Fra: Poul Møller
<poulmoeller@mail1.stofanet.dk>
Dato: lør 31 maj 2003 23:07:28 Europe/Copenhagen
Til: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Emne: Paper to FDA on amalgam, (sent in RTF-format to save the bold
letters)
Dockets Management Branch (HFA-305), May 31, 2003.
Food and Drug Administration,
5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061,
Rockville, MD 20852 by e-mail with copy to relevant persons.
Updated version of the peer-reviewed paper sent by post May 23rd, 2003:
Name of Author: Poul Møller, independent retired Chemist, M.Sc
Title: Mercury in Amalgam: The cause of chronic Diseases, Mental
Retardation in the Next Generation and Accelerated Aging.
Journal: Clinical Practice of Alternative Medicine,
Year 2001,
Vol. 2, Number 3
Pages 181-187, 44 references.
THE REAL SCIENTIFIC TRUTH OF AMALGAM, THE BEHAVIOUR OF MERCURY IN THE BODY
CAUSING CHRONIC DISEASES.
A. INTRODUCTION.
Amalgam is the largest non controlled experiment ever, completely out of
step with medical standards. To observe what happens to a cohort of humans, now
close to old age, forced to go through life with implants in their mouths
leaking mercury, Hg, in intolerable amounts with open access to the brain.
Their teeth contain up to 10 grams of Hg, while poisoning requires micrograms,
only. Authorities do not worry about people getting sick, how to help them;
some of their diseases are not even accepted. That experiment must be stopped
and systematic restoration started.
While the results of fighting infectious diseases and of surgery are excellent,
chronic diseases lag in spite of enormous efforts. They accelerate in both the
old (1) and in the young generations, and innovative thinking is urgent. This
paper deals with the problem of amalgam in the correct way, different to that
of the Establishment: To study the impact of amalgams is to study Hg-chemistry.
Logically it starts with the chemical and physical properties of Hg laid down
by Nature, it uses Science of Nature and logical thinking to betray its attacks
and its pathogenesis. It ends with methods of cure. This science is
unchangeable, non disputable, its validity is similar to that of e.g. the law
of gravity. Thus man-made clinical results are wrong, when diverging. It calls
the attention to the fact, that some of the claims of mercury being safe are
based on scientific blunders. Conclusion: The claims of ADA are wrong.
Most of the chemistry of mercury, Hg, has been documented 100 years ago and
needs no further documentation. It includes:
1. Amalgam is claimed a stable alloy. No, it is highly unstable above
the melting point of Hg, –39oC.
2. It is a liquid with a significant vapour pressure. Air saturated with
Hg holds about 50.000 µg/m3 at 37oC, 2.000 - 5.000 times the limit for working
areas. Although the vapour pressure of amalgam is lower and the inhaled air
does not get saturated, vapours from fillings have a terrible impact on a
person, not 5 x 8, but 7 x 24 hours a week, life long from the first filling
until its removal. Hg-vapours in the mouth are easily measured and made
visible.
3. All amalgam constituents corrode when more noble metals as gold,
platinum or palladium are present in the same mouth. The electric element
generated together with the saliva provides for that. The toxicity of more
heavy metals is highly synergistic. Every pipe fitter knows not to mix
different metals to avoid corrosion.
4. All transition metals, able to exist in more valencies, generate a
large number of free radicals, including the most powerful ones, the hydroxyl
radicals. So does Hg.
5. Hg shows an extreme affinity with sulphur containing compounds, most
important are the amino acids cysteine and methionine placed in active centres
of life important compounds and in proteins.
6: Bacteria of the streptococcus family in plaque, i.e. in direct
contact with the fillings, too, and in the GI-tract transform Hg to fat soluble
methyl-Hg, MeHg, considered 100 times more toxic than Hg itself. This process
is common to Nature from algae upwards and the reason, why marine animals are always
contaminated with MeHg, not with elementary Hg.
B. THE BEHAVIOUR OF MERCURY IN THE BODY.
1. The release by vaporization and corrosion takes place from all visible
and invisible surfaces, that are 3 - 5 times larger. There is sufficient room
between the filling and the tooth to allow for the transport. It is increased
by heat, acid liquids and the electric current generated by noble metals. Gold
tendoubles the breakdown. Moreover wear adds heavily: Chewing, chewing gum,
bruxism, tooth brushing, cleaning and polishing.
2. Most Hg is released through the larger invisible surfaces via the
teeth and jawbone directly into the blood. 20% of the vapour is expired, the
rest is swallowed as is the corroded Hg. Metallic Hg is short-lived. It is
either oxidized to Hg++ in blood or changed into MeHg. A minor portion of
Hg-salts remain in the intestines for excretion, the urine carries what has
been able to pass the kidneys. Hg++ attacks in 2 ways:
a. Among the sources of free radicals, heavy metals are the only ones
acting perpetually, and Hg from amalgam is by far the dominating source. It
generates one radical/atom, often the most aggressive and most toxic hydroxyl
type, which splits any substance hit. It recycles all the time: Hg++ --> Hg+
--> Hg++ a.s.o. The effect is increased multiple times and the person gets
“oxidative stress”.
b. It is the metal fixing most avidly to sulphur in the SH-group
of cysteine in DNA and other proteins; they may be deformed and lose their
function. Also in enzymes, glutathione, one of our most potent antioxidants, in
some hormones etc.
Tragedy No. 1: Cysteine is placed just in the active sites of enzymes
etc. controlling our metabolism and all biological reactions in the body. Hg
immobilizes them and their activity gets lost.
c. We have no protection against MeHg. It penetrates cell membranes and
barriers blood/brain, blood/retina, in the placenta and the mammary glands. It
shows many destructive properties, i.a. a strong affinity for brain tissue and
its ability of cell killing should be emphasized.
Tragedy No. 2: The fetus/infant gets MeHg during the pregnancy and the
nursing period and never more. It is the time of the formation of the brain
and, if a girl, of her eggs. Just as bad: Hg in mothers´ blood concentrates in
the umbilical cord and breast milk up to 8 times, as demonstrated by
indisputable radioactive analyses.
The small being gets Hg in proportion to the amount of blood and milk, but the
damage is per unit of brainweight, so development is extremely affected during
the first months of the pregnancy. It is evident that Hg blocking active sites
in the fast cytogenesis of the brain will change or stop the process: The brain
will be more or less incomplete. Ethyl-Hg ex thimerosal in vaccines behaves
likewise. Its relation to autism has been made probable. The reagent contains
50%Hg, the same as amalgam, .
d. The load on the population differs widely and two age groups are
severely hit: The victims of the systematization in the 1930´es to 1960´es -
now old age - got 12-14 fillings on average, in extreme cases 22 with up to 10
- 12 g Hg a few cm. below the brain with open access to it. Do dentists not
learn anatomy? During the 1960´es protection against caries was successful. However,
in the late 1970´es unstable high copper amalgam came into use, and the
advantage of few fillings got lost. This type was preferred due to convenience
and used in children, ”it kills bacteria better”. It was the most fatal and non
controlled decision ever: The girls now transfer methyl-Hg to the brains of
their children and the mental defects in the next generation and their
escalation are explained.
Tragedy No. 3: All of it escalates contemporarily in both ends of the
ages and the damage is going to remain during the new century if not
counteracted now by rational means.
The final pollutants, Hg-cysteine and MeHg are extremely insoluble in our body
liquids and our biological problem is that we have no means to get rid of them.
The half times are very long, in the CNS > 25 years. Such a simple analysis
as determining the rest of Hg in old fillings shows that half of Hg has
disappeared in 10 -15 years, i.e. >1.000 µg/day. 3 grams are still in
depots, i.e. > 100m. Hg-atoms in every single cell on average, mainly in the
brain, the CNS, the pituitary, thyroid, other glands, kidneys, liver, lungs and
heart. The immune system, sex cells, ovaries, testes and retina are also
affected. Such a load suspending the actvity of vital substances controlling
our health may interfere with all processes, and Hg ought to be hypothesis
number one for any non explained disease.
C. WHY DO DENTISTS NOT LEARN THESE BASICS TO KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO WITH?
I.a. because the teachers at the Universities are dentists, chemistry is not in
vogue or its impact is not understood. Why have they forgotten the way of
scientific thinking learned at Grammar school and used in this paper? Why has
dentistry not studied Hg-chemistry before 1000´s of tons were implanted two
inches below the brain with open access through the olfactory bulb. Do dentists
really trust that the mouth is the only spot, where Hg is safe, while it is
supertoxic anywhere else. It speaks for itself.
Dentists are left in the lurch by this lack of education: While e.g. boring out
old fillings, they inhale vapours and dust through the nose, that reach their
brain as demonstrated by prof. Alfred Stock, Germany, in the 1930´es. Dentists
show the highest rate of suicide in this country.
Often dentistry substantiates the safe claim on analyses of blood and urine,
but these media are for transport, the pathogenic Hg has been fixed elsewhere.
Claiming amalgam safe because “Hg-levels are below values causing diseases”,
without considering the depots is a scientific blunder, and dental science
based on it is open to criticism or useless. Analyses of depots, e.g. part of
the brain will not be available until post-mortem, unless biopsies are
possible. Causal clinical trials are limited to the hypotheses
looked for. Is Hg not included, the relationship will never be found. It may be
due to professional policy, ignorance or no research money to this
controversial topic. Such "science" has no sense.
Absence of proof is no proof of absence!
D. GENERATED SYMPTOMS AND DISEASES.
Hg accumulates from the first filling and nervous tissue is the main
target. When hurt some get ill insidiously, some at once. Some mental
symptoms of this origin are well-known to poisoned patients and after
replacement they disappear over the years. An incomplete list is:
Depression anxiety shyness suicidal thoughts headache fatigue
tremor muscle and joint pain nervousness vertigo numbness
tingling of lips and fingers irritability visual disorders lack of
concentration
loss of memory cold extremities. frequent colds -> sinusitis insomnia
loss of appetite -> loss of weight increased blood pressure and cholesterol
heavy menstrual pains
This relationship appears to be unknown. The patients having these chronic
disorders are not hypochondriacs, they are Hg-poisoned. Very often our papers
are dealing with one or the other of these problems and the experts interviewed
have no explanation.
It is remarkable that highly qualified biochemical science has documented
antioxidants to help chronically ill in general. The connection
was confirmed in two JAMA-reviews (2)-(3) and (4). Thus the following diseases
are mostly a consequence of “oxidative stress”:.
senile dementia Parkinson´s and Alzheimer´s dz. MS and ALS,
schizophrenia fibromyalgia epilepsy migraine
tinnitus chronic fatigue atherosclerosis cancer
osteoporosis some rheumatic dz some allergies: asthma and psoriasis
cataract, AMD other age-related eye diseases reduced quality of sperm.
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics due to Hg has been found. Several excellent
investigations indicate a strong relation to Alzheimer´s disease. An aorta from
a by-pass operation had > 3.000 times, and a biopsy of a patient with
idiopatic dilated cardiomyopathy showed 20.000 times the normal Hg-figure (5).
How much is needed for a proof or a simple suspicion?
The mental retardation of many children, reduced IQ, demand for social
assistance and special education, DAMP-children, autism, diabetes-2 at school
age, hyperactivity, violence and criminality.
Dr. Hal Huggins, the US-dentist most experienced in correct amalgam
replacement, reports to have cured i.a. leukemia, epilepsy, fibromyalgia,
hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. Hypertension may appear as a result of
Hg blocking some of the oxygen transport. The body creates more red blood cells
to replace the capacity lost, viscosity increases and so does the pressure
necessary for the circulation;
Summing up the numbers of patients suffering from the diseases above will show
some 20% of the population. 80% seem genetically resistant, i.e. they do not
feel worse, than they think it belongs to life. It is very urgent to find out
why, because the tremendous number of people to be restored requires
priorities. Some ideas of the genetic difference are at hand.
Hg is not claimed the only cause of chronic illness, but the major contributor.
Thus many of these sufferings are man-made and per se superfluous. Our health
depends on the power of attack and defence, and a disease develops depending
just upon which part of the individual defence, that has been overrun.
More than half of the brain weight consists of lipids, many of which highly
unsaturated and therefore specially susceptible to attack by free radicals.
This is in line with the response of neurologic diseases to antioxidants. Add
to this cysteine-destruction, cell killing MeHg. Damage of DNA by
free-radical-splitting and Hg blocking its cysteine may lead to mutations, the
first step on the way to cancer. A review on wildlife also tells of humans:
Cromosome breakage, demyelination, dosedependent reductions in T-cell
proliferation and constriction of the visual field. In mammals it concentrates
selectively in the fetal brain, causes mental defects reduced fertility, fetal
malformation and death (6). Is human Hg-chemistry different? Hardly.
The other amalgam metals, silver, copper and tin, are released due to corrosion
and their chemistry and impact are similar, but less considered. They show
strong synergy. Methyltin comes into existence similarly to MeHg. It is related
to killing agents as TBT in boat paintings and is much more toxic.
Dentistry says: “During 150 years no diseases have been scientifically
documented due to amalgam”. This reasoning is baseless. A mistake is a mistake
irrespective of age. It is correct to say: “For 150 years we have not
understood the problem, but have unintentionally poisoned our patients incl.
children having got Hg from their mothers”. Universities are to blame. It
has lead to an enormous waste of ressources: Wrong treatment and medication,
hospitalization and operations, absence from work, too early ageing and
retirement, misdirected medical research, neglected biochemical science a.s.o.
The study reveals a majority of our most serious and costly health problems: Escalating
amalgam toxicity occupies about half the expenditure of the health and care
sectors. The Laws of Nature cover the whole area. Diseases of chemical
origin are to be cured by removing the source and administering drop of
chelating substances for the Hg++-compounds to be removed from depots,
unfortunately only partly, and suitable sulphur and selenium containing
supplements. So simple and yet a revolution.
About 1960 chemistry showed its relentless power, as thalidomide caused birth
of 10.000 malformed children. The eternal and ubiquitous Laws of Physics and
Chemistry controlling health, now show up again. The target is keeping people
mentally alert and healthy until the end. The biochemists consider this a short
time goal, see fig. Correct, provided the problem of Hg is tackled in the right
way.
The off-hand change to the unstable type was a
turning point. Now the young generation and their children are hit, so the
problem will stay during the whole new century. It is the last minute to turn
around, ban the poison and start the tremendous clean-up. The correct procedure
must be used and learned. Some know how to do.
It will be an unpleasant decision, but the horror of to-day is self-inflicted.
E. THE OFFICIAL DEFENCE FOR AMALGAM IS UNDER PRESSURE. In response to my
questions to the Danish government it admits: “Inorganic Hg is neurotoxic,
organic Hg strongly neurotoxic causing extensive damages to the CNS and
peripheral nerves. But these severe chronic toxicities cannot be compared to
the minimal amounts released from fillings and stored in the organism”.This
reservation is not correct. In 1981 the controlling authority NIOM, Oslo,
Norway, found the new
high copper type to break down 50 times faster, releasing cadmium, too. The
stability of amalgam became a disclosed lie. Since the late 70´s it has been
popular due to convenience. New guidelines in Norway advise against amalgam,
because Hg was found in unwanted places: In the brains of dead people, in the
fetus and in breast milk it correlates with the number of fillings of the
mother. Acceptable composites exist for all teeth and purposes. The Danes say:
There is a demonstrable relation between Hg in the fetus and infant and the
number of fillings of the mother. Prof. Maths Berlin described his conclusions
at the Congressional Hearings on May 8. Recently UNEP expressed very serious
concerns on all uses of Hg including amalgam. In a short time the defence of
amalgam is going to vanish and the authorities border on criminality
when not stopping its use now.
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