From: Daniel Devine [danieldevine@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:59 AM
To: Adjodha, Michael E
Subject: Mercury Amalgam Fillings

Mr. Adjodha,


I am 41 years old and have followed a fairly healthy
lifestyle.  I am well educated and am a CPA and a Tax
Attorney.  I had 10 amalgam fillings placed in my
mouth when I was about 10 to 12 years old.  For most
of my teenage and adult life, I have lived with
digestive problems (certain foods used to run right
through me) and with oily skin and bad breath and
other bodily odors.  I thought that these were just
things that were peculiar to me and that they were
things that I had to accept.  Even though these things
seemed to be getting worse, they did not seem to be
life threatening or a sign of anything serious.  Then
about 7 years ago, one of my amalgam filled teeth
broke.  The dentist fixed the tooth by drilling out
any remaining amalgam and fixed the tooth with a
significant amount of amalgam filling.  Soon after
this, my digestive problems and other problems got
worse.  In addition, my blood pressure increased and I
began to have chest pains and felt like I was going to
have a heart attack.  I went to a cardiologist who put
me on blood pressure medication.  The medication
helped for a few years.  Then about 2 years ago, my
blood pressure and pulse, even though on blood
pressure medication, periodically went out of control.
 I went to the hospital two times thinking that I was
having a heart attack due to the extreme increase in
blood pressure and pulse rate.  Each time, I was told
my EKG was fine and that there was no explanation  I
then developed a severe sinus infection and arthritis
in my right wrist, shoulder and neck, the same side of
my body that contained the new amalgam filling.  I
went to my general practitioner and to an ENT, neither
could find anything wrong with me, but neither could
they explain why I was so sick.  In fact, the
antibiotics that they gave me only made the sinus
infection worse.

In 2005, I went to a holistic medicine doctor.  He
tested my hair and urine for mercury levels.  Each
came back extremely high.  I began to take natural
supplements to remove the mercury from my body.  My
blood pressure, although still high, began to
normalize and stopped spiking at high rates.  In
addition, my sinus infection began to improve and I
was able to expel waste from my nose that had been
there for over one year.  Also, my digestive problems
went completely away.  As time goes by and I continue
to take the supplements, my skin has cleared and the
offensive odors from my body have decreased. 
Encouraged by the progress, I decided to have all 10
of my amalgam fillings removed in December of 2005 and
January of 2006 by a mercury free dentist who utilized
special precautions during removal.  After removal,
even though the dentist used special care, I initially
felt worse and in fact, many of the things that
originally had bothered me but I had eliminated came
back.  For instance, I started having the spikes in my
blood pressure again.  To me, this is direct causal
evidence linking mercury to my health problems.

It has now been 7 months since the removal of the 10
amalgams from my mouth.  Although my health has
improved significantly since removal, it has been an
up and down battle and my body has become exhausted
trying to remove the mercury and all the other toxins
bound up in my body because of the mercury toxicity. 
My blood pressure is approaching a normal level, even
without blood pressure medication and my sinus
infection is improving.  Right now, I am thankful that
I am getting better.  But I am also very angry that
mercury containing amalgam is allowed to be placed in
people's mouths and that the American Dental
Association and the U.S. government continue to tell
the American people that mercury amalgam is safe.  I
am direct evidence that it is not safe.  I am sure
that the problems I had while mercury was in my mouth,
the permanent damage caused by the mercury in my
system, and the stress on my body from removing the
mercury from my body, have reduced my life expectancy.
 This was unnecessary.  The only good that comes out
of this is that I tell everyone I know not to get
mercury fillings and I have made sure that my children
do not get them.

Mr. Adjodha, the problems caused by mercury fillings
are not going to go away, they are only going to get
worse.  The legal liability associated with fixing
this problem will not go away either.  I suspect that
the legal liability for all of the amalgam fillings
currently in people's mouths is the reason why there
hasn't been any change.  The U.S. government needs to
being protecting its citizens and ban mercury
fillings.  People are becoming more aware of this
issue and the legal liability is only going to get
bigger.  The time for change is NOW.  As soon as I get
completely well, I plan to actively fight for the ban
of amalgam fillings.  Please do the right thing and
support this issue.

Please respond to me and inform my how the FDA is
planning to address this issue.  I would appreciate a
response at your earliest convenience.

Please call me at 248-512-3127 with any questions.

Thank you,

Dan Devine







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