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How Mercury Damages Your Brain

If you’ve ever questioned just how dangerous mercury is for your brain, this short film from the University of Calgary will put your suspicions to rest.

The film shows, in vivid detail, exactly what happens to your brain cells when they’re exposed to mercury, making it easy to understand why mercury has been linked to a host of harmful reactions like autism, heart disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, infertility and many more.

KickThemAllOut.com July 1, 2007




Dr. MercolaDr. Mercola's Comments:

Despite its well-known dangers and role as a potent neurotoxin, many naïve people increase their exposure to mercury daily by eating contaminated seafood. Whether fish come from the ocean, lakes, rivers or streams, nearly all sources are contaminated with mercury, making them unsafe to eat.

And your brain and body can be exposed to toxic mercury through a number of other ways as well, from getting a flu shot to having a dental filling. Studies have found people with amalgam dental fillings can have mercury vapor concentrations 10 times higher than those in people without them. Also, simple activities such as chewing gum, drinking hot liquids and brushing teeth can further increase the release of mercury.

I urge you to review the various research and papers I have posted on my site regarding the issue, particularly if you are experiencing any of these symptoms:

  • Fatigue
  • Irritability
  • Feeling “foggy-headed”
The above are just a few of the signs that let you know you may be suffering from metal poisoning -- a toxic accumulation of heavy metals in the soft tissues of the body. Mercury vapor is highly permeable and it will go through your skull bone like a hot knife through butter, and it will stay there firmly bound to sulfur proteins in your brain, causing damage to the microtubules that nourish your brain cells.
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minnie-me
 [ Joined on 02/07 ] [ Posted on July 9, 2007 ]
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Oh, but the vaccine lovers stand by the "absolute fact" that mercury does not cause autism or other neurological damage. They insist that no study supports a causal relationship. Meanwhile, these pro-mercury people continue to discredit anyone who dares to prove otherwise. They try to assure parents that the mercury is out of all childhood vaccines, which is a lie. Then, they push flu shots on pregnant women and babies from 6 months old...which still contain the same amount of thimerosal as before! Then they tell us that autism can't be caused by mercury, because the numbers are still on the rise despite the fact that vaccines no longer contain it???? WHAT????                                    
Mercury is toxic and injecting it into babies is an outright crime!!!!
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Rogway
 [ Joined on 06/06 ] [ Posted on July 2, 2007 ]
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Murcury mutation--our next generation? Sad, isn't it.

Maybe we should take a good supply of good ole lye soap and run to DC and wash the murcury from our fearless leaders brains and see if that will clear their heads enough for them to be able to see what is really going on in our country. Think it will help? I have to answer myself on this one--NO! Voting them ALL out of office might! At least it might give them something to think about.
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Sheila C
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  Mercola
I am still pissed off at the University of Calgary for denying that Dr. Youngsoo Kim found the cure for diabetes there.  So here is the link www.prophecykeepers.com/dryoungsookim/index.html
  
  
naturalways
 [ Joined on 06/06 ] [ Posted on July 4, 2007 ]
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Open comment to Dr. Mercola.  In the past I have purchased Way Healthier Full spectrum light bulbs from your store.  Do these contain any mercury?  I'm especially concerned because I recently noticed that the bulb appeared to be "chipping" and also there is a yellow stain on the white bulb stem.

Naturally I threw the bulb out even though it was still working because I felt it wasn't worth the risk of mercury exposure.  Mike Adam's article on mercury in CFLs made me worry.  The thought of a $2000 clean up for a broken CFL just is scary.

Bottom line question...  Is there mercury in the Way Healthier bulbs?
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Sheila C
 		[ Joined on 12/06 ]  [ Posted on July 4, 2007]
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  Mercola
Hi Naturalways, I believe the mercury contamination happens when the bulb is busted.  Who hasn't cleaned up a broken bulb?  I have also found another way of detoxing your body.  It is with Bodi Detox Patches available at www.strausheartdrops.com.  These patches have been tested by a Health Canada certified lab and they contain no contaminants.  Be wary as there are other similar products which have not been tested.  They work as well as, or better than intravenous chelation.  You just put the patches on the bottom of your feet at night and the patches absorb the following:  mercury, isopropyl alcohol, benzene, beryllium, cadmium, aluminum, lead, nickel, asbestos, DAB dye and PCB's.  You can use hair analysis or live blood cell analysis to see the heavy metals leaving your body.  The patches contain the following ingredients:  wood vinegar & bamboo vinegar extract, houttuynia cordata extract, loquat leaf extract, chitosan, tourmaline, dextrin, vegetable fiber, vitamin C.  I find that this is a maintenance thing, as we are always taking in these chemicals, often unknowingly.
  
  
FRUMPO
 [ Joined on 05/07 ] [ Posted on July 3, 2007 ]
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The word has to be relayed to all that vaccines are deadly poison, with mercury as only one toxin of many.
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chirocheer
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  Mercola
Amen!
  
  
coloncleansemike
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Isn't it interesting how things we did just a few decades ago, now look so silly.. like putting toxic metals in out teeth? what will we know 5 years from now, that we don't know today?
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Katy B
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That's just it isn't it Mike?  I wonder about people for instance who know nothing about the things we are concerned about here.  I think about going into homes where someone may have broken a cfl and vacuumed it up!  Or eating at a function where some lovely well-meaning but ignorant cook has filled my serving with toxins or GM foods, or non-food item, HFCS, or anything else I consider dangerous.  This world is horrible for little ol' OCD me!

And then there's all the doctor-know-it-alls, who will be proven sooooo wrong in the future!
  
  
Magnolia
 [ Joined on 06/06 ] [ Posted on July 3, 2007 ]
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This is an article that EVERYONE must see! I've forwarded the link to my naturepath and chiropractor.

There is a product on mercola.com that is a very good mercury chelator. The chlorella available there is something I take every day. Also, there is a botanical product from Energetix Corp. that has cilantro in it which also draws mercury from the body. Anything we can do to lower the stress load and cleanse our bodies on a regular basis will be helpful. We have to be proactive.
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Katy B
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ALL I can think of are all the cfl's we have in our home.  Financially we can;'t go back to regular bulbs and I wish I could cushion the ones I am using to protect them from breakage.
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Reesacat
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Saynotoquacks, make sure you check this out.
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saynotoquacks
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  Mercola

Thanks Reesacat, this is wonderful of Dr. M. to share this with us, since the media and the big med quackery never talk about mercury.  I wonder if the brain cells regrow once the toxins are removed?  I also wonder what psychiatric drugs do to the neurons.  It's interesting that drug withdrawal and mercury poisoning cause the same symptoms.
  
  
www.TheHealthyGlow.com
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This is scary! 

There is another good video on mercury from amalgram fillings  on youtube called "Smoking Teeth" check it out! 
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Sean Uisce
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  Mercola
That smoking teeth video is quite something - thanks for mentioning it.  David Kennedy DDS (voiceover on it) is one of the few dentists I know of prepared to stand up to the peer pressure to toe the line on mercury and fluoride.
  
  
lobos
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Excellent article! 
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annapavlova42
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As careful as some of us are, with the way we eat and live, it is still unavoidable to stay away from mercury.

We breath it  in the air, anywhere we are.  So how do we avoid this mercury, we don't, unless we flush it out of our system everyday.  That way we can help our system to stay properly funtionable.

There are several products on the market, be sure to speak with your naturalopathic M.D, before using any of them. 

I have been flushing the mercury out of my system for 2 years.  It really works. But it is not the only type of flushing I do.
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Bryan - oz4caster
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Great video!  Here's a link to the original video at the University of Calgary
where you can also download a copy of the video for those with slow connections.

More motivation to avoid mercury in fish, amalgam fillings, and vaccines!
Also be careful with fluorescent bulbs.  They contain mercury that is released if the bulb is broken.
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