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Phone Masts & Mercury tooth Fillings
posted by Christine Ellis on 19 Mar 2006 at 9:58 amI have been working for a local District Council for 18 yrs and approximately 3 years ago a mast was erected outside our office window. Since then I have had problems with my teeth, pain in my mouth quite regularly over these years.
I have requested information from my Health & Safety Officer and twice got back the latest information on the dangers of these masts, which is saying there is no proven risks. In the last 6 months, we have had 5 new ladies employed in our office, all working in the same vicinity of this mast. 2 of the five have had severe problems with their teeth in these 6 months, one has very back teeth anyway, I have had one wisdom tooth losen and had to have out and another break in half, we were discussing this on Friday, and another lady has started having strange sensations in her mouth, she said like a magnet going over her teeth. The only lady who hasn't had any problems has got all white fillings in her teeth. I asked all the others whether they have got all Mercury fillings and they have, as I have. QUESTION: Could the mast be having an effect on Mercury fillings. ?????????? We would like to know please. !!!!!!!
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| Well-documented events |
| posted by Andy Davidson on 02 Apr 2006 at 11:51 pm |
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The issue of metallic taste and head sensations is widely documented and reported among people living near mobile communications masts. Metal chelation is obviously at issue here, so this is potentially more than just an inconvenience.
As you have witnessed, there can be strong correlation between reported symptoms such as these and the installation and operation of masts. Unfortunately, truly interdisciplinary scientists are rare and biophysicists almost unknown in the UK, so rather than persist in finding the elusive reasons why this is happening, you will be advised that even these symptoms are probably psychosomatically induced. A powerful thing, is placebo, and its counterpart nocebo. In fact so powerful, whilst we understand it no better than bio-response to EM radiation, it is preferable because everyone accepts the mystery. There is a serious difficulty in separating this preference for the self-induced mental origin, and the objective bio-physical reasons. How should it be done in such a way as to provide "definitive scientific proof"? As soon as "pure" or idealised forms of mobile phone radiation are placed in idealised laboratory conditions, whilst neglecting natural magnetic fields, mixed, reflected and interfering paths, issues of mixed signal control channels, normal physical activity, etc., subjects are abstracted from the real conditions that they say are causing the problems. Failure to replicate their symptoms in short duration experiments is then deemed to disprove their association of symptoms and supposed causes. Further, those unfortunate enough to be so sensitive that the laboratory conditions (despite all shortcomings) debilitate them, risk having to withdraw (hurt) from the studies, which then lose this relevant data, leaving the unhurt, balanced by the controls (the "unhurtable"). It is a sad commentary that with so many people suffering from mobile transmitters, they will not be taken seriously, let alone tested in situ with all temporal and spatial parameters mapped. Clearly if we do not know what is causing the teeth problems (for example), we cannot isolate it in a laboratory, and if we think we do, and get it slightly wrong, we are handed conclusions that the association does not exist. Common sense reading of existing research suggests that the dielectric conditions of a mouth containing mixed-ph aqueous solutions and mixed metals, will create normal electro-chemical responses and forces. Further, there is strong research evidence of how specific biochemistry is affected by chronic low-level radiation. This is not a linear response (compare the Petkau effect) and therefore power-ratcheting in lab studies is not the answer or proof either: indeed it will produce contrary results. There is a simple test: remove the source for sufficient duration. Supposing you could persuade your operator to do so (pigs might fly). First, done in a "blind test" way this would be considered to be a live-subject experiment with potential harmful effects, so the ethics committee would have to be involved and all those in proximity advised and their permission sought. (Ironic, given the circumstances.) But only removal-without-knowing would provide the results needed -- and then it would still not be "proof". If you can, the alternative is to attenuate the signals by shielding and see if that makes a difference. If it does, forget the proof and enjoy the relief, because no-one is ever going to want to believe you anyway. Those who suffer from mast radiation experience intense frustration by not being believed. Those who don't, can't understand why what people say is more important than lab study results, despite the poor understanding of what is going on. Above all of them is a political and corporate need to perpetuate the myth that there are no biological responses leading to adverse health effects. Can you imagine masts being removed because they hurt people? That would be an admission too far with wide-reaching consequences. |
| Metalic Taste |
| posted by C GAMBA on 09 May 2006 at 7:12 am |
| Metalic taste in the mouth is also found with MMR scans. Low frequency has also been noted to cause this. |
| "Phone Masts & Mercury Tooth Fillings" - Publications |
| posted by Olle Johansson on 10 Nov 2008 at 12:44 am |
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Please, see e.g.
Ortendahl TW, Hogstedt P, Holland RP, "Mercury vapor release from dental amalgam in vitro caused by magnetic fields generated by CRT's and electrical cutting procedures", Swed Dent J 1991, p 31, abstract 22 and Mortazavi SM, Daiee E, Yazdi A, Khiabani K, Kavousi A, Vazirinejad R, Behnejad B, Ghasemi M, Mood MB, “Mercury release from dental amalgam restorations after magnetic resonance imaging and following mobile phone use”, Pak J Biol Sci 2008; 11: 1142-1146 With my very best regards Yours sincerely Olle Johansson (Olle Johansson, assoc. prof. The Experimental Dermatology Unit Department of Neuroscience Karolinska Institute 171 77 Stockholm Sweden & Professor The Royal Institute of Technology 100 44 Stockholm Sweden) |
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