During this Mercury-Free Dentistry Awareness Week, I urge you to help spread the word and help educate others by sharing this article with your
social networks. Together, we can END the use of toxic mercury in dentistry.
To their credit, half of the dentists in the US, the UK, Australia, and Canada no longer place mercury fillings; they always use mercury-free
alternatives; they never use amalgam. Since they have made the transition to mercury-free dentistry, so could the other half. And Consumers for
Dental Choice is here to make sure that they do.
Charlie Brown, who runs Consumers for Dental Choice, is headed to Nairobi in October to lead a worldwide delegation participating in the world
mercury treaty negotiations. With him will be a team of dentists, consumers, attorneys, and scientists fighting to get amalgam into that treaty.
With the world deciding whether we continue allowing mercury in children's mouths, much is at stake. Here's what you can do in your nation or
state:
Americans
: Our #1 problem is the Food and Drug Administration, which has partnered with the American Dental Association to cover up the mercury, to make
you think you are getting silver instead of mercury in your mouth. The FDA intentionally conceals the warnings about amalgam deep in its
regulation -- so parents will never see them. On its website, the FDA gives dentists the green light to continue to deceive consumers with the
term "silver fillings"
"Americans are ready for the end of amalgam." This was the theme of the testimony to the U.S. Department of State on August 18 by former West
Virginia state Senator Charlotte Pritt. Yes, Americans are ready. But FDA is not. So let's send them a message.
Nine months ago, FDA scientists advised the agency to disclose the mercury to all patients and parents, and to stop amalgam for children and
pregnant women. Yet FDA sits – sits actually in the pocket of the American Dental Association – ignoring its own scientists.
Please write the Director of FDA's Center for Devices, Jeff Shuren, jeff.shuren@fda.hhs.gov Ask Dr Shuren why FDA continues to ignore
the scientists and covers up the mercury from American parents and consumers. Ask when FDA is going to get in step with the world on mercury.
Dr. Jeff Shuren, Director
Center for Devices, U.S. Food & Drug Admin.
10903 New Hampshire Ave.
WO66-5431, Room 5442
Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
Telephone: 301-796-5900
Fax: 301-847-8149
Fax: 301-847-8109
Californians:
Dr. Shuren is coming to San Francisco for a "town meeting" on September 22. We urge Northern Californians to attend. It will go from 8 am to 12
noon, at the Embassy Suites Hotel, San Francisco Airport (telephone 650.589.3400)
In Southern California, Consumers for Dental Choice is organizing a city-by-city attack on amalgam --- and needs volunteers. If you wish to
help with the grassroots work of organizing for city council hearings, gathering petitions, and telephoning, volunteer by writing announcements@toxicteeth.org
Australians:
Your government, Aussies, is now in last place on the mercury treaty, asking the world to throw in the towel instead of working to phase out
dental mercury. A great new group has started, Australians for Mercury-Free Dentistry, led by dentist Lisa Matriste and consumer activist Anna
Priest. We urge you to go to its website and join: http://www.mercuryfreedentistry.com.au/
Folks worldwide
: If you aren't on that list, there's plenty to do – for example, Dominique Bally, an outstanding young advocate from the Ivory Coast, runs the
Amalgam-Free Africa Campaign. If you want to help somewhere, anywhere, and there's nothing on the list above for you, write Charlie Brown, charlie@toxicteeth.org
Consumers for Dental Choice is working to protect your health – and the health of your children – all around the world. Charged with this important
mission at state and local, national, and international levels, Consumers for Dental Choice would appreciate your help!
Please consider a donation to Consumers for Dental Choice, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to advocating mercury-free dentistry.
Donations can be made online at http://www.toxicteeth.org/donate.cfm. Checks can be mailed to:
Consumers for Dental Choice
316 F St., N.E., Suite 210
Washington DC 20002
Also, for timely updates and information, please join Consumers for Dental Choice on Facebook.
Thank you for supporting mercury-free dentistry!
What's Lurking in Your Silver Fillings?
It's estimated that 75 percent of Americans are ignorant about that fact that amalgam fillings are actually 50 percent mercury, and this is no
accident. The American Dental Association (ADA) popularized the deceptive term "silver fillings" so consumers would think amalgam is made mainly of
silver when actually it has twice as much mercury as silver.
Mercury is an incredibly potent neurotoxin; it doesn't take much to cause serious damage because it's an absolute poison. If you were to take the
amount of mercury in a typical thermometer and put it in a small lake, that lake would be closed down due to environmental hazards.
Yet, amounts much higher than that are readily put into your mouth if you receive a "silver" amalgam dental filling, as the majority of material in
the filling is actually mercury. Download your free copy of Measurably Misleading and learn how the FDA and dental industry are misleading
consumers and why that's bad for American families and our planet.
Help Support Mercury-Free Dentistry
We believe in inspiring progress -- and nowhere is the progress more evident than the work of Consumers for Dental Choice and its Campaign for
Mercury-Free Dentistry. So consider donating your funds where you know it will get results.
Consumers for Dental Choice take the Holistic Approach to Advocacy. You wouldn't go to traditional dentist who uses mercury amalgam fillings. So
why would you go to a traditional activist to fight for mercury-free dentistry? That's why so many people, including myself, support Consumers for
Dental Choice's holistic approach to advocacy.
Resources to Help You Find a Biological Dentist
The following organizations can help you to find a mercury-free, biological dentist:
Let's Help Consumers for Dental Choice Get The Funding They Deserve
Consumers for Dental Choice and its leader Charlie Brown continue their full-court-press campaign to bring mercury-free dentistry to the U.S. and
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You can help stop dental mercury today! Please consider a donating to Consumers for Dental Choice, a non-profit organization dedicated to
advocating mercury-free dentistry.