Mercury – contributing to health issues such as bipolar diagnosis?

Originally posted on Rethinking Bipolar: Eating balanced meals and so minimizing snacks is not only good for mood and staying physically well, it is also better for our teeth. As chemistry students in the 1970’s we were encouraged to dip a finger in a beaker of pure mercury to see what it felt like. It felt strange! This was a one-off for everyone in our class. Teachers knew mercury was toxic but felt it worth letting students come into direct contact with pure mercury just for a few seconds, for an experience that could be remembered for life. Also in the 1970’s, consumption of snack-food, especially sugary sweets and potato crisps that would stick in the teeth, was on the increase. Dentistry then seemed to be almost entirely about filling teeth with mercury amalgam. I believe everyone in our class had at least one mercury amalgam tooth filling long before leaving school and a lot… View original 249 more wordsFiled under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
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