Reply #5: Be careful of your info sources, got documentation?

[philb]

DAMS, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides information to people suffering from chronic health problems-mostly related to toxic exposures. Not only are the causality and recovery from such conditions documented by clinical cases at medial labs like the melisa labs and doctorsdata lab ,etc. but DAMS has coordinators in most states working with people with such conditions and clinics that treat such conditions, and has compiled over 60,000 cases of recovery from chronic conditions after amalgam replacement(usually after tests,etc. and sometime with various detox measures).
Many of these cases are for autoimmune conditions, as seen at:
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~berniew1/hgremove.html

Additionally, DAMS has compiled documentation referencing over 4000 peer-reviewed medical and Gov't studies that detail the mechanisms by which mercury causes over 40 chronic condition, including these autoimmune conditions(immune reactivity).
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~berniew1/indexa.html

Most of the studies can be found in the National Library of Medicine Medline, www.nlm.nih.gov / which is a major source of the info.

Dental amalgam has been documented(by Gov't agencies,etc.) to be the largest source of mercury in most people:
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~berniew1/damspr1.html

and also the largest source of mercury in sewers, sewer sludge, and thus a major source in rivers, lakes, bays, and fish(over 30% of U.S. lakes have mercury in fish warnings)
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~berniew1/damspr2f.html

and also the source of the type of mercury that causes significant effects at the lowest levels of exposure(mercury vapor)
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~berniew1/damspr13.html


ps, I'm not denying that there is a viral connection to these conditions that is also a factor in many with such conditions. The studies above note the connection. People with weakened immune systems are susceptable to viruses, parasites, mycoplasma, candida, bacterial infections,etc. and these are all often found in people with such conditions. And its hard to determine which came first the chicken, or the egg. But all of these need to be assessed and dealt with to recover once one is chronically ill. But the best is to avoid toxic exposures, do whats needed to reduce toxic body burdens, keep the immune system strong to ward off all such invaders. And as someone noted, glyconutrients can play a major role in helping keep the immune system strong.

and neither mercury nor dental amalgam are the only toxics people are exposed to and that cause problems. But mercury is the most toxic substance most people are commonly exposed to.