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European Commission's Scientific Committee Announces Dental Amalgam as Safe
October 09, 2008
After decades of increasing scientific evidence that amalgam (mercury) dental fillings are highly dangerous, the European Commission (EC) Science Panels overseeing Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks have decided instead that the overall risks for dental amalgam are equal to the risks of using alternative restorative materials and therefore can be deemed safe for patient use.
Luckily, due to a self-educated public, more individuals are choosing composites, glass ionomers cements, and alloys of gold and ceramic for their own health safety as well as for the good of the environment. These individuals realize what government hacks cannot – extremely hazardous and environmentally-dangerous mercury can never be safe to put in one’s body.
Ironically, in 2005, the EC itself had proposed a plan for the community to reduce mercury levels in general and to evaluate dental amalgam regulations. But, after review, they came to the current senseless theory that mercury amalgams are beneficial because they are less expensive and longer-lasting than other dental fillings.
When questioned about the environmental impact of amalgam, another EC panel stated that comparatively, dental amalgam was a small fraction of what was released into our planet and therefore a minor risk. So much for “superior” European wisdom when it comes to health care.
