Summary-line: 28-Feb              nick@icad.COM  #immune: whiteboard markers
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Date: Thu, 28 Feb 91 17:41:16 -0500
From: nick@icad.COM (Nick Caruso)
To: cnorman@ucsd.edu
In-Reply-To: <9102262214.AA07693@weber.ucsd.edu> "cnorman@UCSD.EDU"
Subject: immune: whiteboard markers


>    Date: Tue, 26 Feb 91 14:14:53 pst
>    From: cnorman@UCSD.EDU (Cynthia Norman)
>    Reply-To: cnorman@ucsd.edu
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>    From: 880039a@aucs.acadiau.ca (Katherine Astels)
>    Subject: Re: immune: whiteboard markers
>    To: cnorman@weber.ucsd.edu (Cindi Norman)
>
>    >Just for kicks, here's the list:
>
>    >benzene; cadmium and its compounds; carbon tetrachloride; chloroform;
>    >chromium and its compounds; cyanides; dichloromethane; lead and its
>    >compounds; mercury and its compounds; methyl ethyl ketone; methyl
>    >isobutyl ketone; nickel and its compounds; tetrachloroethylene;
>    >toluene; 1,1,1-trichloroethane; trichloroethylene; and the xylenes.
>
>    Interesting list!
>
>    Has anyone had any experience having mercury fillings replaced and
>    CFS symptoms lessoned?  I noticed mercury is fairly high on the
>    list.

The amount of mercury released over the lifetime of a filling is tiny
compared to the huge dose you would get having them all drilled out.
(presuming you have a lot of fillings, as I do)

The alternative materials (excepting gold, which is *expensive*) have
nasty organic chemicals in them, which are probably worse for you than
the small amounts of mercury released during chewing.

They also don't last very long.  (again excepting gold)

If you want to get rid of your mercury fillings, have them replaced as
they wear out over time, and have them replaced with gold.


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