Hello, and welcome to
Health for a Life Time.
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We're glad you've taken
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I think it will
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We're talking
with Dr. Chester Clark.
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He's a dentist and he's
had about 30 years experience
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in dentistry, so he comes
with a wealth of knowledge.
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About 20 years ago he
started noticing a real problem
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and that was the effects
of mercury based fillings.
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You saw this and you
pretty much changed your
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practice after that.
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Yes.
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May of 1985 was when I
made the switch from using
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mercury fillings
to composite fillings.
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And the reason for that
was because you saw a lot of
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problems with mercury.
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Problems that attacked the
central nervous system and get
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into the various tissues
and all these different things.
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At that point I hadn't seen the
problems myself, I had just read
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the research and saw the
Spirit of Prophecy statements
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that correlated with the
research and I was convinced
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that it was not a healthy
thing to put in people's mouths.
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Not one particle of mercury,
if it's there you're still going
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to have symptoms, I think
that's the statement that really
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triggered this journey.
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You know, who would of thought
someone would put mercury
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in the body anyway?
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Where did this all start?
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This idea of mercury fillings?
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Well, it goes back
to the early 1800's.
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Actually it's
fascinating history.
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There was a man in Paris and
another in England that first
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thought of taking shavings
from coins, silver coins,
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and combining it with
mercury and forming a compound.
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They found it would
set up into a solid mass.
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They thought, "That is a
possibility for filling teeth. "
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And of course back
then they didn't have
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too much alternatives.
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The things they had
experimented with was wood,...
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Wood fillings?
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Wood fillings - I don't
know if they carved them to fit
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or what, I don't know.
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Oak or poplar?
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Mixtures with
feathers, all kinds of things,
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they just didn't have anything.
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One thing they experimented with
was pouring molten lead into
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a cavity.
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Now, if I had the choice between
molten lead and amalgam filling,
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I would take
the amalgam any day.
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Or even a feather filling.
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Yes, that's right.
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It would feel a lot lighter.
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So it started back there with
shavings of coins and putting
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it together with mercury?
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Yes.
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Then some French entrepreneurs
by the name of Krakouwr brothers
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in 1833 they brought it to
the United States and made some
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extravagant claims.
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If you've studied any of the
history of this time there was
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no control over
medicine or dentistry.
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Anybody that wanted to
pull teeth or take care of
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people's health could
hang out a shingle and do
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what ever they wanted.
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There was such little bit
of information as to proper
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medical treatment
and health principles.
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These French brothers
called this amalgam material,
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The Royal Mineral Succedaneum.
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That was because it
was supposed to replace
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the royal mineral - gold.
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Oh, wow!
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It was as good as
gold, I suppose is what
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they were saying.
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It's interesting that here from
the very beginning, it was an
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imposture or a masquerader,
something that wasn't maybe...
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Fools gold maybe.
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That's it!
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What happened from the
beginning the medical dentists
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said they would not use it.
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Medical dentists?
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These were physicians who were
treating general health and they
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were also pulling
teeth and doing dentistry.
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The other dentists found
though that it was a good
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boom for business.
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Now the medical
dentists were aware that
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in the late 1700's a disease
process had been observed
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in people working in the hatting
industry making felt hats.
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They were using mercury to make
the felt softer and the people
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that were working there
were breathing these mercury
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fumes all the time and
they developed what was called,
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The Mad Hatters' Disease.
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Mad Hatters' Disease.
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Mad Hatters' Disease
which was a dementia.
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So the medical dentists were
aware that mercury was the cause
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of that and so they were opposed
to using mercury in fillings.
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So there were two
different types of dentists.
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This is interesting.
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Today we don't have that.
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Do we have medical dentists?
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I've never seen that.
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When I go to a barber, he
doesn't take my teeth out.
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Well, I don't think
we can say there's two
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classifications
today, at least legally.
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But, yes, there were medical
dentists and what was then
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called the barber dentist.
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Barber dentist.
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Physicians who also
cared for teeth, and those were
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the medical dentists.
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Those in non-medical trades,
such as barbers, blacksmiths,
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carpenters, or anyone who
thought there might be some
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money in the trade
were the barber dentists.
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So you go to the barber and
you say, "Hey, take out some of
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trim my hair and take out a
few teeth, and maybe give me
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a face lift too. "
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So what happened, the group
of medical dentists that were
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opposed to using mercury, they
formed an organization called
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The Society of Dental Surgeons.
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That was to oppose the crazy
trend of putting mercury in
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people's mouths.
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Oh, so right from the
very beginning 1840's, 1843,
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wasn't that when the
first dental school was formed?
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Right from that very time there
was this war over amalgams?
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Exactly.
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That was considered the first
amalgam war in 1843 when this
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society of dental surgeons,
shortly after forming the first
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dental school, actually banned
officially the use of mercury.
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Of course this wasn't a
legal step because there was no
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legal controls over
dentists or physicians.
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This was called
the first amalgam war.
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First amalgam war... so
there must be some kind of money
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involved in this, I mean, maybe
it's just big business whoever
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perfected the art of putting
mercury together with these
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coin shavings was
making some money, maybe?
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Well, apparently so, because
what happened in the years after
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1843, as the medical dentists
saw more and more their business
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going to the barber dentists,
they decided, "Look I've got
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feed my family, I better start
using these mercury fillings. "
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And so the American Society
of Dental Surgeons began to
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loose their members to
the use of mercury fillings.
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They became barber dentists
instead of the medical dentists.
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Apparently so.
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What happened because of these
economics, in 1856 there were
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insufficient members for a
quorum at the annual meeting
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of the American
Society of Dental Surgeons.
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So they essentially
went out of business.
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I see, so that amalgam war was
won by the amalgams, those that
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are putting mercury in fillings.
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Yes.
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And then there was some
sort of new association formed?
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Yes, that was the beginning of
the American Dental Association.
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Wow, so that's an
interesting piece of history.
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Let me ask you this, you had the
first amalgam war, that you've
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talked about, was
there like a World War II?
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Yes, in fact that
started in 1920 when a professor
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Alfred Stalk of the
Keiser Wilhelm Institute
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in Germany, published
research in leading journals
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of the day, demonstrating
significant, adverse affects
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from mercury fillings.
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The resulting intense
debate among professionals was
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dissipated about 10 years
later as the World War II began.
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Ok, so you have this guy coming
out and saying, "There's a real
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problems here. "
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Did people
receive him very well?
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No, it was similar to the
challenges before apparently.
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He presented some good
information from the research
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that he was able
to do at that time.
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As we saw World War II put it
aside and the interest was lost
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until about 50 years later.
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And it must have been
presumably then World War III?
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Well, yes, I don't know
if there's any starting date
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but I think we were in
the throes of World War III
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concerning amalgam... yes.
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That probably began back in the
1970's with the development of
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modern and accurate instruments
for measuring mercury in the air
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such as the Jerome
Mercury Vapor Analyzer.
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In 1989, however, the United
States Environmental Protection
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Agency classified
mercury amalgam as a hazardous
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substance.
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Ok, so that really brings it
right back to the table again.
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Yes, so that
created quite a stir.
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Then in 1990, 60-Minutes,
a CBS program, aired a
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blistering exposé of the
lack of safety of amalgam.
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This generated quite a
public outcry that led the
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U.S. Food and Drug
Administration to conduct
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a hearing.
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Of course, it took a while to
schedule that hearing and then
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a while to get the report out.
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I still remember when
that report was issued.
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It was so vague that both
sides claimed it as victory
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for their viewpoint.
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Sounds like what
usually happens committees.
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Probably so. -laughter-
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In 1991, Dr. Boyd Haley,
who is chairman of the chemistry
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department at the
University of Kentucky,
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he was doing some NIH funded
study on Alzheimer's disease.
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In the process of his study,
he uncovered impressive evidence
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of mercury amalgam as implicated
as causative factor of
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Alzheimer's disease.
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Actually there were two
elements, mercury and cadmium,
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which is a common
element in cigarette smoke.
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Putting those two together
was related to Alzheimer's?
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or independently they were?
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Well, yes, I think in his
research he found that both
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of them may be factors
in Alzheimer's disease.
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That's fascinating.
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I want to go back to
another thing you said.
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You said that in the late 1980's
the EPA started to put some
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regulations or came up
with some information about that
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Anything else you
can tell us about that?
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Well, there's some other
agencies that have been involved
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in the regulation
of mercury as well.
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One of them, WHO, the
World Health Organization,
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set an exposure
limit for mercury at
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25 mcg per cubit meter, and
this is for an eight hour shift.
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OSHA's limits was 50 mcg
per cubit meter, again during an
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eight hour shift.
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But another
government agency entitled the
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Agency For Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry, ATSDR,
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their limit was
0.02 mcg per cubit meter.
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So in other words, the point
you're making there, is that
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there's a number that have
seen it's a problem and some are
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even more and more stringent
because they see more evidence
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that it's really going to
cause problems in the body.
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Yes, and OSHA is concerned
about people in the work place.
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And EPA, I think
their limit is. 2 mcg.
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The most stringent is this
ATSDR agency that has said. 02.
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What I believe and what some
of this research shows there is
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really no observable effects
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limits... limitation...
no level that is safe.
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So just like that statement
by Ellen White, that not one
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particle should be there.
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That's what they are
beginning to come to.
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That's interesting.
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Well, we're going to come back
to talking a little bit more
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about Dr. Boyd and your going
to show us a fascinating clip,
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I've seen this, that
will kind of underline what
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you've been talking about.
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We've taken a journey looking
at the history of how mercury
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hopefully we're going to find
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maybe how it can get
out of our mouths and
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how we can avoid the dangers.
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Welcome back.
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We've been talking
with Dr. Chester Clark.
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And we've been talking
about mercury fillings.
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About 20 years ago, Dr. Clark
recognized that there could be
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real problems with that.
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Doctor, as we were talking
you went through the history
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of mercury fillings, how they
ended up getting in our mouths,
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how there was a fight over
that from the very beginning
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from the medical community
that was involved in extracting
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teeth back then vs. the
barber association - World War I
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of this whole thing.
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And then World War II and then
World War III, using those terms
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loosely, meaning the discussion
over whether not we should have
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fillings in our mouth or not.
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We're kind of in
the middle of that.
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And you were talking about some
research by a Dr. Boyd that was
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linking either cadmium
or mercury to Alzheimer's.
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I'm sure that got
everyone's attention.
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You're going to show
us a clip about that.
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Set that up a little bit for us.
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Mercury effects brain tissue
and it effects the way neurons
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develop and apparently the
sheath that is formed around
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the dendrites, the actual nerve
structure, is seriously affected
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by the presence of mercury.
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That's what this
video will show us
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better than I can describe it.
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Let's take a look.
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Mercury has long
been known to be a potent
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neuro toxic substance whether
it is inhaled or consumed in the
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diet as a food contaminant.
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Over the past 15 years medical
research laboratories have
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established that dental amalgam
tooth fillings are a major
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contributor to
mercury body burden.
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In 1997 a team of research
scientists demonstrated that
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mercury vapor inhalation by
animals produced a molecular
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lesion in brain protein
metabolism which was similar
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to a lesion seen in 80%
Alzheimer's diseased brains.
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Recently completed
experiments by scientists at the
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University of
Calgary's Faculty of Medicine
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now reveal with direct visual
evidence from brain neuron
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tissue cultures how mercury
ions actually alter the cell
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membranes structure
of developing neurons.
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To better understand mercury's
effect on the brain, let us
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first illustrate what
brain neurons look like
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and how they grow.
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In this animation we see
three brain neurons growing in
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a tissue culture, each with a
central cell body and numerous
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neurite processes.
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At the end of each neurite is
a growth cone where structural
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proteins are assembled
to form the cell membrane.
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Two principle proteins involved
in growth cone function are
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actin, which is responsible for
the pulsating motion seen here,
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and tubulin, a
major structural component
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of the neurite membrane.
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During normal cell growth
tubulin molecules link together
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end to end to form microtubules
which surround neurofibrils,
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another structural protein
component of the neuronal axone.
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Shown here is the neurite of a
live neuron isolated from snail
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brain tissue
displaying linear growth due to
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growth cone activity.
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It is important to note that
the growth cone in all animal
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species, ranging from
snails to humans, have identical
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structural and behavioral
characteristics and use proteins
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of virtually
identical composition.
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In this experiment neurons also
isolated from snail brain tissue
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were grown in culture for
several days, after which very
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low concentrations of mercury
were added to the culture medium
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for 20 minutes.
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Over the next 30 minutes the
neurite membrane underwent rapid
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degeneration leaving behind the
denuded neurofibrils seen here.
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In contrast other heavy metals
added to this same concentration
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such as aluminum, lead, cadmium,
and manganese did not produce
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this effect.
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To understand how mercury
causes this degeneration,
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let us return to
our illustration.
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As mentioned before, tubulin
proteins link together during
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normal cell growth to form the
microtubules which support the
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neurite structure.
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When mercury ions are introduced
into the culture medium
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they infiltrate the cell
and bind themselves to newly
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synthesized tubulin molecules.
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More specifically, the
mercury ions attached themselves
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to the binding site reserved
for quantazine triphosphate,
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or GTP, on the beta
sub unit of the effected
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tubulin molecules.
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Since bound GTP normally
provides the energy which allows
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tubulin molecules to attach
to one another, mercury ions
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bound to these sites
prevent tubulin proteins
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from linking together.
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Consequently, the
neurite's microtubules begin to
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disassemble into free
tubulin molecules leaving the
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neurites stripped of
it's supporting structure.
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Ultimately, both the developing
neurite and its growth cone
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collapse and some denuded
neurofibrils form aggregates or
00:20:09.58\00:20:12.60
tangles as depicted here.
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Wow, that's fascinating.
00:20:16.92\00:20:17.89
So mercury... what
were they dropping into
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that little Petri dish?
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That was elemental
mercury graphically showing the
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insertion of a low
concentration of mercury.
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And that's exactly what can
happen with amalgam fillings?
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Yes, they were simulating the
level of mercury that is found
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in human brain tissue.
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Wow, with this are there any
people that are banning mercury?
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Well, there has been a number of
countries that have done that.
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Sweden was the first to
do so, I think it was 1991.
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Germany has been phasing it out.
00:20:49.44\00:20:51.29
And I believe Norway and a
few other countries have either
00:20:51.32\00:20:54.39
banned or are in
the process of doing so.
00:20:54.42\00:20:56.75
And they are
seeing positive effects?
00:20:56.78\00:20:58.07
Well, yes, Germany has
done a study that showed the
00:20:58.10\00:21:03.58
body burden of mercury in
children has been decreasing
00:21:03.61\00:21:06.70
as there placement of
mercury fillings has decreased.
00:21:06.73\00:21:10.84
What about the United States
where it's usually supposed
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to be seen as the leaders
here but sometimes we're not,
00:21:12.81\00:21:16.02
what are they doing?
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Well, I have some good news.
00:21:17.03\00:21:19.29
At least we have an effort
going on in congress presently.
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A representative, Diane Watson,
a democrat from California
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has a bill
titled HR4011 entitled
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Mercury in Dental Fillings
Disclosure Prohibition Act.
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That we hope will be approved
in the House of Representatives
00:21:39.52\00:21:44.55
and a similar
bill in the Senate.
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And we might follow the
lead of some of these European
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countries in
banning mercury fillings.
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Ok, so if people want to
get involved they can call their
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representative
and say, "Support... "
00:21:57.58\00:21:59.18
...who was this
person that's doing this a
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democrat from California?
00:22:00.95\00:22:02.10
Diane Watson.
00:22:02.13\00:22:03.15
But just a few high lights, and
I would encourage anyone to go
00:22:03.18\00:22:06.41
online, as I did last week, and
actually read the text of this
00:22:06.44\00:22:10.36
bill, it's 5 or 6 pages long.
00:22:10.39\00:22:12.75
I learned some things
from just reading that,
00:22:12.78\00:22:15.52
that I wasn't aware of.
00:22:15.55\00:22:16.80
Just a few high lights that come
from that bill - it states that
00:22:16.83\00:22:21.58
mercury is number three behind
arsenic and lead on the priority
00:22:21.61\00:22:27.24
list of hazardous substances.
00:22:27.27\00:22:29.54
Wow, so it's a big problem.
00:22:29.57\00:22:31.54
The dental industry places
70 million mercury fillings
00:22:31.57\00:22:39.98
each year with 1/2 to
3/4's grams of mercury in
00:22:40.01\00:22:44.64
each filling.
00:22:44.67\00:22:45.86
Now we've talked about limits
of micro grams, of course that's
00:22:45.89\00:22:49.41
the amount that's vaporizing,
but the fillings themselves
00:22:49.44\00:22:53.63
each filling average
has 1/2 to 3/4's of gram
00:22:53.66\00:22:57.55
of mercury to begin with.
00:22:57.58\00:22:59.02
No wonder they're concerned.
00:22:59.05\00:23:00.10
According to the World Health
Organization the estimated,
00:23:00.13\00:23:03.08
average, daily intake
and retention of mercury from
00:23:03.11\00:23:06.76
dental amalgam is
3 to 27 micro grams.
00:23:06.79\00:23:10.75
You remember we just
mentioned earlier the
00:23:10.78\00:23:13.16
Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registration
00:23:13.19\00:23:16.93
has set their limit as .02
micro grams per cubic feet.
00:23:16.96\00:23:27.03
Do they say anything
about children in the bill?
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Yes, they do.
00:23:29.45\00:23:31.45
Let me see if I have
any of that listed here...
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They mention that according
to the EPA, U.S. dentist use
00:23:36.98\00:23:41.95
approximately 34 tons
of mercury every year.
00:23:41.98\00:23:46.12
Wow, that's a lot.
00:23:46.15\00:23:47.12
Another interesting fact
is that the amount of mercury
00:23:47.13\00:23:52.84
used by the dental industry
in 1980 was just 2% of the
00:23:52.87\00:23:57.94
total used in this country.
00:23:57.97\00:23:59.33
In the year 2000 it
had increased to 22%.
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I assume that reflects the fact
that they've taken mercury out
00:24:04.57\00:24:07.78
of thermometers and
other things that would provide
00:24:07.81\00:24:11.75
human exposure.
00:24:11.78\00:24:12.85
It is estimated, though, last
year 2004, that number was 55%
00:24:12.88\00:24:20.06
of the country's consumption
of mercury was used in teeth.
00:24:20.09\00:24:25.95
So you are in the "hot seat"
as a dentist and the others.
00:24:25.98\00:24:29.44
And you're kind of out of
it because you've made that
00:24:29.47\00:24:31.53
discovery a number of years ago.
00:24:31.56\00:24:33.73
So the big thing is don't have
those... if you have any way
00:24:33.76\00:24:39.12
to avoid mercury, do it now.
00:24:39.15\00:24:41.03
If you have had that then...
00:24:41.06\00:24:42.63
What about kids?
00:24:42.66\00:24:44.28
You didn't
answer that - children.
00:24:44.31\00:24:46.00
Any thing they're
coming up with on that?
00:24:46.03\00:24:48.28
Well, I don't see anything in
this HR4011 bill that directly
00:24:48.31\00:24:54.29
relates to children but we
do know that children are more
00:24:54.32\00:24:58.72
susceptible to mercury.
00:24:58.75\00:25:00.39
This bill, if it is passed,
calls for the immediate ban on
00:25:00.42\00:25:11.53
the use of mercury in
children under the age of 18.
00:25:11.56\00:25:14.87
And also in
pregnant and lactating women.
00:25:14.90\00:25:19.25
And a total ban on the use
of mercury by restricting it's
00:25:19.28\00:25:23.16
interstate
transport by January 1, 2009.
00:25:23.19\00:25:28.85
Wow, this is amazing then.
00:25:28.88\00:25:31.01
You would have an antidote
evidence yourself based on the
00:25:31.04\00:25:39.12
some insights in the
Spirit of Prophecy that say,
00:25:39.15\00:25:41.20
take it all out.
00:25:41.23\00:25:42.20
And now you have a bill that
says the best thing to do is
00:25:42.22\00:25:44.90
take everything out.
00:25:44.93\00:25:46.49
Yes, exactly.
00:25:46.52\00:25:48.72
So in your mind, Doctor, I'm
putting you on the "hot seat,"
00:25:48.75\00:25:53.77
Is there irrefutable
evidence, in your mind,
00:25:53.81\00:25:58.27
in what you presented, that
the best thing to do is to get
00:25:58.31\00:26:01.50
rid of these fillings?
00:26:01.53\00:26:02.70
Yes.
00:26:02.73\00:26:04.19
First of all, mercury in all
it's forms is a powerful poison.
00:26:04.22\00:26:07.91
Secondly, mercury is continually
released from amalgam fillings.
00:26:07.94\00:26:12.22
Third, the release of mercury
from amalgam results in a
00:26:12.25\00:26:16.09
cumulative rise of the poison
in body tissues particularly
00:26:16.12\00:26:19.92
the kidneys and the
central nervous system.
00:26:19.96\00:26:22.79
And finally, there is
no established safe level
00:26:22.82\00:26:25.61
of mercury.
00:26:25.65\00:26:26.80
So even though you're giving
us this really strong statement
00:26:26.84\00:26:30.94
would you counsel people to
run out and get them taken out
00:26:30.98\00:26:35.05
right now?
00:26:35.08\00:26:36.05
No, I would
precaution against that.
00:26:36.06\00:26:39.27
They need to learn some
information and perhaps train
00:26:39.31\00:26:43.11
their dentist in proper removal.
00:26:43.15\00:26:45.40
Ok, you know you like to
make a spiritual connection
00:26:45.43\00:26:48.79
as we look at this as
well, because there are great
00:26:48.82\00:26:52.14
spiritual lessons to learn also.
00:26:52.18\00:26:53.94
What's the thought
that you want to share?
00:26:53.98\00:26:56.21
In Ephesians 4:14, 15,
"That we henceforth be no more
00:26:56.25\00:27:00.60
children tossed to and fro,
carried about with every wind
00:27:00.63\00:27:04.94
of doctrine by the sleight
of men, and cunning craftiness,
00:27:04.98\00:27:08.92
whereby they lie in wait to
deceive; But speaking the truth
00:27:08.95\00:27:12.86
in love, may grow up
into him in all things,
00:27:12.89\00:27:15.61
which is the
head, even Christ. "
00:27:15.64\00:27:18.00
As I look at this whole
picture of mercury toxicity,
00:27:18.04\00:27:21.97
it fits this characteristic
of "cunning craftiness. "
00:27:22.00\00:27:25.71
But I want to be one who
can "speak the truth in love,"
00:27:25.75\00:27:29.42
can tell people what I
believe but in a loving way
00:27:29.46\00:27:33.59
and win them to Christ.
00:27:33.63\00:27:36.33
I don't know about you, but
as I've listened to the Doctor
00:27:36.37\00:27:39.34
today, he's given me a lot of
things to think about and also
00:27:39.38\00:27:42.32
some action items, but
also a caution to make sure that
00:27:42.36\00:27:46.44
those that are serving you,
your family, are aware of some
00:27:46.47\00:27:50.52
very important
facts concerning mercury.
00:27:50.55\00:27:52.83
We're glad that you've
joined us and we hope that you
00:27:52.86\00:27:55.58
as a result have
health that lasts a lifetime.
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