Have you ever heard the saying “Mad as a Hatter?” I recently learned that the saying came from a time in the 18^th and 19^th centuries, when worker safety was not considered as important as it is today. Workers were using mercury in the hat-making industry to turn small animals into felt for hats. After prolonged exposure those people working with mercury started to develop a variety of physical and mental problems like tremors in the hands and speech and metal problems, hence the name “Mad as a Hatter.”

Did you know that mercury is still used in many products today, including metal fillings that are used in our mouth for filling cavities, despite the evidence suggesting that the vapor from the fillings can cause significant health problems? According to the Weston Price Foundation, “Mercury vapor released from mercury dental fillings is absorbed very rapidly and thoroughly by your body, primarily by inhalation and swallowing.³Whether inhaled from an industrial process or from mercury amalgam fillings, mercury vapor is readily absorbed across the pulmonary membranes. It then dissolves in plasma, persisting as a dissolved gas for a period sufficient to cross most of the diffusion barriers in the body including the blood-brain barrier.”

I have heard some testimonies over the last few years about people regaining their health after removing their mercury fillings by a biological dentist and doing some sort of chelation therapy (removing the metals slowly from their bodies). It must be done properly or the patient will suffer even more mercury exposure. I hope to be sharing a story soon that I heard recently of someone that had her mercury filling removed improperly. If you only do one thing to improve your health, I highly recommend researching this subject if you have even one metal filling.