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Maine Mandates Dentists Disclose
Mercury Amalgam Toxicity
From Dental Truth
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Maine Governor Angus King today signed the most advanced bill
in the United States requiring dentists to inform their
patients that
amalgam dental fillings contain a large percentage of the toxic
element mercury, which can be harmful to the wearer's health.
In his preliminary remarks before signing the bill, Gov. King
noted
that Maine has probably taken more action to get mercury out of
the air and water than any other state in the union. "And yet
we all
carry it around in our mouths," he remarked.
Senate President Michael Michaud spearheaded the bill and
Representatives Joanne Twoomey and Steven Stanley, all of
whom were present, spoke at the signing. Consumer advocates
Pam Anderson and Dr. Tom Anderson, a mercury-free dentist from
Houlton, ME, who led grassroots support for the bill,
participated in
the ceremony as well.
Senate President Michaud cited the courage of the many
individuals who testified on behalf of the bill, especially the
dentists
who came forward to endorse it despite the opposition of the
American Dental Association. "We hope that the U.S. will take
Maine's lead and move forward with legislation at the national
level," he said.
The bill mandates that every dentist's office will feature a
poster
and a brochure informing patients about the presence of mercury
in amalgam fillings and about its negative health effects.
Scientific research has shown that dental amalgam is the chief
source of mercury in the human body. For that reason Rep.
Twoomey described the bill as a major step forward for women of
childbearing age and for children, who receive their first
exposure
to mercury in the womb and from their mother's breast milk.
Mercury has been implicated in neurological disorders of
children
such as autism and ADD/ADHD, and in fertility problems in women.
"We are delighted that this bill has been signed," said Rep.
Stanley. It is a major step forward to protect the health of
Maine
citizens."
Pam Anderson added that the group hopes Maine's next step
would be to ban the use of dental amalgam in all women of
childbearing age and in children.
Other participants in the press conference were -
Kathleen McGee, Director of the Maine Toxic Action Coalition
Marjorie Monteleone, Maine DAMS (Dental Amalgam Mercury
Syndrome) Coordinator
Rosie Cronen, New Hampshire DAMS Coordinator
Representatives from the Maine People's Alliance, the Maine
Citizens for Affordable Health Care, and the Maine Department of
Environmental Protection
Dr. Gerald Vermette, mercury-free dentist
Rosemary Fecteau, Ph.D., whose husband died of mercury toxicity
from his dental fillings
Charles Brown, attorney for the national organization Consumers
for Dental Choice
and New York City DAMS Coordinator Dr. Lydia Bronte, author of
a widely respected book, THE MERCURY IN YOUR MOUTH: The
Truth About "Silver" Dental Fillings.
"The public is being deceived by the terminology used for these
fillings," said Charles Brown in his remarks. "The ADA calls
them
"silver" fillings, but they are really MERCURY fillings. If
people
knew the principal ingredient is mercury they would not want
these
fillings in their teeth."
Gov. King compared the current use of mercury in dental fillings
with the 1950's use in shoe stores of powerful x-ray machines
called fluoroscopes, which exposed hundreds of thousands of
adults and children to high doses of toxic x-rays. "Every child
who
went into the shoe store to buy new shoes would put his feet
into
the fluoroscope so the bones could be seen," King recalled.
"People who worked in the store were exposed to the radiation
all
day; children played games around the machine. Now we realize it
was a terrible thing to do, but then it seemed perfectly normal.
Some day we will wonder how we could ever have put such a toxic
substance into the human mouth."
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