hope so stella, I found this:
Mercury from a mothers amalgam fillings has a pathological effect on the development of her foetus and if the baby is breast fed, the baby after it is born as well.
It takes two days for the mercury from a newly placed amalgam filling to be deposited in the foetus. Maternal milk concentrates the mercury so its level is 4 to 8 times higher than in the blood (32).
Mercury passes through the placenta unhindered (33). One function of the placenta is to prevent toxic material from the mother injuring the foetus. Mercury is so biologically active that the placenta presents no barrier to it. Mercury and Cadmium were found to be factors in reducing foetal nutrition to a degree that death, congenital abnormalities or growth ******ation in the baby were possible (34). This work was confirmed by other research (35). Mercury vapour, as given off by amalgam fillings, is absorbed up to 50 times more in the foetus than any other form of mercury (36). Also inorganic mercury i.e. from amalgams, was 12 times more likely to go through a placenta than organic mercury from food (37). Indeed mercury from food like fish does not increase the foetal mercury level (38). This means that the developing baby absorbs more mercury from its mothers amalgam fillings, better called mercury implants, than from anywhere else.
Alcohol increases the absorption of mercury vapour depositing the mercury in the mothers thyroid and in the thyroid and liver of the foetus (39). This means that mothers who drink alcohol during pregnancy increase the amount of mercury deposited in the unborn child from their own amalgam fillings.
So it is clear that mercury from amalgam is deposited in the foetus, but how much damage does it cause?
During pregnancy the levels of mercury in the mother rises by nearly 50%. The number of still births as well as birth defects have a direct correlation to the level of mercury (40). This effect has been known for some time (41).
Mercury also damages the blood brain barrier (42). It can even enter the brain directly from amalgam by-passing the blood brain barrier and infiltrating the nerve cells (43). This means that the brain is prevented from absorbing the vital nutrients needed for full and proper development. Very small amounts of mercury, less than one part per million, cause this effect (44). The enormous consequences of this will be made clear.
Low doses of mercury cause reduced learning capacity in direct relation to the mercury dose. The higher the amount of mercury absorbed, the more the learning capacity was reduced. The mother with an average number of amalgam fillings absorbs more mercury into her and her babies body on a daily basis than was used in these experiments. These results were confirmed by two animal experiments and the changes were permanent (45). The research subjects exhibited marked hyperactive behaviour.
Mercury reduces the intelligence of the child, the higher the mercury level, the lower the intelligence (46). It gets worse, lead and mercury act synergistically, this means that together they have a greater effect than the same levels do alone. Lead also reduces intelligence and is present in our environment.
Mercury from amalgam fillings of the mother can decrease a childs intelligence, reduce his or her learning capacity and make them hyperactive.
As mercury is absorbed into the brain and central nervous system throughout the development of the baby this can result in functional disturbances and behavioural alterations later in life (47).
Statistics show us that 2 to 3% of children have defects that are seen within the first year of life (48). 16% have physical or mental defects that only become apparent later in life. Abolition of mercury implant fillings should reduce these high numbers
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