Posted August 1, 2014
Dental amalgam is an antiquated tooth filling material that is 50 percent mercury—a potent neurotoxin—combined with silver, copper, and tin. Mercury fillings are deceptively called “silver fillings,” referring to the color of the material rather than its actual composition. In the US, dental amalgam is the leading use of mercury, and dental offices generate a variety of amalgam waste1 that simply gets flushed down the drain unless the dentist has installed an amalgam separator. Read more.