“All truth passes through three stages: first it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third it is accepted as self-evident.” – Arthur Schopenhauer, 19^th Century Philosopher.

In the same fashion that the surgeon general has warned us about harmful effects of smoking cigarettes, the discovery of amalgam, a mixed compound often used  for fillings in dentistry, may be more hazardous to our health than we could have imagined. The “silver” being used to reconstruct our teeth after removing cavities is actually made of silver, copper, tin and zinc offset by almost the same weight in liquid mercury. The practise of using this material has been in effect for over 160 years and was favored for its long-lasting and inexpensive qualities. However, a person’s general well- being is priceless, yet comprised by the presence of such toxicity. Research shows that possible symptoms of mercury-poisoning may include concentration problems, sleep disturbances, lack of initiative, poor memory recall, headaches, restlessness, numbness or pain in the arms and legs, bleeding gums, burning tongue or a metallic taste, lowered immune system, impaired kidney function and could potentially contribute to such ailments as Alzheimer’s Disease, Hodgkin’s disease, heart attacks, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, cancer and MS. It’s even been proven that mercury can be transferred through breast milk and affect children with some form of brain damage. How could an all-inclusive list of problems like this remain unnoticed for so long? Is somebody in denial, or is this a conspiracy to slowly kill us all? Anyway, you can get amalgam fillings removed and replaced with metal-free, plastic composite, but studies state it will take at least six months before mercury toxicity is diluted enough to see dramatic, positive results.