Unfortunately, the front page of The Mercury brought us another tragic story of 2 deaths caused by an illegal immigrant. The unlicensed illegal immigrant was driving recklessly with no regard for the lives of anyone. The Chamber of Commerce, The Wall Street Journal, Mitch McConnell, and the Democrats tell us we need this immigration. Really? […]
reporter: for the last ten years, 41-year-old construction worker mark jakoby had no idea why his body was failing. when you started to have symptoms and lose different types of muscle control, you kept using fixodent? yes. because i had no clue. reporter: doctors eventually tied his disorder to high levels of the mineral zinc. high zinc intake can lead to the depletion of copper levels in the body which can cause nerve damage. so, where did he get all the zinc? jakoby says it was his denture cream, fixodent, which contains zinc. fixodent and forget it, guaranteed. gets soaked in your body. and it messes with the nerves. reporter: a study in 2006 of four ptiensfirmadehe -waknebut years, according to its authors, because of a peer review by dr. kenneth shay which said the authors don t understand the nature of the material they re writing about. but abc news has learned dr. shay failed to disclose a conflict of interest, that he was also a paid consultant for procter & gambl
reporter: for the last ten years, 41-year-old construction worker mark jakoby had no idea why his body was failing. when you started to have symptoms and lose different types of muscle control, you kept using fixodent? yes. because i had no clue. reporter: doctors eventually tied his disorder to high levels of the mineral zinc. high zinc intake can lead to the depletion of copper levels in the body which can cause nerve damage. so, where did he get all the zinc? jakoby says it was his denture cream, fixodent, which contains zinc. fixodent and forget it, guaranteed. gets soaked in your body. and it messes with the nerves. reporter: a study in 2006 of four patients first made the possible link between heavy use of denture cream containing zinc and neurological problems. including numbness and muscle weakness. but publication of that study was delayed for more than two years, according to its authors, because of a peer review by