The Scientific Advisory Board of the IAOMT is composed of world class professors of toxicology, pharmacology, biochemistry and medicine. They conclude that dental amalgam is not suitable for use in the human mouth. Read the entire statement, attached.
This synopsis of the upcoming FDA classification of dental amalgam, along with a personalized letter, went out on IAOMT letterhead with a short edited DVD of Smoking Teeth images Saturday morning, June 27, 2009, to 80 TV news directors, investigative and health reporters.
Since 2002, mercury-free activists in Philadelphia, led by Freya Koss, have been fighting to make the public aware of the hazards of mercury in dental fillings. Here is their archive of press articles.
Have you heard claims that the amount of mercury that is emitted from dental amalgam is too small to hurt anyone? Attached is an "at-a-glance" summary of the scientific literature on amalgam mercury exposure, and its relation to various agency-adopted safety standards.
Those who defend the use of mercury amalgam in dentistry claim that there
really is no scientific argument that dental mercury is unsafe. In fact,
there is a profound and thoroughly documented scientific argument that totally
rebuts the idea that amalgam is safe. This website contains many articles that
make that very case, including the review article, The
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In 2006, the Journal of the American Medical Association published two articles that have been widely regarded as proving that amalgam dental fillings are safe for children:
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