that their amalgam fillings can cause.

The Minamata Convention on Mercury was held in Geneva Switzerland on January 10, 2013. The purpose of the multi-country treaty is to protect human health and the environment from the toxic effects of mercury.
In addition to agreeing on a ban on new mercury mines, the phasing-out of existing ones, control measures on air emissions, and the international regulation of the informal sector for artisanal and small-scale gold mining, the multi-country committee agreed on a global “phasing down” of amalgam filling use.

Public awareness on toxicity of mercury is surprisingly low.

A new Zogby poll shows that nearly 60% of Americans do not know that the major component of dental amalgam fillings is mercury – considered by toxicologists to be the most toxic non-radioactive element on earth. Mercury is a neurotoxin, a reproductive toxin, and a pollutant.  This number is not surprising because only 11% of Americans are told by their dentists that amalgam contains mercury and fully 23% do not know that there is mecury in “silver fillings."
What does our government say about dental amalgam mercury? It turns out that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)– allows dental industry to hide from consumers the fact that amalgam is 55% mercury. The FDA endorses the deceptive term “silver fillings” to describe this mercury product. In addition, the FDA promotes more amalgam use – not less, especially in the poor population. Furthermore, The FDA took down their original warning that mercury fillings should not be used in children and pergnant or nursing mothers.

The FDA is not keeping its promise.

While the U.S. government signed the Minamata Convention on Mercury – thereby pledging to scale down amalgam use, the FDA’s pro-dental amalgam position hinders the phasing out of dental mercury fillings.
It is up to the public to put pressure on the federal government to stay true to their pledge to the world, to eliminate mercury fillings.

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