Cellphones are dangerous/not dangerous: leaky fillings edition
by Darren Murph 
posted Nov 17th 2008 at 7:20PM
We're not even going to pretend we fully grasp what's going on here, but the long and short of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences' latest findings are that cellphones can trigger the release of mercury from one's fillings. Yes, seriously. The study asserts that out of 14 test subjects with fillings, those who used mobile phones had a statistically significant increase of mercury from urine tests than those who refrained from yapping. The science behind all of this is far beyond our IQ levels, but we're a little freaked out/not freaked out, regardless.[Via textually]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
LonnieDvD @ Nov 17th 2008 7:52PM
I keep hearing that cellphones can cause cancer, but now they can release mercury from fillings? Ouch, good thing I don't have any fillings.
zephxiii @ Nov 17th 2008 10:28PM
...and the moral of the story is.....brush your teeth more often.
000000 @ Nov 17th 2008 8:47PM
Only the iPhone caused the leaks all other cell phones did not according to the study.
Ben @ Nov 17th 2008 10:13PM
If you care dont use a cell phone, if you dont, Move on.
SuperH @ Nov 18th 2008 9:32AM
Or get composite fillings, instead of amalgam.
Me @ Nov 18th 2008 4:11PM
The amount of Hg released is insignificant to health with or without the additional radiation of the phone or MRI. It was in the discussion of the article.
Gib @ Nov 18th 2008 6:23PM
I was pretty sure that science established that mercury was bad in the body before cellphones every came out....
Nah @ Nov 19th 2008 4:46PM
Good thing they've stopped using mercury in fillings then.
Now can somebody with knowledge of statistics please tell me if 14 people is a big enough sample for this study to have any value at all. My gut says no, but I don't remember the math to prove it.