Stefan, My pleasure, I realize that newsletter is geared towards the USA consumer, so I hope you can find something similar where you are. > Roberta: > >I believe many of our chronic incurable diseases (lupus, MS) will > >eventually be linked to mercury and other poisons Stefan Joest wrote: > Me too. But dentists seem to like to sweep the issue under the rug. > Thank you for your excellent long post about the amalgam issue. I didn't see anything for other countries' dental issues and don't know if there are consumer advocate groups elsewhere. In California larger numbers of dentists are "waking up" to this need for non-toxic dentistry, but it is still a slow battle. People have to keep insisting on the non-toxic care they deserve, and then things will eventually change. Personally I'll have only gold in my mouth if possible since, from everything I have read, it really is inert. I haven't had a new cavity or dental work/problems (other than replacing that amalgam previously discussed) in about 25 years. Staying on a natural & raw foods diet also means I'll probably continue to have no tooth decay (i hope...), which is what my dentist says is the reason dentists won't/cannot use gold as fillings, because chances of further decay are so high with a gold-filled tooth for the average person. I mean, that is a tooth that had a "soft" spot, the enamel decayed probably partly due to their high sugar eating, and you put in gold and the continued sugar eating feeds the conditions which creates further decay. So to share their side of the story, they have a real issue there, because if they use gold, and there is further decay in a year, they have a liability issue for not doing the standard thing - and they are in a lose-lose situation. I guess the composite-synthetic materials are the best for those average people, but I don't feel comfortable having synthetic anything inserted into MY body. While no one will ever know for sure, I've read that prior to the introduction of the occidental-european immigrant's food which included sugar, refined grains and processed foods into the USA, the native population here never experienced tooth pain, and it was a new horrible problem for them. I can easily believe that. regards, r -- [log in to unmask]