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I've long wondered what happens to the mercury in amalgam fillings. I guess I'll have to have a look at this.
by pasbesoin 9y ago
I've long wondered what happens to the mercury in amalgam fillings. I guess I'll have to have a look at this.
- saagarjha 9y agoWell, it’s bound to silver in the amalgam so I’d assume it’d stay together…
- pasbesoin 9y agoAt those temperatures?
- SpikeDad 9y agoMaybe they pull the teeth beforehand? I don't really know.
- pmyteh 9y agoIt is released into the atmosphere, and is a very significant source of environmental mercury pollution. More recent crematoria have scrubbers to specifically remove it from the flue stream.
- pasbesoin 9y agoI couldn't imagine what else would happen, nor that it's being removed beforehand. At least they're starting to scrub it. I also wonder about it with respect to burial. There are arguments about just how inert/stable it is, in one's mouth. Fill a field with small deposits that will reside for decades if not centuries... Long term problem. But, like other metal toxins, one that doesn't simply decay and go away.