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From: darryl@ism780c.UUCP (Darryl Richman)
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Subject: Re: More health hazards to worry about...
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Date: Fri, 1-Aug-86 18:34:28 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  1 18:34:28 1986
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About mercury amalgam fillings...  There was a report in Consumer's Reports
a few months ago.  Apparantly there are a number of unscrupulous dentists
out there trying to get people to replace all of their fillings, which of
course leads to lots of dental work -> lots of dental profit.  CR claimed
that there is no proof that mercury amalgam fillings have any toxicity
for the user, although dentists, whose exposure is quite a bit higher,
must be careful.  BTW, the replacement fillings are not as long lasting
as amalgam, and often need replacing within 5 years.

	    --Darryl Richman, INTERACTIVE Systems Corp.
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	    The views expressed above are my opinions only.