This full-bodied document over 100 pages has launched an alarm clear: mercury from dental fillings exceeds the standard levels of security 0.3 ug/m3 set by the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States (EPA) in 1995 to more than 67 million Americans.
If you take into account the highest security standard of 0.03 mg/m3 provided by the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States in California in 2008, also the current limits would be exceeded over 122 million Americans .
dental fillings by dentists called "amalgam" or "silver" are composed, in fact, mercury by 50%. A statistical Zogby of 2006 indicated that 76% of Americans were unaware that these were made for half your fillings mercury poisoning.
Contrary to what the regulation promulgated in 2009 by the Food and Drug Administration , that exposure to mercury does not pose a risk to dental health IAOMT the report, prepared by the lead researcher G. Mark Richardson, PhD, of the consulting firm SNC-Lavalin and by other authors, concluded that the mercury emitted constantly from these fillings is absorbed and distributed in the body in any tissues and organs, including the brain. Chronic exposure (long term) to elemental mercury can damage the kidneys , can pass the blood brain barrier and may have neurotoxic effects .
Driven by four petitions contrary to the "zero-risk classification, the FDA has established of public hearings for December 14 to 15 to review scientific studies related to health risk caused by these dental fillings, particularly for pregnant women, children and sensitive people. The report
states that "Numerous studies have shown that mercury levels in the blood increase in people with amalgam, including pregnant women." The report of dr. Richardson has investigated how the mercury amalgam in the mouth of the mother to cause harm to the fetus through the umbilical cord blood and through breast milk in infants.
The report is based on review of over 100 published scientific studies. Among these, one just published this month in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease , confirmed that the mercury is a contributory cause of Alzheimer's, a disease with epidemic proportions affecting about 5.3 million Americans.
IAOMT The Report concludes that "it is essential to use the precautionary principle in updating and revision of the bibliography in order to determine exposure levels to protect public health." The use of dental mercury has already been dentist banned in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
In Italy the use of amalgam is banned by a 2001 ministerial decree in pregnant women, children under six years, in people with kidney disease, in patients allergic to amalgam components and it is forbidden to enter of amalgam fillings close other metal inlays.
Currently the EU is reviewing its policy strategy to reduce exposures to mercury. Last June, he was released a report on the policies of individual member countries in this field, which was commissioned consulting firm Bio Intelligence . The report concluded by proposing a ban on amalgam, although with some exceptions.
At the world level, the international community is now working for a global ban on amalgam in the negotiations promoted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to reach a binding treaty on mercury. The next meeting will be in Chiba, near Tokyo, Japan in January.
Francesca Romana Orlando
