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2004-06-16 10:44:42 PM
"Keith P Walsh" <keith.p.walsh@btinternet.com>wrote ..........
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carabelli
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On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 14:44:42 GMT, "carabelli" <redslaz3@att.net.not>
wrote:
The abstract from Johansson's patent document can be found at:
l2.espacenet.com/dips/viewer
It doesn't say anything about cold fusion.
It describes Johansson's apparatus thus:
"A method for executing the measurement of the migration of mercury
ions from test pieces (1), such as tooth fillings or amalgam samples,
which consist of dental amalgam and mercury."
Do you have any valid scientific evidence for believing that the
apparatus is not able to do this?
I rather suspect that your only honest answer is also "no".
(Remember that simply making up excuses for ignoring something that
you don't understand is not the same as providing scientific
evidence.)
Keith P Walsh
PS, the degree to which mercury atoms or ions are released from dental
amalgams seems to be somewhat of a contentious issue in the debate
over whether or not amalgam fillings should be used.
Some dentists appear to have been persuaded to believe that it does
not happen at all. See:
From: dentist_dent@yahoo.com (R.M.AL Kowafi BDS)
Newsgroups: sci.med.dentistry
Subject: dental amalgam
Date: 9 Jun 2004 16:43:46 -0700
I should have thought that when details of an experimental method of
actually measuring the release of mercury ions from a test piece of
amalgam are presented then a dental profession whose practices are
supposed to be based on the accurate scientific understanding of the
physical behavior of the materials it uses would have been keen to
investigate, especially since minions amongst its membership such as
Mark Probert, and perhaps the more anonymous "Happy Dog", seem so
certain that the apparatus cannot possibly work.
Perhaps the more senior members of the dental profession ain't quite
so confident.
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query
0&Dopt=r
Electrical potentials of restorations in subjects without oral complaints.
Muller AW, Van Loon LA, Davidson CL.
Department of Dental Materials Science, Faculty of Dentistry, University of
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The electrical potentials of 183 amalgam and 11 precious metal restorations,
and one set of brackets, were measured. None of the 28 subjects had galvanism,
leukoplakia, oral lichen planus, or toxic or allergic reactions to
restorations. The potentials of the amalgam restorations increased with age,
from about -350 mV NHE at 30 days, to about +100 mV NHE after more than 1000
days. In most subjects potential differences of more than 50 mV were present
between restorations; this phenomenon is therefore assumed to be common in
healthy populations.
MeSH Terms:
Corrosion
Crowns
Dental Amalgam/chemistry*
Dental Restoration, Permanent*
Denture, Partial*
Electric Conductivity
Electrodes
Electrophysiology
Gold Alloys/chemistry*
Human
Mouth/physiology
Orthodontic Appliances
Time Factors
Substances:
Dental Amalgam
Gold Alloys
PMID: 2231160 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
******Consider : the central and peripheral nervous systems function
onelectricity, even cellular metabolism functions on electricity - this
meansthat all central and peripheral nervous system activity and cellular
metabolismwill be affected by the batteries and electric currents in your
mouth. Scienceto date has not investigated this area very much, but there are
notions that ifthe current is over 3 microamperes or 100 millivolts, then
treatment isrecommended. My wholistic sense tells me that any microamperes or
millivoltsare bad news. There has been some research on patients with symptoms
of Bell'spalsy, tinnitus, vision disturbance, chronic headaches, trigeminal
neuralgia,idiopathic neuromuscular pathologies of head and neck, bruxism and
severedepression. When the amalgam was removed the abnormal electrical
potentialwithin the dental restoration was no longer negatively influencing the
nerve.The nerve returned to its normal state and the symptoms went away. It's
prettybad already but let's add computers, mobile phones, overhead power
cables,microwave ovens and fridges - an assortment of sources of
electro-magneticwaves which assault our bodies. If we are already 'live' then
these things willadd a sort of induced voltage, upping the amount of electrical
disturbance bysome unknown factor.*******
www.wholisticresearch.com/info/artshow.php3
Finally there are the galvanic currents. Galvanic currents are electrical
charges originating in the metal fillings - heavy metal (mercury) and salt
water (saliva)
equals a battery, so that each amalgam filled tooth produces a small current of
electricity. This current can be measured in millivolts or microamperes.
Several fillings mean that the mouth becomes 'live' with electrical voltages.
These voltages establish circuits which are constant and a person lives with
them and does not notice them - except! - chew some silver paper and see what
happens! The silver paper disrupts the established circuits and new circuits
are rapidly formed, broken and reformed and discomfort is experienced. The pain
from biting on a filling with silver paper is an electric shock.
Many people experience static electricity problems and it is commonly assumed
that the current jumps from the car/filing cabinet/etc to the person but it
actually happens the other way around - the teeth batteries produce the current
which builds in the body and goes to ground on contact with a good conductor,
jolting the body. In my experience everyone who suffers with problems with
static electricity finds that after the amalgams are removed this problem goes
away completely. So, what's a little static jolt now and again, other than a
little nuisance?
Consider : the body is 70% water which is a good conductor of electricity, this
means that the electrical disturbance originating in the mouth is dispersed
throughout the entire body.
Consider : the central and peripheral nervous systems function on electricity,
even cellular metabolism functions on electricity - this means that all central
and peripheral nervous system activity and cellular metabolism will be affected
by the batteries and electric currents in your mouth. Science to date has not
investigated this area very much, but there are notions that if the current is
over 3 microamperes or 100 millivolts, then treatment is recommended. My
wholistic sense tells me that any microamperes or millivolts are bad news.
There has been some research on patients with symptoms of Bell's palsy,
tinnitus, vision disturbance, chronic headaches, trigeminal neuralgia,
idiopathic neuromuscular pathologies of head and neck, bruxism and severe
depression. When the amalgam was removed the abnormal electrical potential
within the dental restoration was no longer negatively influencing the nerve.
The nerve returned to its normal state and the symptoms went away. It's pretty
bad already but let's add computers, mobile phones, overhead power cables,
microwave ovens and fridges - an assortment of sources of electro-magnetic
waves which assault our bodies. If we are already 'live' then these things will
add a sort of induced voltage, upping the amount of electrical disturbance by
some unknown factor.
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