
I began suspecting my health was being impacted by dental amalgam in about 2000 but dismissed the idea as crazy trusting the scientific integrity of the dental and medical community. I assumed the anti-amalgam community to be unscientific alarmist or charlatans. In 2002, I began to research the issue expecting to find little or no scientific work on the subject. I was shocked to find hundreds of papers supporting the concerns regarding dental amalgam including the assessment of over 700 papers by Maths Berlin.
Robert Cartland
Shares his story of mercury toxicity
from his dental mercury fillings
At the time my health was in terrible shape. I could not work and needed to sleep in several days a week. I was suffering from numerous ailments including: chronic fatigue, muscle ache, numbness and tingling, sciatica, dizziness, tremors, speech difficulties, low self-confidence, timidness, irritability, memory loss and brain fog. I also experienced a persistent metallic taste in my mouth. I allowed myself to rest, undertook physical and mental therapy, tried numerous traditional and non-traditional treatments but continued to get worse.
In 2002, I began treating myself for amalgam illness consulting references from the internet. I found a reasonably priced mercury free dentist and had my eight amalgam fillings replaced with mercury free alternatives. One filling was semi-liquid beneath a solid metal cap! I also treated myself for chronic mercury poisoning using a supplement and chelation protocol developed after reading the notes of chemist Andrew Hall Cutler.
Since 2003, I have been able to work again and now have three daughters. I am currently a Senior Physics Engineer with Raytheon SAS and a leader in my profession serving as Past President & Webmaster of the Optical Society of Southern California.
In December 2010, I testified at the FDA dental products panel meeting urging the FDA to discontinue the use of mercury dental restorations.
Robert Cartland


























What began with debilitating fatigue, grew to accompany insomnia, blurred vision, painful sinus headaches, extreme allergies (to everything), food intolerances, candida, never-ending chronic infections, exhaustion, a consistent feeling of being tired yet wired, and hypo-thyroid issues. Everything became incredibly overwhelming. Darkness clouded over me like a shadow of death; I became depressed, anxious, and frustrated. I had gone mad, and my life had fallen apart. I was living in a bubble, and a normal existence seemed like an impossible dream.
Rebecca Lee's eight mercury filling removals sent her health into a tailspin. Read on as she tells of her health hegira (a journey, especially when undertaken to escape from a dangerous or undesirable situation).
In 2005, I received 7 amalgam fillings and afterwards saw my health spiral downward. It wouldn't be until years later that I would pin-point the destruction of my health to this event. I remember shortly after that dental appointment, I became ill routinely. My mother said to me "You haven't been well since you went to that dentist" - And that always stuck in the back of my mind.
My name is Stacy Case. I am a mom, wife, believer, journalist and a fighter. In 2008, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. All of my neurological symptoms started right after I had my silver fillings removed and replaced with more silver fillings. I later learned each filling is made of 50% MERCURY!
Flight attendant Denise Knight shares her story of extreme mercury toxicity from unsafe amalgam removal.
Looking back it's hard to believe that I didn't figure things out sooner. I was perfectly placed to know exactly what was going on. I was conscious about toxins of all kinds and took supplements to keep myself healthy. And yet, when I fell ill with mysterious symptoms eight months after I got my amalgam fillings removed, I had no idea that this could be caused by mercury.
Veterinarian Hanne Koplev suffered for years from possible heavy metal induced Parkinson's Disease
12 years ago I went to the dentist. Immediately, I notice I could not hear to well. I was tested, 40% hearing in right ear, 60% hearing in left ear. I received implant hearing implant in my left ear. My vision was blurry. I received my first pair glasses. I started stuttering, then my foot was hurting.
This is the account of how my wife was affected by mercury poisoning: It started with symptoms ranging from unexplained anxiety, palpitations, struggling to breathe, light headedness and in the final stages of her illness, pins and needless over her body. Her arms and legs became very weak and she would frequently feel as if she were going to pass out.
Plagued with allergies, vitiligo, and Hashimoto’s thyroid, I attended a medical lecture featuring a panel of doctors, one of whom spoke about autoimmune diseases and offered a warning that would change my life. “If you are in your thirties and forties and have been suffering from autoimmune diseases,” he said, “it may be connected to the amalgam fillings in your mouth.”
In 2007, I was training rigorously for the 2008 U. S. Women's Marathon Olympic Trials when my health took a down turn. My training abruptly ended as I began experiencing neurological symptoms, gastrointestinal distress and major fatigue.Lucily, I was able to pinpoint the underlying cause, mercury toxicity.
I am a survivor of mercury poisoning which stemmed from having 16 mercury dental amalgam fillings by the time I was 24 years old. I've suffered from a number of neurological issue, including: depression, panic attacks, social anxiety disorder, stuttering and heart palpitations. I reached a point in my life where I wanted god himself to take my life and I wanted to die.
Thanks to Champus (federally-funded health program for military dependents) I ended up w/ 7 fillings that completely cover the chewing surface when I was 10 which caused immediate horrendous headache / toothache / earaches plus hyper-sensitivity to cold that persists to this day.