Dental amalgam fillings not dangerous
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Tuesday announced the mercury used for tooth fillings is not a significant health risk.
So don’t rip them out.
The FDA says the amount of mercury contained in the fillings isn’t enough to cause harm. Nonetheless, they’ve classified them as a moderate-risk device which requires specific controls and labeling. So now when you buy a mercury-containing filling it’s required to have:
- A warning against the use of dental amalgam in patients with mercury allergy;
- A warning that dental professionals use adequate ventilation when handling dental amalgam;
- A statement discussing the scientific evidence on the benefits and risk of dental amalgam, including the risks of inhaled mercury vapor. The statement will help dentists and patients make informed decisions about the use of dental amalgam.
Read more about fillings here.
Also, the FDA cracked a joke today. It told consumers to not buy supplements that claim to contain steroids or marketed as having “steroid-like substances.”
Just in case you’ve been hiding out in a hole and thought it was ok, the FDA is now telling you it’s not. Again. Not even in supplements.
In all seriousness, there have been companies marketing sauce-like supplements and the agency has apparently sent out a warning letter telling them to quit.
The products listed in the Warning Letter to American Cellular Laboratories Inc., include “TREN-Xtreme,” “MASS Xtreme,” “ESTRO Xtreme,” “AH-89-Xtreme,” “HMG Xtreme,” “MMA-3 Xtreme,” “VNS-9 Xtreme,” and “TT-40-Xtreme,” and are sold on the Internet and in some stores. These products, which claim to contain steroid-like ingredients but in fact contain synthetic steroid substances, are unapproved new drugs because they are not generally recognized as safe and effective. In addition, the products are misbranded because the label is misleading and does not provide adequate directions for use.
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MERCURY FILLINGS ARE POISONOUS!!!!!!! I NEARLY DIED FROM MINE AND HAVE SPOKEN TO MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY REPORTING THE SAME….EVIDENCE OF TOXICITY IS OVERWHELMING AND CAN EVEN BE FOUND IN OUR OWN GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTATION….WHAT’S BEEN CURED IN DECADES PEOPLE???? NOT MUCH. NO CAUSES,NO CURES,NO COINCIDENCE….DRUGS ANYONE???? NORWAY, SWEDEN, AND DENMARK HAVE BANNED MERCURY FILLINGS….AND RECENT NEWS IMPLICATES MERCURY FILLINGS IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE…JUST GOOGLE ‘MERCURY FILLINGS DISEASES’ AND BEWARE OF THE MACHINE OF MISINFORMATION TELLING YOU MERCURY FILLINGS ARE SAFE…SAVE YOURSELVES..THE LABEL OF MERCURY FILLINGS SAYS ‘POISON’ AND HAS A SKULL AND CROSS BONES…DUH
Interesting, i never though amalagam to be a threat. haha. I guess people are always going to find something bad about everything.