The FDA has, for some time now, insisted that mercury dental fillings pose no health threat whatsoever to children. This is still after numerous studies showing a link between mercury amalgam fillings ("silver fillings") and neurological effects in the human body, the FDA has yet to recognize the full extent of the harmful side effeccts of mercury of dental fillings but has recently put out a warning of the toxicity of mercury in some cosmetic products.
 In the attached atricle it talks of federal health officials warning to consumers not to use skin creams, beauty and antiseptic soaps, or lotions that might contain mercury.

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