2006
Fall-Winter 06 They Don’t Still Put Mercury in Dental Fillings, Do They? - Alternatives Magazine
09.24.06 Mercury fillings enter the age of 'unreasonable' - Chicago Tribune
09.08.06 FDA Advisors Find Holes in Report on Dental Fillings - Los Angeles Time
09.07.06 More data needed on silver tooth fillings-US panel - Reuters
08.18.06 Tampa TV story by reporter De Anna Sheffield: “Are Silver Dental Fillings Safe?” Covers upcoming FDA meeting as well as health risk issue - Local & State News Tampa Bay's 10
05.15.06 Activists seek NEPA study in bid to force ban on dental mercury use - InsideEPA
This article originally appeared in Water Policy Report, May 15, 2006. It is reprinted here with permission of the publisher, Inside Washington Publishers. Copyright 2006. All rights reserved.
05.02.06 MS patient sues FDA over mercury fillings - Chicago Sun-Times
04.01.06 Consumers for Dental Choice’s lawsuit seeks ban on mercury fillings in Conn. - The Herald
2005
12.11.05 Are your teeth toxic? - Chicago Tribune
12.07.05 The Age of Autism: 'A pretty big secret' - United Press International
11.30.05 Aluminum foil, fillings provide charge for tooth pain - Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
11.09.05: Mercury brings high anxiety in Brooklyn - The New York Daily News
10.20.05: Dentist’s ad roils colleagues, raises concern among patients - The Durango Herald
10.08.05: Debate over mercury fillings comes to Chicago - The Times of Northwest Indiana
09.26.05: Drop dental fillings made with mercury- New Haven Register, Editorial
09.05.05: Why Give Dentists A Pass On Mercury? - Hartford Courant
08.10.05: Poll: Strong Opposition To Mercury In Fillings - Hartford Courant
07.24.05: New York Times writes about defeat of ADA gag rule in Conn. - New York Times
06.21.05: Possible Connecticut Ban On Mercury Uses Could Be National Model - InsideEPA
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.
06.13.05: Connecticut Eyes Ban on Some Mercury Uses to Limit Water Pollution - InsideEPA
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.
01.08.05: UK Targets Crematorium Mercury Amalgam Emissions - BBC
2004
12.10.04: Report backing mercury fillings faulted - The San Diego Union-Tribune
12.09.04: Study vindicates mercury fillings, Critics challenge validity of report - Atlanta-Journal
11.28.04: White House Watch: Ann McFeatters / FDA comes under fire in a new era. The politicized agency finds criticism but the public is not worried. - The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
11.24.04: Mercury found in many common products (& Bethlehem Apparatus receives DEP permit, 11.16.04) - The Saucon News
09.13.04: Controversy continues over exposure to mercury through dental fillings - The Herald-Mail ONLINE
08.31.04: DEP Must Enforce Law to Stop Dentists from Flushing Toxic Metal into our Waterways -Press Conference
07.02.04: Mercury Fillings Alarm Local Activist Group - The Skanner Newsgroup
07.01.04: Ardent Advocate of Mercury-Free Dentistry Is Causing Heads to Turn in the Philadelphia Area (PDF) - Progressive Health
07.01.04: Crime-fighting Blumenthal goes after superhero, Kellogg's - Associated Press
06.30.04: Conn. AG Blasts Kellogg Mercury Batteries - Associated Press
06.30.04: An Unlikely Cause of Pollution in Bay: Dentists
S.F. moves to stop mercury in fillings from heading for sewage treatment - San Francisco Chronicle
06.21.04: Delaware Radio Station Talks About Mercury Fillings
06.05.04: Dentists Defend Use Of Mercury Fillings - Minneapolis Star Tribune
06.04.04: Activist Ratchets Up Debate Over Mercury Dental Fillings - Minneapolis Star Tribune
05.26.04: Public forum set on mercury fillings - Minneapolis Star Tribune. WCCO Channel 4 TV with Dr. Boyd Haley in Lexington, KY - the Minneapolis/St. Paul station's broadcast transcript.
03.31.04: 12 Million Viewers of Jeopardy Learn About Mercury Dental Fillings!
03.22.04: Debate Rages Over Safety of Mercury Fillings - The Birmingham News
02.27.04: The Mercury In Your Mouth - Portland Phoenix
GIVE A KID A SMILE DAY 2004 ISN'T A LAUGHING MATTER! - click for Press Release
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
Make Those Smiles Mercury-Free
by Mary Ann Newell, Letter to The Oregonian, 2/19/04
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.
2003
12.10.03: Mercury Foes Sue State Dental Board - Orange County Register
12.09.03: California Dental Board Sued Over Fillings - L.A. Press
07.02.03: Over And Out for Amalgam
06.13.03: South Africa Admits Use of Tooth Fillings
06.08.03: Swedish Dental Commission Condemns Amalgam (report by Maryann Rygg, an American living in Norway)
06.01.03: What Do Australian Dentists Know That American Dentists Don't??
Australian Dental Association recommends children and pregnant women not be fitted with mercury fillings.
05.21.03: Group: Mercury Fillings Are Dangerous (Downloadable MS Word document)
04.17.03: Elvis' Lisa Blames Mercury Dental Fillings for Near Death
04.11.03: Philadelphia City Paper "BITING BACK", wins first prize by the Society of Professional Journalists in Health category.
04.10.03: New Times, Arizona Dentist the Menace: The ADA may not agree, but Charlie Brown says your fillings are killing you.
04.05.03: F.D.A. Sharply Lowers 'Safe' Mercury Level
04.04.03: FDA Changes Course On Mercury Policy
03.24.03: The Arizona Republic Bill Would Ban Mercury Fillings In Some Dental Patients:
Co-sponsor Rep. Johnson says: "Mercury, especially in the mouths of children, nursing mothers and pregnant women, is very, very dangerous."
03.07.03: Editorial: Bush's proposal would make a risky situation worse. Congress can stop it.
03.05.03: Dentists' use of mercury bad for kids
03.01.03: Warning: Your Dentist May Be Hazardous To Your Health!
03.03: Mercury in the Spotlight: States Address Mercury Issues
(Council of State Governments Says States Now Focusing On Mercury)
02.25.03: Report shows risks to children from asthma, mercury, advances in protecting from lead and smoke
02.01.03: Study Finds Lower Level of Old Toxins but New Trends Are Worrying
2002
05.23.02: Philadelphia City Paper cover story, "Biting Back"
2001
10.10.01: State of California Governor Davis Signs Bills To Protect Against Mercury Contamination
08.04.01: San Francisco Chronicle Dental Board Doesn't Approve Fact Sheet on Mercury Fillings
08.04.01: Sacramento Bee Dental Board Delays Accord on Mercury Fillings
08.04.01: San Francisco Chronicle Officials at odds with dental board over mercury in fillings
2000
06.08.00: Metro (Silicon Valley) Pulling Teeth
(In mercury-laden Silicon Valley, environmentalists say extreme toxicity calls for extreme measures--even if it means making crematories remove the filled teeth of the dead.)
1998
04.30.98: Daily Telegraph (U.K.) Pregnant Women Warned About Dental Fillings
The British Dental Association said that the advice to warn pregnant women about dental fillings containing mercury was "common sense."
Letters to the Editor:
10.09.06 Texan’s Letter to Editor – end cover-up, Kathleen Nelson - Austin Chronicles
04.01.06 Gov. Chris Gregoire (Washington) signed a bill barring vaccines containing mercury, cheers to Mary Ann Newell's work
03.31.06 Dr. Robbins urges Academy of General Dentistry not to endorse mercury fillings
03.07.06: My Turn: Get the mercury out, Michael Bender - Burlington Free Press
02.22.06: Filling in mercury details, Amanda Ganong - The Villager
02.16.06: Mercury Falling, Editorial - Bangor Daily News
01.12.06: Ban mercury amalgam, Pam Anderson - Houlton, ME - Bangor Daily News
09.02.05: "Agency politics” at NIH allow dentists to rule on neurological impact of mercury amalgam on children’s developing brains and fetuses, Charles G. Brown - The Wall Street Journal
02.19.04: Look at mercury, Alzheimer's - The Oregonian