Announcing the Californians for Green Dentistry Facebook Page

Californians for Green Dentistry launched a new facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Californians-for-Green-Dentistry-Non-Profit/106084399449156?ref=sgm

It's long time the United States step up and place a ban on mercury dental amalgam. There's been substantial scientific research indicating that mercury is a known neurotoxin. Mercury is the second most hazardous substance on the planet (plutonium is 1st) -- and this substandard, toxic material is being loaded into the teeth of unsuspecting people, one inch from their brain. A quick history of why it's even used is on the CGD facebook page. You may be surprised....or not.

Once a world leader in health care, we have fallen behind. The Scandinavian countries have banned mercury amalgam, and there have been warnings issued and legislation pending in several other countries.

The bandwagon is rolling! The pilot project is underway in the US.

OC

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Do Dental Amalgam ("silver") Filling Contain Toxic Materials?

Silver fillings are made up of five different metals, amalgamated together to form a solid mass which hardens in the mouth/teeth. The main ingredient in amalgam is mercury, which accounts for about 50% of the complete filling. The other ingredients are silver, copper, tin, zinc and occasionally nickel. It has been shown that mercury is continuously relieved from mercury dental fillings in the form of mercury vapor and abraded particles. The process is further stimulated and can be increased as 15-fold by simply chewing (Americans are known of chewing gums with aspartame, the artificial sweetener which is harmful to your health), brushing the teeth, hot drinks and even swishing your mouth with a solution of hydrogen peroxide, used to reduce dental plaque.

Mercury is extremely poisonous - published research from two scientists at Utah State University shows that mercury is more toxic than lead, cadmium and even arsenic - accumulating over time in the various tissues of the body, particularly the brain and kidneys. In human autopsy studies it has been found that there is a direct correlation between the amount of mercury found in the brain and the number of mercury fillings in the mouth. In essence, all of the elements comprising dental amalgam are toxic metals. Mercury has a very high absorption rate and is capable of entering the human body very rapidly and complete and the vapor is fat solvable and neutral electrically. It has the ability to easily penetrate cell membranes and pass rapidly into the body from the blood into the body cells and stays there.

Besides mercury amalgam fillings there is a daily intake from mercury derived air, water, food (fish) as well as from clothes, paints. However, the effects of heavy-metal poisoning tend to be slow as the toxicity builds up. Other symptoms are headaches, upset stomach, colics, insomnia, poor concentration, lack of coordination, multiple sclerosis, hyperactivity, learning disabilities. Strong symptoms of lead poisoning are gums lined up with a blue tinge, muscle weakness and mental disturbances, memory loss, impotence, reproductive disorders, mental retardation, blindness, constipation, nausea, vomiting, paralysis of the extremities, insanity and appetite loss.


References:

It's All In Your Head, Dr. Hal A. Huggins, ISBN 0895295504

Mercury Free, James Earl Hardy, ISBN 0964930102

Tooth Truth, Frank J. Jerome, ISBN 1890035130

Hidden Dangers in Dental Care, Dr. Hal A. Huggins, Tomas, E. Levy, ISBN 1571741178

Professor Initiates Hunger Strike to Protest Maltreatment of Mercury-Poisoned Consumers Worldwide

Speak up for the Gandhi of the Mercury-free Dentistry Movement

Professor Servando Pérez – the leader of the mercury-free dentistry movement in Spain and First Vice President of the World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry – initiated a hunger strike* last Monday to protest the maltreatment of mercury-poisoned consumers worldwide.

Servando was diagnosed with chronic mercury poisoning two years ago. In a victory for Spanish amalgam-poisoning patients, the highest court in Spain ruled that he was poisoned by his mercury dental fillings and Spain’s public health care system was required to pay for chelation either at its hospital or a private clinic.

His health deteriorating fast, Servando checked into the hospital for treatment. But despite the Spanish judge’s order, the hospital refused to provide him chelation and failed to pay for him to receive treatment at a private clinic. The hospital complains that treating one mercury-poisoned patient would lead to treating all mercury-poisoned patients. Instead, the hospital has been harassing Servando and pressuring him to leave the hospital despite his debilitating illness. The latest tactic is to starve him out: His illness has restricted his diet, but the hospital refuses to accommodate his dietary needs.

With Gandhi-like discipline, this talented young man has refused to leave the hospital without the chelation treatment he is entitled to. Acting on behalf of all of us, Servando has declared that he is going on a hunger strike until he receives much-needed treatment.

Here’s how you can support Servando Pérez and stop this medical abuse now:

Send an email to:
1) Subdirector of the Hospital Santiago de Compostela Dr. Jose-Ramòn Gòmez atjose.ramon.gomez.fernandez@sergas.es
2) the Head of Health Committee in the Spanish Congress, Gaspar Llamazares atasistente.sanidad@sgral.congreso.es
3) the Minister of Health of the province of Galicia at gabinete.sanidade@sergas.es

Tell them:
I support Servando Pérez’s right to receive treatment for dental mercury poisoning. He is entitled to this treatment and he needs it now.

Ask them:
1) Why are you denying a necessary treatment to a critically ill patient?
2) Why is your Spanish health care system harassing a patient in desperate need of treatment for dental mercury poisoning?

Charles G. Brown
President, World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry
National Counsel, Consumers for Dental Choice
28 July 2010

* also available at http://www.csn-deutschland.de/blog/en/alert-spanish-professor-with-chronic-mercury-intoxication-goes-on-hunger-strike/

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NOTE: I've already sent my emails.

OC

Amalgam Use Declines 46% -- We're Half Way There!

Amalgam use declines 46%

We are halfway there!

The Interstate Mercury Education and Reduction

Clearinghouse reports that amalgam use declined 46%

in just a three-year period, 2004-2007 (the last years

for which authoritative data are available). By contrast,

there was virtually no decline (just 1%) in the period

2001-2004. This clearinghouse -- a consortium of states

which require reporting by all the big manufacturers --

suggests amalgam is continuing to decline after 2007

as awareness of amalgam’s mercury grows.

The great news is that millions of individuals are

no longer subjected to mercury fillings.

The bad news is that not everyone is benefiting equally

from this momentous step forward: The pro-mercury

forces are working hard to shove this neurotoxin into

the bodies of children with disabilities, working families,

and uninformed people who do not know that amalgam

is mercury. The Pennsylvania Dental Association has

singled out children with disabilities as meriting mercury

exposure, going so far as to endorse denying all treatment

to these children unless their parents “consent” to amalgam.

The American Dental Association and the World Dental

Federation advocate using mercury on low-income consumers --

even the pregnant women and children who are most vulnerable

to its neurotoxic effects. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration

has decided that non-elite populations are not even worthy of

labeling to inform them that amalgam contains mercury.

As we continue fighting these injustices -- boycotting top

amalgam seller Henry Schein Inc., challenging government

officials, approaching insurance companies that give primacy

to amalgam, preparing for the upcoming mercury treaty

negotiations, etc. -- we can take heart that our efforts so far

have contributed to substantial progress since 2004.

Halfway to our goal of no mercury in dentistry, we are winning!

Charlie Brown
19 April 2010

Charles G. Brown, National Counsel
Consumers for Dental Choice
316 F St., N.E., Suite 210, Washington, DC 20002
Ph. 202.544-6333; fax 202.544-6331
charlie@toxicteeth.org
www.toxicteeth.org
Working for Mercury-Free Dentistry

Copyright (C) 2009 Consumers for Dental Choice All rights reserved.

OC