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Posted Sun Jun 8 2008: from Detroit Free Press:
Mercury fillings are now said to pose risk for some http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1212932956
 After years of asserting that mercury in fillings was safe, the Food and Drug Administration now says it may be harmful to pregnant women, children, fetuses and people who are sensitive to mercury exposure.... The American Dental Association said the settlement "in no way changes the federal agency's approach to or position on dental amalgam." Amalgam is "a safe, affordable and durable material that has been used in the teeth of more than 100 million Americans," the ADA said in a statement.
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Maybe they should just simplify that list to "anyone with teeth."

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