Originally Posted by popo

innovis: similar idea. There's simply no evidence to substantiate this claim even thoughit's been studied for decades. Amalgam fillings do contain mercury until it's placed in your mouth. Once it is mixed in that mixing machine the mercury reacts with the other substances to form different compounds (too lazy to look it up again) from which mercury cannot be isolated. It's like trying to extract sugar from a cake you just baked. Mercury does not get intruduced into your body as the filling breaks down.