Mercury Reviews/Symptoms

Baker, JT, Chem Co. MSDS.

Casarett and Doull's. Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, 3rd Ed., pp. 256 & 267. Macmillan Pub Co., NY, 1986.

Caulk Dentsply. Dispersalloy; MSDS.

Ellenhorn, MJ: et al. Medical Toxicology: Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Poisoning, pp. 1048-52, Elsevier, New York.

Enwonwu, CO. Potential Health Hazard of use of Mercury in Dentistry: Critical Review of the Literature. Environ Res, 42:257-74, 1987.

Fisher Scientific Chem Div. MSDS.

Goering, PL; et al. Symposium Overview: Toxicity Assessment of Mercury Vapor from Dental Amalgams. Fundamental Appl Toxicology, 19:319-29, 1992.

Goodman & Gilman. The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th Ed. Chap 66:1598-1602, 1990.

Kerr Mfg. Co. MSDS: Whitecap capsules.

Lorsheider, FL; Vimy, MJ. Evaluation of the safety issue of mercury release from dental fillings. FASEB J, 7:1432-3, 1993.

Lorscheider, FL; et al. Mercury Exposure From ASilver@ Tooth Fillings: Emerging Evidence Questions a Traditional Dental Paradigm, FASEB J., 9:504-8, 1995.

Pleva, J. Mercury Poisoning from Dental Amalgam. Orthomol Psych, 12(3):184-93, 1983.

Pleva, J. Mercury from Dental Amalgams: Exposure and Effects. Internat J Risk Saf Med, 3:1-22, 1992.

USPHS. Dental Amalgam: A Scientific Review and Recommended Public Health Service Strategy for Research, Education and Regulation. CCEHRP, 1993.

Vimy, MJ. Toxic Teeth: The Chronic Mercury Poisoning of Modern Man. Chemistry Industry, 14-7, 1995.

WHO. Environmental Health Criteria 118: Inorganic Mercury, pp, 28-33, 84- 113, Geneva, 1991.

Wolff, MW; Osborne, JW; Hanson, AL. Mercury toxicity and dental amalgam. Neuro-Toxicology, 4(3):201-4, 1983.

Mercury Standards/Regulation

EPA. Mercury Health Effects: Final report. EPA-600/8-84-01F, 1984.

EPA. Inhalation RfD Summary, 1995.

MAC Committee. Maximum Allowlable Concentrations of mercury Compounds. Arch Environ Health, 19:891-905, 1969.

FDA. Final classification for dental mercury. Fed Reg, 52(155):30089, 12 Aug 1987.

FDA. Yin, L. Dentists manufacture amalgam, 2 Apr 1991.

FDA. Amalgam Ingredient Labeling. Federal Register, 59(21):57570, 14 Nov 1994.

Germany. Bundesintitut for Drugs and Medical Products (formerly BGA). Proposed Changes for the Directives for Use of Amalgam.

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. Criteria for a recommended standard: Occupational Exposure to Inorganic Mercury. NIOSH, NTIS No. PB-222 223, 1973.

OSHA. U.S. Department of Labor, Mercury, Job Health Hazards Series, OSHA 2234, 1975.

OSHA. U.S. Department of Labor, and Health and Human Sevices. Occupational Health Guideline for Inorganic Mercury, 1978.

Sweden. Svenska Dagbladet, Socialsytrelsen Stops Amalgam Use, 20 May 1987.

Sweden. Socialstyrelsen, Press release: Discontinuation of Amalgam for Environmental Reasons Should Proceed Stepwise, 28 Aug 1992.

Amalgam Mercury Risk Assessments

Blais, P. Memo & Dental Amalgams and the Public Health: A View from the Health Protection Branch, Bureau of Medical Devices, Health Canada, 1976.

Clarkson, TW. Principles of Risk Assessment. Adv Dent Res, 6:22-27, 1992.

Richardson, GM. Assessment of Mercury Exposure and Risks From Dental Amalgam; Final Report, Medical Devices Bureau, Environmental Health Directorate, Health Canada, 18 Aug 1995.

Richardson, GM. A Monte Carlo Assessment of Mercury Exposure and Risks from Dental Amalgam. Human Ecolog Risk Assessment, 2(4):709-61, 1996.

USEPA. Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Mercury, Elemental: 1.1.98. Online. Cincinnati, Ohio: National Center for Environmental Assessment, 1998.

USPHS. Toxicological Profile for Mercury. ATSDR, TP-93/10, 1994.

Viola, PL; Cassano, GB. The Effect of Chlorine on Mercury vapor Intoxication: Autoradiographic Study. Med Lavoro, 59(6-7), 1968.

Mercury/Amalgam Mercury: Maternal-Fetal Transfer/Mothers' Milk/Effects

Amin-Zaki, L; et al. Methyl Mercury Poisoning in the Iraqi Suckling Infant: A Longitudinal Study over Five Years. J Appl Toxicol., 1(4):210-4, 1981.

Aschner, M; et al. Metallothionein Induction in Fetal Rat Brain and Neonatal Primary Astrocyte Cultures by In Utero Exposure to Elemental Mercury Vapor. Brain Res., 778(1):222-32, 1997.

Berlin, M; et al. Prenatal Exposure to Mercury Vapor: Effects on Brain Development. The Toxicologist, 12(1):7(A245), 1992.

Danielsson, BR; et al. Foetal and Maternal Distribution of Inhaled Mercury Vapour in Pregnant Mice: Influence of Selenite and Dithiocarbamates. Pharmacol Toxicol., 67(3):222-6, Sep 1990.

Danielsson, BR; et al. Behavioral Effects of Prenatal Metallic Mercury Inhalation Exposure in Rats. Neurotoxicol Teratol., 15(6):391-6, 1993.

Drasch, G; et al. Mercury Burden of Human Fetal and Infant Tissues. Europ J Pediatrics, 153(8):607-10, 1994.

Drasch, G; et al. Mercury in Human Colostrum and Early Breast Milk. Its Dependence on Dental Amalgam and Other Factors. J Trace Elem Med Biol., 12(1):23-7, Mar 1998.

Eccles, CU; Annau, Z. Prenatal Methyl Mercury Exposure: II. Alterations in Learning and Psychotropic Drug Sensitivity in Adult Offspring. Neurobehav Toxicol Teratol., 4(3):377-82, May 1982.

Fredriksson, A; et al. Behavioral Effects of Neonatal Metallic Mercury Exposure in Rats. Toxicology, 74(2-3):151-60, Sep 1992.

Fredriksson, A; et al. Prenatal Coexposure to Metallic Mercury Vapour and Methyl Mercury Produce Interactive Behavioral Changes in Adult Rats. Neurotoxicol Teratol., 18(2):129-34, Mar 1996.

Grandjean, P; et al. Cognitive Deficit in 7 Year Old Children With Prenatal Exposure to Methyl Mercury. Neurotoxicol Teratol., 19(6):417-28, 1997.

Grandjean, P; et al. Cognitive Performance of Children Prenatally Exposed to ASafe@ Levels of Methyl Mercury. Environ Research, 77(2):165-72, May 1998.

Kuntz, WD; et al. Maternal and Cord Blood Background Mercury Levels: A Longitudinal Surveillance. Amer J Obstet Gynecol., 143(4):440-3, 1982.

Lutz, E; et al. Concentrations of Mercury, Cadmium and Lead in Brain and Kidney of Second Trimester Fetuses and Infancts. J Trace Elem Med Biol., 10(2):61-7, 1996.

Monnet-Tschudi, F; et al. Comparison of the Developmental Effects of Two Mercury Compounds on Glial Cells and Neurons in Aggregate Cultures of Rat Telencephalon. Brain Res., 741(1-2):52-9, Nov 1996.

Needleman, HL. Behavioral Toxicology. Environ Health Perspect., 103(S6):77-9, Sep 1995.

Newland, MC; et al. Behavioral Consequences of In Utero Exposure to Mercury Vapor: Alterations in Lever-Press Durations and Learning in Squirrel Monkeys. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol., 139(2):374-86, Aug 1996.

Ong, CN; et al. Concentrations of Heavy Metals in Maternal and Umbilical Cord Blood. Biometals, 6(1):61-6, 1993.

Oskarsson, A; et al. Exposure to Toxic Elements Via Breast Milk. Analyst, 120(3):765-70, 1995.

Oskarsson, A; et al. Total and Inorganic Mercury in Breast Milk in Relation to Fish Consumption and Amalgam in Lactating Women. Arch Environ Health, 51(3):234-51, 1996.

Roeleveld, N; et al. Mental Retardation and Parental Occupation: A Study on the Applicability of Job Exposure Matrices. Brit J Ind Med., 50(10):945-54, Oct 1993.

Soderstrom, S; et al. The Effect of Mercury Vapour on Cholinergic Neurons in the Fetal Brain: Studies on the Expression of Nerve Growth Factor and its Low- and High-Affinity Receptors. Brain Res Dev Brain Res., 85(1):96-108, Mar 1995.

Takahashi, Y; et al. Number of Amalgam Fillings in Pregnant Rats and Mercury Concentration in Their Fetuses. J Dent Res., 71SI:571, A445, 1992.

Takahashi, Y; et al. Mercury Content in Tissues of Pregnant Rats with Dental Amalgam. J Dent Res., 71(4):1094, A67, 1992.

Urbach, J; et al. Effect of Inorganic Mercury On In Vitro Placental Nutrient Transfer and Oxygen Consumption. Reprod Toxicol., 6(1):69-75, 1992.

Vimy, MJ; et al. Maternal-fetal distribution of mercury (203Hg released from dental amalgam fillings. Amer J Physiol, 258(RICP 27):R939-45, 1990.

Vimy, MJ; et al. Mercury from Maternal ASilver Fillings in Sheep and Human Breast Milk: A Source of Neonatal Exposure. Biolog Trace Element Res., 56:143-52, 1997.

Warfinge, K; et al. Mercury Distribution in Cortical Areas and Fiber Systems of the Neonatal and Maternal Adult Cerebrum After Exposure of Pregnant Squirrel Monkeys to Mercury Vapor. Environ Res., 67(2):196-208, 1994.

Warfinge, K; et al. The Effect on Pregnancy Outcome and Fetal Brain Development of Prenatal Exposure to Mercury Vapour. Neurotoxicology, 15(4), 1994.

Yang, J; et al. Maternal-Fetal Transfer of Metallic Mercury Via the Placenta and Milk. Ann Clin Lab Sci., 27(2):135-41, Mar 1997.

Yoshida, M; et al. Distribution of Mercury in Guinea Pig Offspring After In Utero Exposure to Mercury Vapor During Late Gestation. Arch Toxicol., 58(4):225-8, 1986.

Yoshida, M; et al. Distribution of Mercury in Neonatal Guinea Pigs After Exposure to Mercury Vapor. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol., 43(5):697-704, Nov 1989.

Yoshida, M; et al. Milk Transfer and Tissue Uptake of Mercury in Suckling Offspring After Exposure of Lactating Maternal Guinea Pigs to Inorganic or Methyl Mercury. Arch Toxicol., 68(3):174-8, 1994.

Zanoli, P; et al. Prenatal Exposure to Methyl Mercury During Late Gestation Affects Cerebral Opiatergic System in Rat Offsprings. Environ Res., 74(1):48-53, 1997.

Also make sure to read these books: Poison in Your Teeth: Mercury Amalgam (Silver) Fillings...Hazardous to Your Health! and Mercury Detoxification by Tom McGuire