Re: A quack means a dentist using quicksilver » stjames

Posted by Larry Hoover on May 8, 2003, at 11:23:41

In reply to Re: Dental mercury is a real threat (long), posted by stjames on May 4, 2003, at 15:19:15

> > About Quackwatch: Dr. Barrett, the dude who runs the site, has been successfully sued for providing biased and defamatory information. Take him with a grain of salt. He generally ignores any science that doesn't fit with his preconceived notions. That's not to say that he's always wrong, but he is often so.
>
>
> So if the courts say it is not good science or heath, that's it ? All this tells me is the Qwacks have good lawyers and Qwackery is big business. Barrett is a zellot, but you, Larry
> as a man of science (at least that is the role
> you play here) quoting law and making it science
> fact has given me pause to disgreguard your posts.
So be it.
You may be interested to discover that the very term "quack" was first used to describe those dentists using quicksilver (i.e. mercury) amalgam fillings in their patients.
Additional links:
On the Instability of Amalgams
http://www.gbg.bonet.se/bwf/art/instability.html
The Dental Amalgam Issue
http://www.amalgam.org/
Neurobehavioral effects from exposure to dental amalgam Hgo: new distinctions
between recent exposure and Hg body burden.
http://www.faseb.org/fj/august98/ECHEVERR.html
Correlation of dental amalgam with mercury in brain tissue
http://www.nvbt.nl/hot-metalen4.html
Amalgam
http://www.medsci.uu.se/occmed/webkurs/trends/hg.htm
Health Canada Position Statement
on Dental Amalgam
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb-dgps/therapeut/zfiles/english/publicat/dental_position_e.html
Dental Amalgam Controversy
http://www.heall.com/body/healthupdates/dentistry/almagam.html
Amalgam Fillings:
Do Dental Patients Have a Right to Informed Consent?
http://www.fplc.edu/risk/vol2/spring/royal.htm
Dental Amalgam Litigation Bibliography
http://lawschool.stanford.edu/library/special/cavitybib.html
Open Directory - Health: Alternative: Non-Toxic Living: Mercury and Amalgams
http://dmoz.org/Health/Alternative/Non-Toxic_Living/Mercury_and_Amalgams/
Lar

Thread

Dental Fillings David Smith 4/29/03
...
Re: Dental mercury is a real threat (long) Larry Hoover 5/3/03
Re: Dental mercury is a real threat (long) » Larry Hoover JrBecker 5/3/03
Re: Dental mercury is a real threat (long) » JrBecker leeran 5/3/03
Re: Dental amalgam, again » mattdds stjames 5/4/03
Re: Dental mercury is a real threat (long) stjames 5/4/03
Thanks Larry! How much do I owe you? :-) (nm) David Smith 5/4/03
Dental amalgam increases disease? Or just Hg level » Larry Hoover mattdds 5/5/03
Re: Dental mercury is a real threat » leeran David Smith 5/5/03
Re: Dental mercury is a real threat » David Smith leeran 5/5/03
Re: Dental amalgam, again Attn mattdds stjames 5/6/03
Re: Dental amalgam increases disease? (long) » mattdds Larry Hoover 5/8/03
Re: Dental mercury is a real threat (long) » JrBecker Larry Hoover 5/8/03
Re: A quack means a dentist using quicksilver » stjames Larry Hoover 5/8/03
Re: A quack means a dentist using quicksilver stjames 5/8/03
Re: A quack means a dentist using quicksilver stjames 5/8/03
Re: A quack means a dentist using quicksilver Larry Hoover 5/8/03
Dental Amalgam (longer) » Larry Hoover mattdds 5/8/03
For StJames » stjames mattdds 5/8/03
Re: Dental Amalgam (longer) Larry Hoover 5/8/03
Re: the word quack » mattdds Larry Hoover 5/8/03
Re: For StJames stjames 5/8/03
Three hours in the chair leeran 5/8/03
Re: Dental amalgam increases disease? Or just Hg level noa 5/8/03
Larry you're right - I *am* a quack after all! mattdds 5/8/03
Thanks for the good info (as usual) in this thread (nm) » Larry Hoover Ron Hill 5/9/03
...
Redirect: vitamin E and Chlorella Dr. Bob 12/1/03

Post a new follow-up

Notify the administrators

Start a new thread

poster:Larry Hoover thread:223248
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20030505/msgs/225095.html