RTM: Dental Truth: Maine mandates mercury amalgam disclosure by dentists 8.23.1 rmforall

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RTM: Dental Truth:

Maine mandates mercury amalgam disclosure by dentists 8.23.1 rmforall

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Subject: Maine's Message on Mercury

Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 11:51:11 -0400

Press Release

Maine Passes Legislation Guaranteeing Accurate Patient Information on

Mercury Amalgam Filling Toxicity

Augusta, Maine August 23, 2001

Maine Governor Angus King today signed the most advanced bill in the

United States requiring dentists to inform their patients that amalgam

dental fillings contain a large percentage of the toxic element

mercury, which can be harmful to the wearer's health.

In his preliminary remarks before signing the bill, Gov. King noted

that Maine has probably taken more action to get mercury out of the air

and water than any other state in the union. " And yet we all carry it

around in our mouths, " he remarked.

Senate President Michaud spearheaded the bill and

Representatives Joanne Twoomey and Stanley, all of whom were

present, spoke at the signing. Consumer advocates Pam and

Dr. Tom , a mercury-free dentist from Houlton, ME, who led

grassroots support for the bill, participated in the ceremony as well.

Senate President Michaud cited the courage of the many individuals who

testified on behalf of the bill, especially the dentists who came

forward to endorse it despite the opposition of the American Dental

Association. " We hope that the U.S. will take Maine's lead and move

forward with legislation at the national level, " he said.

The bill mandates that every dentist's office will feature a poster and

a brochure informing patients about the presence of mercury in amalgam

fillings and about its negative health effects.

Scientific research has shown that dental amalgam is the chief source

of mercury in the human body. For that reason Rep. Twoomey described

the bill as a major step forward for women of childbearing age and for

children, who receive their first exposure to mercury in the womb and

from their mother's breast milk. Mercury has been implicated in

neurological disorders of children such as autism and ADD/ADHD,

and in fertility problems in women.

" We are delighted that this bill has been signed, " said Rep. Stanley.

It is a major step forward to protect the health of Maine citizens. "

Pam added that the group hopes Maine's next step would be to

ban the use of dental amalgam in all women of childbearing age and in

children.

Other participants in the press conference were Kathleen McGee,

Director of the Maine Toxic Action Coalition; Maine DAMS

(Dental Amalgam Mercury Syndrome) Coordinator Marjorie Monteleone,

and New Hampshire DAMS Coordinator Rosie Cronen; representatives from

the Maine People's Alliance, the Maine Citizens for

Affordable Health Care, and the

Maine Department of Environmental Protection;

Dr. Gerald Vermette, mercury-free dentist; Rosemary Fecteau, Ph.D.,

whose husband died of mercury toxicity from his dental fillings;

Brown, attorney for the national organization

Consumers for Dental Choice; and

New York City DAMS Coordinator Dr. Lydia Bronte, author of a widely

respected book, THE MERCURY IN YOUR MOUTH: The Truth About " Silver "

Dental Fillings.

" The public is being deceived by the terminology used for these

fillings, " said Brown in his remarks. " The ADA calls them

" silver " fillings, but they are really MERCURY fillings. If people

knew the principal ingredient is mercury they would not want these

fillings in their teeth. "

Gov. King compared the current use of mercury in dental fillings with

the 1950's use in shoe stores of powerful x-ray machines called

fluoroscopes, which exposed hundreds of thousands of adults and

children to high doses of toxic x-rays. " Every child who went into

the shoe store to buy new shoes would put his feet into the

fluoroscope so the bones could be seen, " King recalled. " People who

worked in the store were exposed to the radiation all day; children

played games around the machine. Now we realize it was a terrible

thing to do, but then it seemed perfectly normal. Some day we will

wonder how we could ever have put such a toxic substance into the

human mouth. "

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