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

Joel M. Eichen joele at earthlink.net
Sat Jun 12 05:53:47 EST 1999


arie at no.mail.thanks.nl wrote:

>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

Good point! I thought that they were "specialized" bacteria - the kind
found in river beds. I am not sure that oral bacteria methylate the
mercury. But I am not sure that it is not so either. In short, I have
no idea about this!


Cheers,


Joel

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>>JB Perrin
>>Insitut d'Hygiène Industrielle et de l'Environnement (Lyon, FR)
>>
>><martinhoden at my-deja.com> a écrit 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.
>>>
>>> 3.  METYLE MERCURY IS ONE OF THE MOST POTENT ENZYME INHIBITORS
>>>     ENCOUNTERED IN ENZYMOLOGY.
>>>
>>> 4.  METYLE MERCURY DEVASTATES THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.
>>>     ONE BECOMES VULNERABLE TO BACTERIAL/FUNGAL AND
>>>     VIRAL INFECTIONS ESPECIALLY HERPESVIRUS INFECTIONS
>>>     AND VERY ESPECIALLY HHV-8.
>>>
>>> 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).
>>>
>>> 6.  DETECTING METYLE MERCURY IN HUMAN BODY IS EASY & OCCURATE.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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