We ask federal court for injunction to ban mercury fillings

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Ladies,

I think we need to contact our congressmen/women -

However, I'd hesitate to go to the suggested website .

.. . It may be bait for a virus!

The grammar in this message is suspicious.

Rogene

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

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

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

> Subject: We ask federal court for injunction to ban

> mercury fillings

> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:20:12 -0400

>

> We ask federal court for injunction to ban mercury

> fillings

>

>

>

> We took a giant leap in our case against

> FDA for failing to

> regulate mercury fillings. On June 1 we filed a

> motion asking the court to

> ban mercury fillings until FDA complies with the

> Food Drug and Cosmetic Act

> and the National Environmental Policy Act --

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

>

<http://www.toxicteeth.org/FDA_Motion & brief_June2006.pdf>

> & brief_June2006.pdf . Now FDA must answer for its

> misdeeds in front of the

> second most important court in America, the U.S.

> Court of Appeals for the

> District of Columbia. We owe a huge debt of thanks

> to a number of great

> people for this massive effort, including six who

> provided sworn statement,

> and our great legal team -- see below.***

>

>

>

> Now it's your turn. Write your Member

> of Congress & your 2

> Senators and ask why FDA won't do an Environmental

> Impact Statement on the

> largest source of mercury in the wastewater, why FDA

> has refused to classify

> mercury fillings for decades, why FDA allows amalgam

> to be sold under a sham

> system which pretends it doesn't even have mercury.

> It's SIMPLE to write,

> folks. Go to

> http://ga4.org/campaign/FDA_Investigation

>

>

>

> To recap the case, on April 27 we sued

> the U.S. Food and Drug

> Administration asking for a ban on mercury fillings,

> due to massive

> regulatory failings by FDA. On May 15, I invited

> the FDA Acting

> Commissioner to issue a temporary ban until his

> staff complies with the law

> -- by doing an Environmental Impact Statement and

> properly classifying

> encapsulated amalgam.

>

http://www.toxicteeth.org/FDA_Mercury_off_market_May2006.pdf

> . I told him

> if he did not respond, we would march back to court.

> We heard nothing, and

> kept our word.

>

>

>

> Again, please write Congress. Unless

> you get your elected

> officials interested in FDA's contempt for the laws

> of the United States,

> FDA pro-mercury bureaucrats will continue to protect

> mercury fillings and

> cover up from the public the very existence of the

> mercury. Send an e-mail

> to your two US Senators and your Congresswoman or

> Congressman, today, to

> investigate FDA. At

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

> got talking points for you!

>

>

>

> Charlie Brown, 6/13/06

>

> G. Brown, National Counsel

>

> Consumers for Dental Choice

>

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

>

> Ph. 202.822-6307; fax 822-6309

>

> <mailto:charlie@...>

> charlie@...,

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

>

>

>

> ***

>

> CONSUMERS FOR DENTAL CHOICE SALUTES

>

> 1) Six leaders signed sworn statements that we

> attached as exhibits:

> Georgia activist Pam Floener had a great

> " in-your-face " e-mail exchange with

> FDA staff; Washington DC activist ette " Rabia "

> Rayford compiled a survey

> for us on state Medicaid policies re consumer

> choice; Dr. Tim Gallagher of

> Sunnyvale, CA, president of the Holistic Dental

> Assoc., and Dr. Mike

> Margolis of Mesa, AZ, president of the International

> Academy of Biological

> Dentistry and Medicine explained that modern

> dentists don't need to use

> mercury fillings for any kind of cavity; while Dr.

> Dave Kennedy, past

> president of the International Academy of Oral

> Medicine & Toxicology,

> explained the occupational risks and Professor Boyd

> Haley of the University

> of Kentucky the health risks.

>

>

>

> 2) Bernice Collura, our former president, pushed for

> an early filing of this

> motion.

>

>

>

> 3) Our legal team: lawyers Bob Reeves of Lexington

> (KY) and Sandy Duffy of

> Portland (OR), law student Johann Wehrle of Catholic

> University Law School,

> and yours truly, plus our professional editor, Mike

> McClory. Johann Wehrle

> has done a spectacular job for Consumers for Dental

> Choice for the past 12

> months; we are happy to report he graduated from law

> school two weeks ago.

>

>

>

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