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• In 2006, 2009 and 2010, the FDA ignored its expert panelists’ recommendations that mercury fillings should not be used in children and pregnant women
• In 2011, the FDA then reneged on its promise to re-examine the mercury amalgam issue and make an updated announcement by year’s end; no announcement was made, and there are no plans for an announcement in the future
• The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for the phasing-out of amalgam in its new mercury report, but the FDA is still failing to act -- even though dental amalgam is far from an essential dental product; it’s interchangeable with many other filling materials that do not have the toxic profile amalgam has
• It’s time for Congress to step in and tell the FDA to listen to its scientists; you can help invoke lasting change by calling Congress today