The mercury is amalgamated with the silver and is probably more hazardous to the dentist than the patient. The silver has a prophylactic effect on bacteria. Thats why the amalgam filling has a 10 year life and the plastic filling has a 5 year life. This information from a retired dentist customer. Jerry Silverman Greentron Inc 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609 Fax/Phone 864 232 3889 mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bil Green" <tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Damon" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 5:04 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: How Dangerous is soldering and inhaling SUPERGLUE? > Hi Damon, > > Don't feel bad. I used to hold the solder with my teeth, like having a > third hand. Stopped after I finally realized how toxic lead is. But > then it's probably not as bad as the mercury being released by all > those metal fillings! (don't believe your dentist). > > Bil > > PC 1000 > Mammoth Lakes, CA > 760-924-1000 > M-Pulse 5000 magnetic pulse generator > http://www.heal-me.com.au/m-pulse5000.htm > > > Saturday, March 26, 2005, 12:01:56 AM, you wrote: > > D> And I still crimp the end of my solder with my teeth after I pull off about > D> 20 feet of it for "field work". > D> Wonder how many points my IQ has dropped after 24 years. I'd say about 2 to > D> 5 points, while being out of school has probably dropped it by 10 to 15 > D> points.... > > D> I just ran across a SAT test with algebraic equations, tried it, got it > D> wrong because....I haven't used it since 1982. Saw the answer, and vaguely > D> remembered the procedure to get the right answer afterwards.... > D> If you don't use it, you lose it. > > D> Damon Brunger > D> Telrad Electronics > D> Fort Wayne IN > D> ----- Original Message ----- > D> From: "Jerome Silverman" <greentron@xxxxxxx> > D> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > D> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 8:31 PM > D> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: How Dangerous is soldering and inhaling SUPERGLUE? > > > >> The smoke from soldering is mostly hydrocloric acid fumes from the flux > >> decomposition. The lead poisoning comes from eating solder. > >> Jerry Silverman > >> Greentron Inc > >> 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC 29609 > >> Fax/Phone 864 232 3889 > >> greentron@xxxxxxx > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Lindsey Altman" <athomeservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 3:01 PM > >> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: How Dangerous is soldering and inhaling > D> SUPERGLUE? > >> > >> > >> > Hi All, > >> > > >> > Actually the smoke produced by vaporizing superglue is toxic.. It's > >> > also used by vaporizing it in a closed room to highlight > >> > fingerprints, it reacts with the amino acids from the oil in your skin. > >> Why > >> > it turns whitish around usually whatever your trying > >> > to glue. I recommend you take more seriously the cocesquences of > D> soldering > >> > in poor ventilation also. 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