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Regarding Amalgam...

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clintonz@prodigy.net - 23 Dec 2004 15:52 GMT
After reading hundreds of points the following point needs
to be made. Typically an amalgam argument will go like this:
Hg is safe for most people!
Hg is not safe for some people!
Some people really get affected!
Most are affected but it isn't easy to measure!
No one I know seems to be affected at all!

My point is this: Hg exposure is a variable which is
not constant from person to person. Those with the lowest half of
exposure are in a different category than those with top 1%
or .1%  Therefore it would make a lot of sense to preface all
statements with a phrase such as "Those with average levels of
exposure" or "Those with the very highest levels of exposure"

That way everybody is talking about the same thing and the risks
can more clearly be defined. JMO
Roy Brown - 24 Dec 2004 04:53 GMT
You can say the same thing about almost anything.

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| After reading hundreds of points the following point needs
| to be made. Typically an amalgam argument will go like this:
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| That way everybody is talking about the same thing and the risks
| can more clearly be defined. JMO
Jan - 24 Dec 2004 06:56 GMT
>Subject: Re: Regarding Amalgam...
>From: "Roy Brown" roybrown@sympatico.caNADA
>Date: 12/23/2004 8:53 PM Pacific Standard Time
>Message-id: <ihNyd.20153$Z%3.993899@news20.bellglobal.com>
>
>You can say the same thing about almost anything.

>Regarding Amalgam..
ChuckMSRD - 24 Dec 2004 12:19 GMT
>You can say the same thing about almost anything.

I do not accept that thinking at all! "There are toxins everywhere me go and
breathe, so whats da problem with a lil chronic mercury release in the mouth".
That is absurd, but widespread reasoning IMO.

Chuck
clintonz@prodigy.net - 24 Dec 2004 12:49 GMT
That's a perfect example! the same thing about the very lowest exposure
or
the very highest exposure? To pretend that the everyone gets the same
amount of Hg from amalgam is ludicrous. These kinds of broad statements
lose their appeal if preceded by a qualifying statement such as, those
receiving 10-15 ug per day are not at risk, or those receiving over
100ug
per day are not at risk.

However, at the "low end", we know that an average person could receive
1-15 ug from a single amalgam. To put that in perspective 10ug/decliter
of lead is considered hazardous.

Maybe I'll write a computer simulation, that seems to be the best way
to settle arguments lately...
 
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