- STOCKHOLM - Heavy gum chewers
risk breaking down the amalgam in their dental fillings and having dangerously
high levels of mercury in their blood and urine as a result, a study published
in the Stockholm newspaper Aftonbladet on Friday said.
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- The study was undertaken by the Sahlgrenska university
hospital in Gothenburg, west Sweden.
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- "In our study we found out that people who chewed
gum for at least five hours per day had significantly higher mercury levels
in their urine and blood," Gerd Saellsten, a medical researcher was
quoted as saying.
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- The test group included 17 people with at least five
amalgan fillings who chewed gum an average of five hours per day, and consumed
seven pieces of gum.
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- Mercury damages the brain, central nervous system and
kidneys The test group was compared with a control group of equal size
comprising people with the same number of fillings, but who chewed gum
only 30 minutes per week on average.
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- A comparison of quicksilver levels between the two groups
yielded clear differences.
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- The heavy gum chewers had twice the amount of mercury
in their blood and three times the level in their urin and breath exhalation
than did the infrequent chewers.
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- The mercury levels rose in proportion to the number of
amalgam fillings the subjects had, the study showed.
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- Mercury damages the brain, central nervous system and
kidneys in humans. - Sapa-DPA
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