Quiz

Discover your OWN knowledge with this short quiz.

1. What are silver fillings?
   50% mercury 20% silver
   80% silver 10% mercury
   90% silver 5% mercury 5% copper, tin, and zinc
2. Is mercury toxic?
   True
   False
3. Science has proved that mercury vapors escape from silver fillings.
   True
   False
4. According to scientific research
   Mercury vapors will end up in the sinus, brain, eyes, ears, heart, nervous system, and the unborn fetus
   Mercury vapor in the average mouth is 80 times above safety limits
   Mercury is accumulative in your body and builds up in the tissues
   a. and c. only
   All of the above
   None of the above
5. Approximately 900,000 mercury fillings are put in mouths daily
   True
   False
6. Fillings that are five years old have been shown to contain only 28% mercury (as compared to the original 50% when first placed in the teeth) - which means that half of the original mercury has been released into your body.
   True
   False
7. Scientific research shows that certain bacteria in the mouth and intestines convert mercury into methyl mercury, a substance 100 times more poisonous than ordinary mercury.
   True
   False
8. Silver fillings are banned in other countries.
   True
   False
9. The concentration of mercury in the blood of the newborn is an average of 28% higher than the mother's blood.
   True
   False
10. Mercury is a known poison that is colorless, tasteless, and odorless.
    True
    False

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