ARE MERCURY FILLINGS TOXIC?
This is a question people with ALS want answered, according to several Internet postings. Dr. Robert Miller, MDA’s ALS research and clinical center director at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, doesn’t think mercury fillings are anything to worry about. “While we do not have all the answers about the effects of mercury and dental fillings upon the nervous system, I am persuaded that the evidence which is available strongly suggests that there is no cause and effect relationship between [mercury] amalgam and ALS,” Miller says. “I am aware of the very strong opinions that suggest the opposite view; however, there has been no solid evidence to point to any cause and effect relationship between mercury in dental fillings and ALS.” The American Dental Association agrees, noting in its pamphlet on the subject: “The Food and Drug Administration has concluded that mercury amalgam causes no demonstrated clinical harm to patients and that removing amalgam will not prevent adver
