Geir Bjørklund
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| Born |
20 April 1969 Mo i Rana, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
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Independent researcher Founder and president of the Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (CONEM) |
Independent researcher
Geir Bjørklund (born April 20, 1969 in Mo i Rana, Norway) is an independent researcher, medical/health science writer, editor, and advisor to international scientific journals. Bjørklund is founder and president of the Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (CONEM). CONEM is an international non-profit association based in Norway, which is best known for its research related to heavy metals, autoimmune disorders, and autism. Bjørklund is a member of the World Association of Medical Editors.
In 1995, Geir Bjørklund founded , which is the membership magazine of the Norwegian Dental Patient Association (). He was editor of this magazine until the summer of 1999. Bjørklund was in the 1990s also freelance journalist for Sunnhetsbladet - the oldest popular medical journal in Norway. In the late 1990s, Bjørklund had consulting assignments for the Norwegian Board of Health (). He was coauthor of two of their expert reports on the use of dental filling materials. In 2001, Geir Bjørklund founded the Nordic Journal of Biological Medicine (). He was editor of this journal until its last issue was distributed in 2003.
Mercury (Hg) is a liquid, silver gray, heavy metallic, toxic element with unique physicochemical properties. Mercury occurs in three chemical forms, i.e., elemental (or metallic) Hg, inorganic Hg compounds, and organic Hg compounds. The different types of Hg have different properties, usage, and toxicity. In human toxicology, elemental Hg is the most important of the inorganic mercurials.<to be updated>
Dental amalgam has ever since its introduction in the Western World in the 1830s been the subject of recurrent controversies because of its Hg content. Exposure of dental patients to Hg from amalgam fillings is caused by the material properties of amalgam, i.e. mainly by its corrosion, abrasion, and aging. Norway and Sweden have banned amalgam, reportedly due to environmental concerns. However, the use and toxic risk of dental amalgam fillings is still a subject of ongoing debate in many countries. Geir Bjørklund has published many articles in peer-reviewed medical journals about the health effects of Hg and dental amalgams. Some of the articles have also been featured in Norwegian newspapers.
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