ACLU Supports Freedom of Speech
The Oregon chapter publicly supports the Fifth Amendment permitting
dentists to tell their patients the truth about the health hazards
of mercury toxicity.
National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People
The NAACP adopted the Mercury
Dental Fillings bill at the 2002 National Convention in Houston.
Highlights of the resolution require disclosure to all dental patients
that mercury is highly toxic, and that dental insurance plans and
Medicaid provide coverage for alternatives to mercury fillings.
- ADA Suffers Major Defeat at NAACP Convention in Philadelphia, July 2004
Advisory by Charlie Brown
National Caucus of Black Legislators
The NBCSL passed a Resolution
in November, 2001, endorsing mercury health warnings, particularized
concern for the health effects on children pregnant women and nursing
mothers, and choice in Medicaid and insurance plans.
