Mercury Risk Factors

Most People Have Dangerous Mercury Levels in Their Body

I’m under the impression that when the government issues a warning about products from major industries like fish and seafood, dentistry, and medicine we better take it seriously. Rest assured that a LOT of scientists presented indisputable evidence to the government that mercury is really, really bad. The government probably took years to build the consensus, discussed the financial impact of releasing a warning with lobbyists that pay for their reelection campaigns, then came out with strategic ways to increase the “actionable risk levels” to humans (the FDA term). In other words, if the government says 1.0 ppm (part per million) is bad, my comfort level is significantly lower than that.

You likely have elevated levels of mercury if you:

1. Eat fish and seafood
2. Were born before 1999 and/or have received a flu shot
3. Have silver dental cavity fillings

Before you go purchase life insurance or reach for the pliers you shoul evaluate your risk. If you say yes to all three you need to take action immediately by consulting with a physician! Answering yes to two should have you fairly concerned and you should seriously consider getting your mercury levels tested by a doctor. Depending on the degree of mercury consumption, if you answered yes to one of the three you should begin a mercury cleanse and take further action as you deem necessary. More than three metal fillings, receiving more than one or two flu shots in you lifetime, or eating fish and seafood more than once a week should be alarming.

Some people appear to be unable to excrete mercury naturally, which puts them at extremely high risk. When tested for heavy metals these people come up clean because mercury doesn't appear in their bodily excretions, and is instead held in the body. However, once chelation therapy (discussed in Action Step #2) is initiated a large amount of mercury is found. This is especially common in people suffering from autism and multiple schlerosis.

Other

Children are exposed to mercury through other means as well, namely broken thermometers or fluorescent tube lights, consuming toxic soil, and leaky batteries. 

A good friend of mine remembers breaking a thermometer and rolling the silver mercury around in her fingers as a child. The mercury likely spread throughout the house and was not cleaned up as it should have been. She also included fish as a regular part of her diet. She developed the autoimmune illness Graves Disease, complains of being “foggy headed” and has noticeable memory loss and learning difficulties all the way into her 30s. A recent visit to a well known naturopathic doctor diagnosed her with severe mercury poisoning and she’s receiving aggressive treatment.

Dentists and dental workers are also at extreme risk. Dentists have 4 times the amount of mercury in their body as the rest of the population. If you’ve lived near a coal burning power plant or paper mill, worked around fungicides, worked as a garbage collector or miner, handled switches, or used contact lens solution you are also in the high risk group.

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