From the Associated Press/USA Today:

Members of Congress attacked the dental industry in a hearing this week, blaming mercury in dental fillings for autism and and a wide range of other problems. A spokesman for the American Dental Association faced deeply personal diatribes from Reps. Dan Burton, R-Ind., and Diane E. Watson, D-California, amid demands that dentists do more to keep dental fillings out of wastewater.

The FDA last month for the first time posted an advisory on its website warning that silver dental fillings and the mercury they contain may pose a safety concern for pregnant women and young children. Mercury makes up as much as 54 percent of silver fillings.

Burton said his grandson became autistic after receiving nine vaccination shots, seven containing mercury.

While such theories have been rejected in mainstream medicine, Burton has held several hearings on it in the past. Mercury has not been in childhood vaccines since 2001. “Mercury should not be ingested into the human body in any way,” he said.

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