Here we go again! I remember this discussion arising years ago, and of course it is expected to return periodically as do so many so called 'Health Alerts'. I would suggest you look up the archived posts on the subject. I have been here and would consider it a waste of my time to re-hash it. But please, do enjoy what you find. One simple way to prove the case one way or the other is simply to assess the variability in the making of silver amalgams, and then to determine quantitatively if indeed there is vaporization of mercury from silver amalgams. Modern techniques of chemical analysis can measure the presence of mercury down to parts per billion without much difficulty. If that can be proven that it does occur, then devise an experiment that will measure the rate of this occurrence. If that can be done, the next step is to attempt to correlate any presence of mercury with toxicity. Good luck; Michel 'Carpe Diem' ----- Original Message ----- From: "ervinmccarthy" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 5:53 PM Subject: Fw: Very interesting . . . > [log in to unmask] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [log in to unmask] > To: [log in to unmask] ; [log in to unmask] > Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 1:04 PM > Subject: Very interesting . . . > > Are "Silver" Dental Fillings Safe? > > By Francesca Lyman ETC., ETC., ETC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn