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OK, so this happened this summer and I missed it until now. But still, HELL YEAH.

http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/amalgams.html

The FDA finally stops ignoring tons of evidence and says, well, um, yeah, amalgam fillings release mercury when you chew, and um, pregnant women and kids and maybe possibly even sensitive types maybe possibly shouldn't use them much.

Years of arguing with dentists "so, if my old amalgam fillings are cupped and worn, where does that material go? why isn't it harmful to ingest?". Taking a major health turn for the better when I finally took the hit to pay for ALL of my amalgam to be removed and either crowned or refilled with composite. Vindicated.

Rat bastards. How much more aren't you telling us?

BTW, I didn't get any pushback on asking for a thimerosol-free flu vaccine when I got one on Tuesday. Why? "We're out of the regular kind." Nice.

...this kind of thing is why I work here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxVDVggLqsA

The build techniques are, fyi, very real, just speeded up and edited. I need to go look for this build inworld, if it's still extant, and spend some time there. Very, very, nice.