From: littlenelli [jennelle02@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 1:16 AM To: Adjodha, Michael E Subject: neuro-toxicity of mercury fillings To whom it may concern: I would like to just let everyone at the FDA and the public know that hundreds of thousand of people (if not more) are suffering from mercury toxicity from their dental fillings and from toxins generated by root canals. I believe that many if not most of the diseases we are battling right now: Cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Chronic Fatigue, Multiple Sclerosis, Fibromalgia etc. have a link to mercury toxicity, oh and Autism-(mercury in vaccinations! what are you thinking!) I cannot begin to tell you the hellish nightmare I have been going through for the last year. My quality of life has diminished and I am on the verge of losing my job because I cannot perform my daily tasks and because I am having an extremely difficult time even driving myself there. My array of symptoms include: dizziness, migraines, short term memory loss, blurred vision, sinus and facial pressure, chronic fatigue, ringing in my ears, constipation, diarrhea, bloating, muscles twitching and cramps, bloody urinary infections, irregular menstruation and the list could go on. I am only 26 years old! I have always been very healthy, happy and active person my whole life. Ever since I took a trip to the dentist office last year I have been suffering from the above symptoms and have felt like a walking zombie on the verge of death. I am not exaggerating one bit! I am on my 11 th doctor and they have concluded that my body is suffering from mercury toxicity!!!!!!!! I don't know what it feels like to be healthy anymore and am at my breaking point. If banning the use of amalgam in dentistry is not going to happen (even though it should) then their absolutly NEEDS to be a law that demands!! Dentists to tell you what they are putting in your mouths. The other day I was talking to some individuals about this very matter and a woman overheard our conversation and said "Those fillings have mercury in them? I just went to the dentist and my dentist filled a cavity with a silver filling." This woman was eight months pregnant. That is just not right. WE ALL live in a country were we are supposed to be free to believe how we want to believe therefore we should be free to decide what IS and what IS NOT put into our bodies. We need information given to us so we can make educated decisions about our own health. Its like food, we should know exactly what is in our food so we can decide if that is what we want to put into our bodies or not. Not the dentists decision not your decision but OUR decision. (Along with that, I am going to briefly mention…how dare you approve artificial sweeteners for sale to the public. Too many people are unaware of the devastating side effects it has on the body and millions of people are eating it like crazy because it is being marketed towards a healthier, sugar free life. It's doing more harm than good.) Anyway what is all comes down to is, why should we be denied the option to decide what is being put in our mouths? I have suffered because of it. I have spent so much money on doctors visits and on the medications I need. On top of that I am probably going to lose my job because I feel so awful that I am barely able to work anymore. How am I supposed to get better if I can't even work? If I can work I can't buy the medications I need to get better. More people than you think are going through this exact same thing and it just not right. Why spend so much money on the cure for Cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, and Autism when you could eliminate the cause. I know mercury toxicity is not the cause of these diseases ALL the time but I bet you would be surprised of how much of a role it does play. When people say its genetics…what that really means is if you put strain or toxins into the body your side effects to those toxins or strains are going to be what your body is genetically susceptible to get. The fact that we are not told if silver amalgam fillings are being put into our teeth is simply unconstitutional and it goes against what this country is supposed to believe in. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope the FDA makes the right decision. Jennelle Robles (808) 295-4064 55-550 Naniloa Loop TVA#6120 Laie, HI 96762