title: Are mercury amalgam fillings safe for children? An evaluation of recent research results.
abstract: Two recent clinical trials on the safety of amalgam fillings in children found no evidence of harmful effects from mercury-containing dental fillings after following children for 5-7 years. This review suggests the studies' results are limited by (1) sample sizes that were too small to allow detection of genetic variations in mercury toxicity at a rate of 1 in 100 or lower, (2) a lack of control for other sources of mercury, and (3) a population that may have been skewed by excluding children with autism during a time when autism was escalating due, in part, to increased frequency of thimerosal-containing vaccine use.
authors.affiliation: EcoNugenics Inc, Santa Rosa, California, USA.
authors.forename: Dorena
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rode
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003723:Dental Amalgam / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000633:toxicity; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008628:Mercury / Q000633:toxicity; D008630:Mercury Poisoning / Q000150:complications*; D012107:Research Design; D012449:Safety; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D003723:Dental Amalgam; D008628:Mercury