JUNE 19, 2014 BY WESTON A PRICE FOUNDATION The FDA has long denied any harm from amalgam (mercurybased) dental fillings but a new study cites FDA data to demonstrate the fact that dental amalgam may indeed cause mercury poisoning in genetically susceptible children. The finding arises from a reanalysis of a key clinical trial cited […]

Robert Lowes July 29, 2015 In January 2012, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) appeared ready to prohibit the use of mercury-based dental fillings, or dental amalgam, in pregnant women, nursing mothers, children aged less than 6 years, and other groups considered sensitive to the metal’s neurotoxic vapors. The agency also was ready to […]

BMC Oral Health Dental Amalgam and Urinary Mercury Concentrations A Descriptive Study Alexandra Nicolae, Harry Ames, Carlos Quiñonez Disclosures BMC Oral Health. 2013;13(44) Abstract Background: Dental amalgam is a source of elemental and inorganic mercury. The safety of dental amalgam in individuals remains a controversial issue. Urinary mercury concentrations are used to assess chronic exposure […]