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Joel: Chronic encephalopties induced by long term exposure to low doses of mercury (or lead)

arie at no.mail.thanks.nl arie at no.mail.thanks.nl
Tue Jun 8 12:36:32 EST 1999


On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 15:51:23 -0000, ""
" <ihie.lyon.ra at wanadoo.fr> wrote:

>Don't you think you should also send this hilarious post to some joke
>newsgroup ?
>Metyle mercury has nothing to do with amalgames...! LOL !

This is a dumb remark, and illustrates the total lack of knowledge and
understanding among people who think they know all about it.
There are plenty of bacteria in the oral cavity and the gastro
intestinal tract to methylate the mercury before it is absorbed.

arie


>JB Perrin
>Insitut d'HygiХne Industrielle et de l'Environnement (Lyon, FR)
>
><martinhoden at my-deja.com> a Иcrit dans le message :
>7jh72b$2j$1 at nnrp1.deja.com...
>> In article <375973fc.14257142 at 195.114.231.62>,
>>   arie at no.mail.thanks.nl wrote:
>> > Joel, I remember a long time ago you asked for the proof that mercury
>> > induced encephalopaties.
>> > Here it is:
>> >
>> > Ronnback L, Hansson E
>> >
>> > Chronic encephalopaties induced by mercury or lead: aspects of
>> > underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms.
>> >
>> > Br J Ind Med 49:233-240 (1992)
>> >
>> >         ABSTRACT: "Long term exposure to low doses of mercury or lead
>> > can induce neurasthenic symptoms with slight cognitive deficits,
>> > lability, fatigue, decreased stress tolerance, and decreased
>> > simultaneous capacity.
>> > After exposure to higher concentrations permanent neuropsychological
>> > deficits can be seen. The present paper gives a new idea of possible
>> > molecular mechanisms underlying the symptoms. Impairments of astrocyte
>> > function are probably important, especially due to their capacity to
>> > regulate the ionic and amino acid concentration in the extracellular
>> > micromilieu, brain energy metabolism, and cell volume. Recent results
>> > have shown that these functions are under monoaminergic control.
>> > Aspects of therapy are outlined."
>> >
>> > arie
>> >
>> ======================================================================
>>
>> MERCURY FILLINGS: REALITY IS MORE TERRIFYING:
>>
>> 1.  METYLE MERCURY IS ONE OF THE MOST POTENT POISONS KNOWN TO MANKIND.
>>
>> 2.  METYLE MERCURY DERANGES CSN IN FETUS.
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>> 3.  METYLE MERCURY IS ONE OF THE MOST POTENT ENZYME INHIBITORS
>>     ENCOUNTERED IN ENZYMOLOGY.
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>> 4.  METYLE MERCURY DEVASTATES THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.
>>     ONE BECOMES VULNERABLE TO BACTERIAL/FUNGAL AND
>>     VIRAL INFECTIONS ESPECIALLY HERPESVIRUS INFECTIONS
>>     AND VERY ESPECIALLY HHV-8.
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>> 5.  DO NOT LET ANY NERD/GIT/DORK MISLEAD YOU:
>>     ITS MECHANISM OF TOXICITY IS EXTEREMELY WELL KNOWN
>>     AND DISCUSSED IN ALL LARGE TEXTBOOKS OF TOXICOLOGY
>>     AND, OF COURSE, IN THE GREAT HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL
>>     PHRAMACOLOGY (IN OVER 40 VOLUMES).
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>> 6.  DETECTING METYLE MERCURY IN HUMAN BODY IS EASY & OCCURATE.
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>> 7.  THIS IS NOT SURPRISING:  MANKIND HAS USED/MISUSED/ABUSED
>>     MERCURY FOR OVER 4,000 YEARS.
>>     ESPECIALLY THINK OF THE ALCHEMISTS.
>>     NEWTON WAS INTO IT UP TO HIS NECK.  AS THE MASTER OF THE MINT
>>     HE TRIED TO STEAL GOLD TRUSTED TO HIM BY USING MERCURY (how?)
>>     he had already tried to steal Leibniz's calculus.  Newton was
>>     a kleptomaniac both financially and intellectually.
>>
>> Dr martin hoden
>> germany/usa
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