History of Mercury

• 16th century- miners working in mercury mines in Austria and Spain die prematurely due to neurological
  problems, 
• 1685 France mercury used in felt manufacturing mad hatters disease occurs. 
• 1713 chemical factory, manufacturing mercury chloride caused increase in death rate in local town. 
• 1800 French scientist use mercury as antiseptic, which continued until 1984 Merthiolate. 
• 1900's thousands die from eating grain and fish impregnated with mercury in Minamata Bay, Japan: Northern Iraq, Guatemala, Ghana, and Almagorda. 

History of mercury in Dentistry

• 1826 M. Taveau of Paris uses a silver-mercury paste as a dental filling paste. 
• 1833 Crawcour brothers start dental practice in N.Y. city 
• 1855 Amalgam war between dentist resulted in dissolution of the original American Society of Dental Surgeons and the formation of the present day A.D.A. endorsing the use of amalgams, for which they hold many patents. 
• 1926 Dr. Stock showed the source of mercury vapor in mouth and the primary cause of mercury poison. 

See Bibliography for many recent published research studies. 

Amalgam Silver-mercury fillings 

The Scientific Facts:

German Swedish and American autopsy investigations found that human brain and kidney tissues from individuals who had mercury fillings contained significantly higher mercury levels than tissue samples from individuals who had no mercury fillings! Further more, the concentration of brain mercury in the subject with dental mercury fillings correlated with the number of mercury fillings present. 

Mercury coming from dental fillings can be found in all tissues, after only 30 days of chewing. It is now scientifically established that your dental mercury fillings constitute your largest single source of inorganic mercury exposure, larger than all other environmental sources combined including air, water and food. The average daily absorbed doses from fillings is approximately 12 micrograms.