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Report on the "Real Cost of Dental Mercury" Released for Earth Day
For Immediate Release
Additional Information:
Michael Bender: 802.223.9000
Email: mercurypolicy@aol.com
YOUR TEETH MAY BE POISONING FISH YOU EAT
“Earth Day” Report Shows Real Cost of Dental Mercury Fillings
The full report is attached below.
WASHINGTON April 16 – Dental mercury fillings pollu
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Amalgam–Mercury Fact Sheet 2011
THE TOXIC EFFECTS OF THE MERCURY IN DENTAL AMALGAM FILLINGS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH
A FACT SHEET PREPARED BY
The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology
Our brief, comprehensive, and fully referenced overview:
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Testimonies from the December 2010 FDA Hearing
The hopes and expectations of many people concerned with mercury
exposure from dental amalgam fillings, those who have been injured by
that exposure and those who hope to eliminate it in the future, were
expressed at the December 2010 FDA hearing. Some of the people who spoke
for the four minute time allotment given to public witnesses were
measured and scientific, others were passionate and intensely personal. Most of them represent the genetically susceptible sub-population that is poorly recognized
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Amalgam Risk Assessments 2010
On December 14 and 15, 2010, the FDA will convene a scientific panel to re-examine the issue of mercury exposure from amalgam dental fillings. Two private foundations, assisted by IAOMT, have commissioned G. Mark Richardson, PhD, of SNC Lavallin, Ottawa, Canada, formerly of Health Canada, to provide the scientific panel and FDA regulators with a formal risk assessment using the latest information from the scientific literature. Previously published risk assessments dated from the 1990's. Meanwhile, newer
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Safe Removal of Amalgam Fillings
The mercury free dentists of the world have been acutely aware of the potential for excess exposure to mercury when removing amalgam fillings, and have devised a number of strategies for reducing the amount of mercury exposure to both patients and dental staff during amalgam removal.
See the techniques on video at YouTube.
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Protecting yourself from Dental Office Contaminants
This pdf slide presentation was originally shown before the AGD convention in June, 2008. It is a basic introduction to the many toxic hazards to be found in the dental office environment, and methods to protect the dentist, staff and patients. For literature refernces supporting the information presented, please see the accompanying References article.
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The Scientific Case Against Mercury Amalgam
A review of the scientific evidence demonstrating significant exposure to mercury and resulting physiological harm from dental amalgam.
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IAOMT Scientific Advisory Board Position Paper on Amalgam
The Scientific Advisory Board of the IAOMT is composed of world class professors of toxicology, pharmacology, biochemistry and medicine. They conclude that dental amalgam is not suitable for use in the human mouth. Read the entire statement, attached.
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IAOMT-Sponsored Petition to Reverse FDA Classification of Amalgam
The IAOMT prepared the attached petition for a group of citizens as part of an effort to use all available legal means to overturn the FDA's classification of dental amalgam as a Class II device. The thrust of the petition is found in this quote:
"We have no doubt that the FDA has the resources and expertise to properly assess the risks associated with dental amalgam. Sadly, the FDA's clear priority is to defend at all costs the continued use of mercury in dentistry - even at the expense of public
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IAOMT Responses to FDA, 2008
In response to the FDA's call for public comment in regard to its intention to finally classify pre-encapsulated dental amalgam, the IAOMT submitted two papers it its own name. One was a paper fron the Scientific Advisory Board setting out the latest research that indicts amalgam as an unacceptably risky source of mercury exposure. The second was an exhaustive compendium of scientific, legal and clinical reasons why amalgam should be banned, or at least placed in Class III. It is as close to a comple
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Metro Sewage Authorities Contradict ADA on Amalgam in Wastewater
In October, 2002, the American Dental Association (ADA) released a Scientific Assessment entitled “Evaluation of Mercury in Dental Facility Wastewater.” The report argued that dental offices were not a significant source of mercury contamination, and that existing practices were sufficient to keep mercury emissions low.
The Association of Municipal Sewage Authorities released a critique of the ADA report in December, 2002, taking issue with most of its findings. It is long and detailed, but here are a f
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IAOMT Position on Fluoridation
In IAOMT's ongoing examination of the toxicological data on fluoride, the Academy has made several preliminary determinations over the last 18 years, each concluding that fluoride added to the public water supply, or prescribed as controlled-dose supplements, delivers no discernible health benefit, and causes a higher incidence of adverse health effects.
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Critiques of the Children's Amalgam Trials
In 2006, the Journal of the American Medical Association published two articles that have been widely regarded as proving that amalgam dental fillings are safe for children:
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