Mercury is dangerous yet government denies connections

As the bans on mercury containing products are climbing at the state level. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been sounding the warnings for 3 decades. The CDC and medical community claim that mercury has not contributed to any disease or disorder that we now see. The fact that mercury can disrupt the function of the neurotransmitters serotonin, dopamine and noreprinephrine seems to be ignored. However the pharmaceutical industry makes billions on the sale of drugs that deal with these neurotransmitters. More of you health care dollars are spent here than anywhere else.

Mercury has also been shown to disrupt the function of the immune system and with all of the increases in autoimmune diseases it is again ignored. The medical community isn’t even trained to find the true levels of mercury in the human body. A blood test will only reveal small amounts as this only shows the amount of mercury on the move. Only by chelating can this toxin be dislodged and exit the body. And only then can we see the true amount of mercury a patient has been retaining.

We are constantly reminded of just how toxic mercury is when something as small as a thermometer is broken. The call goes in for your local Hazardous Material team to come and clean up this spill. These are people in protective clothing and masks that close the building down and check each individual for contamination. Yet no connection to diseases or disorders is claimed.

The spin doctors have called those that have pointed to this toxin as a contributor to Autism Spectrum Disorders junk scientist. They claim that the only reason why the elimination of the vaccine preservative thimerosal (mercury compound) is being done is to calm the fears of parents. The denial that it was the EPA that sounded the warning is neglected. A Dr. David Graham of the FDA told a congressional hearing that mercury in vaccines is in fact dangerous. He was introduced as a top researcher for the FDA but was soon ridiculed by his bosses as a junk scientist.

Despite claims that all but the flu vaccine are thimerosal free is also misleading as thimerosal is still used in the production of some vaccines and trace amounts can still remain. This is noted but with a disclaimer that these vaccines should be regarded as Thimerosal free. Not that they really are.

We now are being asked to use a mercury containing light bulb to lower our electricity usage. After all one of the major contributors to the global mercury burden are coal fired electricity plants. CFL’s are being pushed and the contradiction is immense. We are trading one for the other and just can’t seem to get away from using mercury. The Phillips co. has been trying to develop a mercury free florescent light bulb for ten years but have not achieved success as of yet.

The fact is that mercury has been used for years and we have been allowing this toxin to build up to the levels we see today. Mercury just keeps recycling as it never dissipates and just continues to go from air to land to water and back again. There needs to be some truth that we need to find ways to eliminate our consumption of this toxin. Despite the claims that mercury has no link to all of these diseases and disorders that it can cause the medical community should begin to eliminate this toxin from the bodies of children and adults alike. There are safe ways of doing this today as Dr. Michael Sichel and I explain in our new book Mercury, Medicine and Politics. By ignoring this problem only allows it to become worse.

Living a healthier lifestyle and removing toxins such as mercury has shown to cause no diseases or disorders. Your doctors and the government should promote this idea and not disclaim it as it won’t harm you or your child. The only reason to not do this is due to the billions upon billions of dollars that are made by the pharmaceutical industry in attempting to alter the damage being done. Is profit more important than your child?