That dark filling in the back of your mouth your dentist has been calling a "silver filling"? It's about 50% mercury. Half. That makes your filling a toxic-metal cocktail with a side of tooth.

This episode covers the 190-year saga of dental amalgam: where it came from, why mercury was used in the first place, and whether the stuff slowly seeping out of your fillings every time you chew, grind, or sip hot coffee is actually something to worry about. We get into the original Amalgam War of 1845, the hat-maker-mercury-madness connection (yes, the Mad Hatter was a documentary), how mercury moves through your body, including your brain, who's at risk, what the FDA says versus what the EU just banned, and what you should do about the fillings already in your mouth.

All grounded in peer-reviewed science. None of it is designed to scare you into anything. Because at the end of the day, those fillings are probably not going to kill you. Probably.

For a link to key references, click:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UDrge6rVyqrweOb-jQ0rUBALvwxhgNBsl1CDUHhtjAI/preview

Topics covered in this episode
Dental amalgam and mercury exposureSilver fillingsMercury released from dental fillings
Mercury in the brain
Mercury toxicity
Mercury vapor
Dental amalgam safety FDA recommendations Dental amalgam removal Genetic susceptibility to mercury Environmental and public health
The Nun Study
Composite resin fillings
Gold fillings
Ceramic Fillings
Ionomer Fillings