- Alabama
Debate Rages Over Safety of Mercury Fillings
The Birmingham News - March 22, 2004
A legislative committee in Montgomery killed a bill in the Alabama House of Representatives which would have prohibited dentists from giving children and pregnant women mercury dental fillings...
- Arizona
- Mercury-in-dental-fillings controversy: Picketers at Arizona Dental Association - April 28, 2003:
- Dentist the Menace -- The ADA may not agree, but Charlie Brown says your fillings are killing you... New Times, Arizona - April 10, 2003
- Bill
Would Ban Mercury Fillings In Some Dental Patients:
The Arizona Republic - March 24, 2003
Co-sponsor Rep. Johnson says: "Mercury, especially in the mouths of children, nursing mothers and pregnant women, is very, very dangerous." - "Protect The Children News Conference" Arizona Bill to Ban Mercury Fillings for Children - March 19, 2003 (PDF document)
- If passed, S.B. 1146 sponsored by Rep. Johnson & Rep. Hershberger would require informed consent for mercury fillings for children, pregnant women, and nursing mothers.
- California
- PROPOSITION 65 WARNING: Dental Amalgam, used in many dental fillings, causes exposure to mercury, a chemical known to the state of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm...
- Consumer Friendly Fact Sheet:
The Facts About Dental Amalgam, 2004 version
DENTAL BOARD- Burton-Watson Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness Hearing:
"California's Compliance with Dental Amalgam Disclosure
Policies"
"THE ONCE PROUD PROFESSION OF HEALERS HAS DEGENERATED TO LOBBYISTS AND LIARS", commentary by David Kennedy, DDS - Jan. 26, 2004, Los Angeles - Bay Area News Conference Follows Congressional Committee in Attacking Dental Board for "Stonewalling on Mercury Fillings" - January 27, 2004
- U.S. Congressman Dan Burton and Diane Watson call for hearing "California's Compliance with Dental Amalgam Disclosure Policies" - January 23, 2004
- "Stop the cover-up - Do not re-appoint Dr. Terlet to the CA Dental Board" Please take a moment to write Gov. Schwarzenegger - December, 2003
- Letter to Alan Kaye, DDS, Pres. of Dental Board of California - December 22, 2003
- "Dental Board Sued Over Fillings" L.A. Press - December 9, 2003
- "Mercury Foes Sue State Dental Board" Orange County Register - December 10, 2003
- Why Consumers For Dental Choice Sued The California Dental Board Charlie Brown - December, 2003
- California Dental Board To Vote On Mercury Fillings Fact Sheet - July 11, 2003
- The
Mercury-Free Dentistry Movement...Saving North America!
Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen - July 3rd, 2003 - State Dental Board Officer Picketed in Beverly Hills, Asked to Resign: Dentist Leads fight to cover-Up Mercury in Fillings.
- CD Dental Board Backs Down, Vocal Protests - A Movie Action film
- Davis Administration Intercedes: Schedules Meeting with Anti-Mercury Consumers After Dental Board Cancels Meeting Consumers.
- CDC's Petition Forces California Dental Board to Abandon Voting on Materials Fact Sheet, Charlie Brown 7/23/2001
- Governor Davis appoints mercury-free dentist Chet Yokoyama to the California Dental Board, Charlie Brown 3/22/2001
CA NEWS- An unlikely cause of pollution in bay: dentists
S.F. moves to stop mercury in fillings from heading for sewage treatment, San Francisco Chronicle - June 30, 2004 - CALIFORNIA A.B.999 HEADED FOR GOVERNORS SIGNATURE. - September 8, 2003
- SAN FRANCISCO
COMMISSION ON THE ENVIRONMENT MANDATES AMALGAM SEPARATORS -
July 9, 2003
Kudos to the San Francisco Commission on the Environment. On July 9, the Commission mandated that all dentists must install amalgam separators by the end of 2003. - A VICTORY AFTER 11 YEAR STANDOFF
- Mercury in Dental Filling Disclosure and Prohibition Act (Introduced in House) - April 8, 2003
- Landslide
Vote by California Assembly Could End System Forcing Low-Income
Children To Have Mercury Fillings
The California Assembly voted 75 to 1 to direct Medi-Cal (Medicaid) to stop forcing mercury fillings on California's low-income families. The bill by Assemblyman Jerome Horton (D-Los Angeles), A.B. 999, will allow the patient and dentist to choose the filling. Charlie Brown - June, 2003 - California
Judge Approves Landmark Warning on Mercury Use in Dentistry
San Francisco, Notice to Patients, Proposition 65, January, 2003 (PDF Document) - AB #2270 amended in Assembly - April 9, 2002
- Introduced by Rep. Dickerson on Feb. 20, 2002 would prohibit a dentist on and after Jan. 1, 2007 from providing a patient with a dental filling that contains mercury.
- Governor Davis signs bills to prohibit against Mercury contamination, Oct. 10, 2001.
- Connecticut
- Consumers for Dental Choice’s lawsuit seeks ban on mercury fillings in Conn. The Herald - April 1, 2006
- Drop dental fillings made with mercury New Haven Register, Editorial, September 26, 2005
- A Step Forward as we Prepare for Court Fight over Abolition Charlie Brown - September 15, 2005
- Why Give Dentists A Pass On Mercury? Hartford Courant - September 5, 2005
- Poll: Strong Opposition To Mercury In Fillings Hartford Courant - August 10, 2005
- Zogby Poll Says 81% Want to Ban Mercury Amalgam - July 2005
- Dentist Wins a Round On Mercury Warnings New York Times - July 24, 2005
- Federal Freedom of Speech Case Settled: State of Connecticut Backs Down - Dentist May Discuss Problems with Mercury Fillings
Press Release - July 13, 2005 - Possible Connecticut Ban On Mercury Uses Could Be National Model InsideEPA - June 21, 2005
This article originally appeared in InsideEPA.com, Vol. 12, No. 24, June 21, 2005. It is reprinted here with permission of the publisher, Inside Washington Publishers. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. - Connecticut Eyes Ban on Some Mercury Uses to Limit Water Pollution InsideEPA - June 13, 2005
This article originally appeared in InsideEPA.com, Vol. 14, No. 12, June 13, 2005. It is reprinted here with permission of the publisher, Inside Washington Publishers. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. - Your Teeth May Be Poisoning Your Water - Environmentalists Urge Connecticut to Ban Use of Dental Mercury Press Release - May 26, 2005
- Connecticut Environment Commissioner to Rule on Whether to Ban Mercury Amalgams Press Release - May 5, 2005
- Cereal Maker To Pull `Spidey' Toys Hartford Courant - July 3, 2004
- Kellogg has come to its spidey-senses Press Release - July 2, 2004
- Crime-fighting Blumenthal goes after superhero, Kellogg's Associated Press - July 1, 2004
- Conn. AG Blasts Kellogg Mercury Batteries Associated Press - June 30, 2004
- Iowa
- Green Light for Mercury-Free Dentistry in Iowa: Dr. Larry Hanus To Return To Practice - August 9, 2007
- Gag Rule Unconstitutional,
Says Attorney General of Iowa (PDF document)
"Dentists do have a free speech right to voice a personal opinion and to in good faith counsel patients free of unwarranted government intervention."
- Maine
- Kathleen McGee, Director of Maine Toxics Action Coalition, protests backroom deal to exempt mercury fillings from state bill addressing toxins in children’s products - Bangor Daily News, March 28, 2008
- CDC files antitrust petition against ADA for threat
to withdraw dental services from Maine if state bans mercury fillings
- April 12, 2005
Press Release, Letter from the The Maine People’s Alliance and Petition from CDC to the Attorney General of Maine and to the FTC, Boston Regional Office - Mercury Amalgam and Other Filling Materials
(downloadable MS Word document)
A Patient Education/ Information Brochure Prepared by the Maine Department of Human Services, Bureau of Health - Maine Governor Signs
Bills to Protect Health, Reduce Pollution
(NCRM Press Release 5/29/03) - Beginning July 1, 2002, a dentist who uses mercury or a mercury amalgam in any dental procedure shall display the poster adopted by the Department of Human Services, Bureau of Health under this section in the public waiting area of that dentist's office and must provide each patient with a copy of the brochure adopted by the bureau under this section.
- Maryland
Brown testifies that Maryland dental board should be abolished - and start over
Our organization is committed to ending the use of mercury in dentistry; accordingly, we petition, appear before, and evaluate dental boards coast to coast. Without equivocation, I can say that the Maryland dental board is one of the three worst dental boards in the nation...
- Minnesota
- Sandy Duffy to keynote Health Freedom Conference in St. Paul - October 12, 2007
- Consumers for Dental Choice Petitions Minnesota Board of
Dentistry to end the "Gag Rule." - June 4, 2004
The petition seeks the end of the gag rule – which has already been condemned by the state Attorney General – and the start of the process to write a fact sheet as Maine and California have done. The public hearing is June 4, 2004.- Dentists Defend use of Mercury Fillings, Minneapolis Star Tribune, by Health reporter, Maura Lerner, June 5, 2004
- Activist Ratchets Up Debate Over Mercury Dental Fillings, Minneapolis Star Tribune, by Health reporter, Maura Lerner, June 4, 2004
- Public Forum Set On Mercury Fillings, Minneapolis Star Tribune, by Health reporter, Maura Lerner, June 4, May 26, 2004
- WCCO Channel 4 TV with Dr. Boyd Haley in Lexington, KY
- Memorandum of Law: The Minnesota Board of Dentistry Violates Free Speech Rights of Mercury-Free Dentists prepared by Sandy Duffy, Esq., May 29, 2004
- Letter to the Minnesota Board of Dentistry, May 26, 2004
- ACLU letter to the Minnesota Board of Dentistry, Sept. 2, 2003
- New Hampshire
- New Hampshire 4th state to adopt fact sheet on mercury fillings - February 5, 2007
- The
Mercury In Your Mouth Portland Phoenix - February
27, 2004
Amalgam fillings may be making you sick, but many dentists don't care. And once you're sick, it's hard to find a doctor to make you better.
February is Dental Health Month, and Rosie Cronin, New Hamphire activist, wants you to know that not all dentistry is healthful. - HB #1251 - Sponsored by Rep. Lynde. As Amended By the Senate.
This bill requires dentists and the department of health and
human services to provide information on restorative dental
materials, and requires the department of environmental services
to adopt rules for the disposal of mercury amalgam waste in
an environmentally- appropriate manner.
- New York
- Hearing on Dental Compliance with Existing Environmental Law - May 31, 2005
- New York state's Govenor Pataki signs Bill - Mercury poses a risk to our society Wall Street Journal - July 13, 2004
- Chapter 506, Laws of New York, 2002
An Act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the use and recycling of elemental mercury and dental amalgam by dentists became a law September 17, 2002, with the approval of the Governor. Passed by a majority vote, three-fifths being present.
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 27-0926 to read as follows:
§ 27-0926. Use and recycling of elemental mercury and dental amalgam by dentists.
1. No dentist shall use or possess elemental mercury in the practice of dentistry unless such elemental mercury is contained in appropriate pre-encapsulated capsules specifically designed for the mixing of dental amalgam. All dentists shall recycle any elemental mercury, including any pre-encapsulated mercury capsule waste, and dental amalgam waste generated in their dental practices in accordance with rules and regulations established by the commissioner.
2. The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
- Ohio
- Ohio chapter seeks to end mercury cover-up by state dental board - March, 2007
- Bill LSC 124 1555 to enact section 4715.191 of the Revised code to establish restrictions on the use of mercury and mercury amalgam fillings in dentistry for individuals 18 and younger, a woman 45 years of age or younger, a pregnant woman and requiring informed consent.
- Oregon
- CDC joins with Oregonians for Life & OR Center for Environmental Health to Crumble Gag Rule in Oregon
Press Release by Sandy Duffy - May 11, 2005 - Make Those Smiles Mercury-Free
by Mary Ann Newell, Letter to The Oregonian, Feb 19, 2004 - Bill for Informed consent and Limitations on use of Amalgam, Draft Bill 11/11/2002. Relating to the practice of dentistry; adoption of new provisions in ORS Chapter 679. A dentist shall obtain a written Informed Consent from each patient prior to any dental procedure and/or treatment which includes the use of any dental restorative materials containing mercury.
- CDC joins with Oregonians for Life & OR Center for Environmental Health to Crumble Gag Rule in Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- The Pennsylvania Coalition for Mercury-Free Dentistry and Consumers for Dental Choice host press conference to promote Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown's "Informed Consent" mercury dental law - May 2008. Philadelphia is the first city in the nation to pass a law requiring "Informed Consent" before dentists place mercury amalgam fillings.
- We have a new fact sheet law in Philly – and we play a role in writing it! Freya Koss led the fight to pass this law, written by Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown - February 2008
- Philadelphia Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown moves her right-to-know bill forward - April 2007
- Public Rally and Press Conference announcement, Press Advisory, Post Event Coverage, News Articles - October 7, 2005
When the ADA converged on Philadelphia with 44,000 members and keynote speakers Collin Powell & Katie Curic, the PA Coalition for Mercury-Free Dentistry and its supporters were there to protest against MERCURY DENTAL FILLINGS! - Mercury found in many common products The Saucon News - November 24, 2004 (& Bethlehem Apparatus receives DEP permit, Nov. 16, 2004)
- Advocate of Mercury-Free Dentistry is making Heads Turn in the Philadelphia Area Progressive Health - July 2004
-
WGTW-TV 48 TAKES THE LEAP - The Truth About the Dangers Of Mercury Dental Fillings - April 9, 2004
Swedish journalist and local advocates speak out about the health risks of amalgam dental fillings and why the public hasn't been told the truth
- GIVE A KID A SMILE DAY ISN'T A LAUGHING MATTER!
On February 6, 2004, the ADA promoted its 2nd national initiative to fill and drill poor kids with mercury.-
The Dark Side of Free Dental Care
by Freya Koss, Guest Columnist, Daily Local, 2/4/04 - Toxic Teeth-Are Mercury Fillings Harming Your Health?
by C.R Wiliams, Staff Reporter, New Observer, 3/04- Read responses to this article, including Dr. Boyd Haley, Dr. William Glaros, Dr. Ralph Wilson, consumer advocates and the PA Dental Association.
-
Pennsylvania Dental Assoc. secretary responds:
Amalgam fillings and scare tactics
by Linda K. Himmelberger, DDS, Guest Columnist, Daily Local, 2/5/04 - Citation Honors Consumers For Dental Choice
The Council of the City of Philadelphia and President Anna C. Verna, honors Consumers for Dental Choice for their efforts in creating public awareness about the health risks of mercury dental fillings, particularly for disadvantaged children. Feb. 6, 2004.
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The Dark Side of Free Dental Care
- Washington
Response to WSDA testimony at Washington State Senate's Health & Long Term Care Committee on SB 5066 January 30, 2003.
