Journal of Multiple Sclerosis

A Hypothesis and Additional Evidence that Mercury May be an Etiological Factor in Multiple Sclerosis

Robert Siblerud* and Joachim Mutter

Mercury is one of the most toxic elements that can cause a multitude of health problems. This study was created to determine if mercury could be causing multiple sclerosis (MS) by cross referencing 88 factors associated with MS to mercury. The results found that all but five factors could be attributed to mercury, and with the remaining five factors there was not enough evidence one way or another to possibly be associated with mercury. The hallmark change of MS is nerve demyelination, and mercury is known to cause nerve demyelination. Similar physiological and pathological changes occur in MS and mercury toxicity including those changes involved with the basal ganglia, Bell’s palsy, brain atrophy and shrinkage, brain scarring, dysmetria, myelin basic protein, myelin oliodendrocytes, glycoprotein, oligoclonal bands, oligodendrocytes, ciliary neutrophil factor, white matter, axon and myelin damage, electro encephlography, and brainstem auditory evoked potentials. Similar changes also occur in the immune system including autoimmunity, cytokine changes, gamma globulins, Epstein Barr virus, T cells, herpes virus, and urinary infections.Likewise similar changes are also found in hormones and biochemistry including myelin basic protein, myelin oliodendrocytes, glycoprotein, estriol, free radicals, glial cells, glucosteroids, female hormones, and inrerferon. The study identified. 32 physical symptoms of MS and all could all be explained by mercury toxicity as well as all 7 mental health symptoms, and all 11 ocular symptoms. MS is more prevalent in the northern latitudes. The paper hypothesized that people living in southern latitudes are exposed to the sun much more and perhaps the higher levels of vitamin D, which is anti inflamatory counteracts inflammation caused by mercury. Studies have found a correlation between MS and dental caries and dental amalgams. The greatest source of mercury comes from dental amalgams according to the WHO. Previous studies have shown MS symptoms and physiology changes improve following dental amalgam removal. The study concluded that mercury is possibly an etiological factor in multiple sclerosis.