Risk estimation of mercury intake from different sources.

Author: Schweinsberg F.

Source: Toxicol Lett.

Year: 1994

Comment:

This study suggests there are no health risks from mercury fillings.  It does, however, demonstrate that dental amalgam creates a mercury body burden.

Abstract / Excerpt:

“Biological monitoring of mercury (Hg) in blood, urine and hair was performed in volunteers with amalgam fillings, in subjects who consumed fish and in Hg-exposed workers. It was found that both amalgam fillings and the consumption of fish burden the organism with Hg in the same order of magnitude. The Hg concentrations in urine in the occupationally exposed group were higher by a factor of about 100 compared to the group with amalgam fillings. No pathological changes were found in the exposed workers. It seems safe to conclude that no health-related problems from Hg are to be expected from amalgam fillings.”

Citation:

Schweinsberg F. Risk estimation of mercury intake from different sources. Toxicol Lett. 1994; 72(1-3):345-51.