Feds examine safety of mercury fillings
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060908/ap_on_he_me/dental_mercury"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060907/i/r1721097373.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=CXZzdKqwPRVjx4xR7pFVNw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A Hungarian dentist examines the X-ray of an Austrian patient in Sopron western Hungary on January 14, 2004. Patients who say silver, mercury-containing tooth fillings caused health problems asked a panel on Wednesday to recommend a ban on their use or at least warnings for consumers. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh LB/CRB" border="0" /></a>AP - Federal health officials are again examining what's known — and what's still to be learned — about the safety of a mercury mixture that's stirred controversy since dentists began using it to fill cavities in the 1800s.</p><br clear="all"/>