An OLD Debate Has New Data...and CLAWS:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080604/...talfillings_dc

"Charles Brown, a lawyer for one of the groups called Consumers for Dental Choice, said the agency's move represented an about-face. "Gone, gone, gone are all of FDA's claims that no science exists that amalgam is unsafe," he said in a statement."

I wonder when the FDA will finally admit that shooting yourself could prove harmful to your health...

Who would have guessed that amalgam fillings were 50% mercury, and not the 20% reported earlier by the FDA (1989).

The FDA is comprised of scumbags, baught and sold like cheap _____.

Hi Vic~ Yrs ago when I worked in a dental office, I had my silver amalgams replaced by composites. I have always wondered about the exact contect of those types of fillings. One just never knows.

WAIT!!!! Like cheap what???? Please, please tell me! Cheap what????

My dentist replaces them with composite as they age. I have a mouthful of amalgam.

I don't worry about amalgum fillings anymore. My choppers don't gots none..

WOW. 50% mercury? Yikes. I had a slew of amalgam fillings when I was a kid. Wonder if that caused the holes in my brain. I just had the last one taking out 3 weeks ago. Bye bye..... I hate it when the FDA feeds you B.S.

I just had two replaced and need a few more done. I didn't know 50%!!!!! Guess I'll get them replaced a bit faster!!

Does anyone else remember actually playing with a ball of Mercury, as a Kid? I do!!!

And all the lead paint on our cribs and toys..

This infuriates me on so many levels.

the pd forum has been talking about this for years. some of the members have had their fillings removed.

you have to be very careful. only let experinced dentists do it. you don't want any of the filling being grinded and then breathe it in.