We sue FDA to ban mercury fillings

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--- Charlie Brown <charlie@...> wrote:

> From: " Charlie Brown " <charlie@...>

> " Charlie Brown " <charlie@...>

> Subject: We sue FDA to ban mercury fillings

> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:43:24 -0400

>

> We sue FDA to ban mercury fillings . pls write your

> Senators &

> Congressperson to request investigation of FDA

>

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>

> In a watershed moment for our movement,

> today, April 27, we sued

> FDA asking the federal court in Washington to order

> a ban on mercury

> fillings. Moms Against Mercury v. Leavitt:

> " Petition to Order Mercury

> Amalgam Withdrawn from Interstate Commerce, "

> <http://www.toxicteeth.org/Petition_FDA_042006.pdf>

> http://www.toxicteeth.org/Petition_FDA_042006.pdf

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> We have three good reasons to go to

> federal court: (1) FDA

> refuses to do an environmental impact statement, as

> the law requires - about

> the #1 source of mercury in America's wastewater.

> (2) FDA, for 25 years, has

> refused to classify mercury fillings, again

> violating its legal duty. (3)

> Using a sneaky way to allow mercury fillings to be

> sold without classifying

> them, FDA calls it " substantially equivalent " to a

> non-mercury alloy - we

> will challenge this sham. Joining me as counsel,

> I'm pleased to announce,

> is experienced lawyer Bob Reeves of Lexington, KY;

> we have been assisted

> enormously by Catholic University law student Johann

> Wehrle, law clerk for

> Consumers for Dental Choice.

>

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>

> Now it's your turn. Unless you act, FDA

> pro-mercury bureaucrats

> will continue to disregard consumers and the

> environment -- covering up the

> science and the very existence of the mercury. Ask

> your two US Senators and

> your Congresswoman or Congressman, today, to

> investigate FDA. Here's a

> short-cut: go to

> http://ga4.org/campaign/FDA_Investigation -- we've

> even got

> talking points for you!

>

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>

> Also today, our friends Congresswoman

> Diane and

> Congressman Dan Burton wrote the Secretary of Health

> and Human Services,

> demanding to know why FDA sides with the pro-mercury

> dentists and against

> the American people.

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> The lawsuit against FDA has a " dream

> team " of nine petitioners:

>

> * Four great nonprofit organizations, all with

> important and different

> missions: Moms Against Mercury (Amy Carson,

> Medlin), focusing on

> protecting children; Connecticut Coalition for

> Environmental Justice (Mark

> , M.D.), focusing on adverse environmental

> impact on the low-income

> and minorities; Oregonians for Life (

> Starrett), focusing on protecting

> unborn children; and California Citizens for Health

> Freedom ( Cuny,

> Donna ), focusing on consumers' rights to

> healthy choices.

> * Two gutsy state officials: Biggers, Member

> of the Dental

> Board of California, and our ally ,

> state Senator of Arizona.

> For acting so courageously, is sure to be

> condemned by the majority on

> the California dental board, who are in the ADA's

> hip pocket. So why don't

> you write and thank and :

> jBiggers@... and

> K@...

> * Three individuals who are long-time leaders in the

> battle to ban

> mercury fillings: Brocato of Illinois, Dr.

> Andy Landerman of

> California, and Anita Vazquez Tibau of both

> California and Brazil.

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>

> The American Assoc. of Health Freedom

> (www.healthfreedom.net

> <http://www.healthfreedom.net/> ) and its director

> Brenna Hill are providing

> the linkage service to Congress for free -- I

> encourage you to thank them,

> and indeed join the group.

>

>

>

> Charlie Brown, 4/27/06

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> G. Brown, National Counsel

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> Consumers for Dental Choice

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> 1725 K St., N.W., Suite 511, Washington, DC 20006

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> Ph. 202.822-6307; fax 822-6309

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> charlie@..., www.toxicteeth.org

> <http://www.toxicteeth.org/>

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