From: Maury & Sally Elsasser [inwardbound@verizon.net] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 8:42 AM To: Adjodha, Michael E Subject: Late email on MERCURY POISONING Importance: High Attachments: Poisoning the Fountain of Youth.doc Dear Michael, Please consider including this in your comments for the Sept hearings. I apologize for being 9 hours late on the deadline. It is vitally important to me. I have also attached a poem I wrote in the throngs of my recovery, if it could be of any use. I appreciate all you can do to help remove this toxin from our lives. Thank you Sally E. FDA Mercury Findings My life has been compromised because a toxin more lethal than arsenic was placed in my mouth, beginning when I was in kindergarten. I am 61 now. It has not been easy. Please take a minute and: Imagine: Beginning in your late teens, having intense anxiety/panic attacks that come on suddenly, for no apparent reason. You learn from years of tests and procedures that no one believes you. They say, "It’s in your head". You say, "It’s as though someone sneaks up on my with a shot of poison and it courses through my veins. It’s nothing I can control." Yet, medication, counseling, ridicule, diet changes, etc., nothing makes a difference. By the time you reach your mid 50s you have learned to survive them by crossing your arms and pinching your sides to keep yourself focused. It’s becomes all about survival, not just physical, but emotional as well. Imagine: Finding an orthomolecular scientist that runs tests in "non-traditional" labs while your family doctor agrees to run traditional tests on the same day. The family doctor, who doesn’t deny the symptoms, says he just can’t find anything. The scientist calls and says he can’t imagine why you’re walking around with such a high level of mercury. Imagine: Going online and reading about mercury poisoning from dental amalgams and sobbing in recognition all these symptoms: miscarriages (I had two), food allergies (I was allergic to dairy, potatoes, tomatoes, whole wheat), insomnia, weight loss, memory foggy, low energy - just to name a few. Imagine: The cost of spending thousands of dollars to have mercury removed, finding doctor’s that have any knowledge that mercury poisoning comes from dental amalgams, costly medications, supplements and treatments. And the loss of income from inability to work full time due to physical compromises, including thyroid and adrenal damage. Imagine: Watching the political games that are played to keep this cover-up a secret. Can you imagine this impact on your life? This is a cover-up that makes Enron and the tobacco industry look like babes in the woods. This is poison. The same poison that the news talks about in the air, water, thermometers, vaccines, etc. - but it’s inside your mouth. I am amazed at how uninformed the general public is about this. I talk with anyone who will listen. Just yesterday when I was having my blood drawn, the nurse knew nothing about it. Folks say, "Oh, I don’t have mercury fillings, mine are silver". It’s inexcusable. Please do something about it NOW. Thank you. Sally Beaven Elsasser 4 Meadow Lane S. Berwick, ME 03908 207.384.2563 inwardbound@verizon.net