AI Mark questions why mercury-based dental fillings are regulated as toxic waste when disposed of but still placed in mouths. Mercury levels in patients with these fillings drop after removal, yet dentistry continues using them despite liability concerns.
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You know, the thing is, people say, oh, you got these silver fillings, or no problem. The dentists say they're great. But, you know, you and I both know that when we've seen these patients, they do have high levels of inorganic mercury. You can look at their tests, and it does affect their health. And you remove the fillings and the mercury levels come way down. I've seen this over and over again, and then patients feel better. Now, this is not well accepted as a thing in dentistry, except if you look at what most dentists do now, they moved all away from these, quote, silver fillings, which are mostly mercury. Yeah. Without saying they're bad. It's like, well, they're not bad, but we don't do it anymore.
It's too much of a liability. It's a can of worms.
So, so, so basically, this is if they were to admit that there's a.
Problem, because once.
You remove mercury from.
The tooth, it now becomes a toxic waste product and it's fully regulated. Fully regulated?
Yeah. That's interesting. So ask your dentist.
It's fine in your mouth, but remove it now, it's a toxic.
Toxic product. Yeah, that's. Ask your dentist, if mercury is so safe, then why can't you throw it in the garbage? And why do you dispose of it by the regulations set forth by the EPA as a toxic waste? I always thought that's an interesting point. You know, if you can't answer that, then you shouldn't be putting it in your mouth.
