{"id":754,"date":"2009-10-15T15:31:14","date_gmt":"2009-10-15T23:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=754"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:32","slug":"safe-metal-mouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/15\/safe-metal-mouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe Metal Mouth?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/15\/safe-metal-mouth\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F10%2F15%2Fsafe-metal-mouth%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>Okay, look&#8230; I like <em><strong>Parents<\/strong><\/em> magazine. And <em><strong>Parenting<\/strong><\/em>, and <em><strong>BabyTalk<\/strong><\/em>&#8230; they&#8217;re some of my favorite reading materials for getting tips, ideas and advice on raising Konan.<\/p>\n<p>But sometimes I&#8217;m just amazed at what makes it into the magazines under the guise of balanced journalism. The fact that they really toe the &#8220;company line&#8221; (i.e. promote what the establishment tells them to) becomes really evident at times.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, it was an article called &#8220;Chiropractors for Kids?&#8221; which seemed like it was going to be a fair examination until the author started slamming chiropractic as possible quackery, mainly based on the fact that a lot of chiropractors (and other holistic health practitioners) don&#8217;t believe that giving kids a ton of vaccinations during their first few years of life &#8212; more than ever in the history of the world &#8212; is safe.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I accept the fact that these mainstream magazines are going to be pro-vaccination, for the same reason that Konan&#8217;s pediatrician HAS TO ask about shots every time we go in for a visit. They&#8217;re strongly regulated in these areas, and we have to take it all with a grain of salt.<\/p>\n<p>But I can&#8217;t believe the blurb I just read in this month&#8217;s issue:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<strong>Dental News Flash<\/strong>: It&#8217;s safe for kids ages 6 and up to get metal fillings when they have cavities, finds a review of more than 200 studies by the FDA. Known as dental amalgam, the metal mixture contains a small amount of mercury, but research shows that the amount of mercury vapor that&#8217;s released during the filling process isn&#8217;t high enough to be harmful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>WHAT??? One of the most toxic substances in the world is OKAY to put in my child&#8217;s mouth? I DON&#8217;T THINK SO!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It goes on to say that the study couldn&#8217;t confirm safety for children under 6 years old.<\/p>\n<p>So first they tell us that it&#8217;s okay to inject our kids with toxins and chemicals through the form of vaccines, and now it&#8217;s okay to put it in their mouths&#8230; because only a LITTLE BIT is going to leach out and get swallowed?<\/p>\n<p>I yi yi&#8230; that&#8217;s just nuts. Hopefully Konan won&#8217;t get cavities (when he ever gets around to growing teeth, that is) but if he does, he&#8217;ll be getting non-metal composite fillings.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If you&#8217;re a pro-vaccination parent who&#8217;s getting riled up over what I just wrote, consider this from Diana Fatayerji, M.S., Ph.D., in <strong>Inspired Parenting Magazine<\/strong>&#8216;s Spring 2004 issue: &#8220;Adverse reactions are believed to be a result of contaminants contained in the vaccines, including viruses, bacterial toxins and chemicals used in the preparation or preserving of the vaccine.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I just wrote an article on  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livestrong.com\/article\/27047-vaccine-side-effects-infants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vaccine Side Effects in Infants<\/a> for LiveStrong.com which goes into this topic deeper. 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