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"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." (Maine Governor Angus King comparing 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. )

"To infer that the use of the term ‘silver amalgam’ is an attempt to hide the presence of mercury in a safe, durable, cost effective restorative material represents the best pseudo science alarmists have to offer to the public," (Dr. Jack Broussard, President of the California Dental Association in a CDA press release on July 16, 2001.)

"How is it that mercury is not safe for food additives and Over the Counter drug products, but it is safe in our vaccines and dental amalgams?" (Opening Statement by Dan Burton (R-IN), Chairman, Government Reform Committee, Mercury in Medicine – Are We Taking Unnecessary Risks?, held July 18, 2000 at the 2154 Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C.) For more see Rep. Dan Burton

"[The evidence] tells me very succinctly that there is a chronic low-dose exposure to a toxic heavy metal that 80-85 per cent of the industrialised world have implanted in their teeth, and it's a situation of timed-release poisoning." (Dr Murray Vimy, research scientist and former World Health Organisation consultant, speaking on BBC Panorama..)

"..I think there is no basis for such a statement... [that amalgam is safe to use for children].... They are definitely particularly vulnerable. We know that if you take a young child - it takes a few years after birth until the brain is developed. We know that the brain in children is much more sensitive than in adults." (Dr Lars Friberg, Former Chief Adviser to the World Health Organisation on Mercury safety. speaking on BBC Panorama..)

"..there is no safe level of mercury, and no one has actually shown that there is a safe level. I would say mercury is a very toxic substance... I think they [the BDA] are wrong.. [to make such a claim]" (Dr Lars Friberg, speaking on BBC Panorama..)

"My own conclusion is that already in individuals with bruxism, [bruxism is habitual grinding of teeth] which is common in the population, exposure may well be compared with industrial exposure that has given rise to effects. Furthermore, despite negative results in epidemiological studies, the statistical power [of these studies] is not high enough to exclude the occurrence of effects in a few percent of the population at still lower exposure levels. As amalgam is used so widely already, an effect in a few percent of the exposed population would mean that very large population groups could be affected. The evidence from experimental and human studies at higher exposure levels clearly indicates that mercury from the toxicological point of view is an unsuitable element to use in dentistry. It is my opinion that it is prudent to conclude that mercury from dental amalgam is not safe to use for everyone." (Dr Lars Friberg, Former Chief Adviser to the World Health Organisation on Mercury safety. 1995 Symposium report.)

"If you have something that's been put in your mouth that you can't dispose of in a waste basket without breaking environmental protection laws, there's no point in keeping it around, there's no point in taking that type of risk - there's no point in exposing people to any level of mercury toxicity if you don't have to...... .....there is no doubt in my mind that low levels of mercury present in the brain could cause normal cell death, and this could lead to dementia which would be similar to Alzheimer's disease.... We can't go inside a living human being and look at their brain, so we have to work outside, and do scientific experiments such as we've done. And to the best that we can determine with these experiments, mercury is a time-bomb in the brain, waiting to have an effect. If it's not bothering someone when they're young, especially when they age it can turn into something quite disastrous." (Dr Boyd Haley, Professor of Medicinal Biochemistry, University of Kentucky. speaking on BBC Panorama..)

"Two thirds of mercury comes from dental fillings and we're trying to get it out of every place but our mouths,” (Dr. Tom Warren).

"The ADA owes no legal duty of care to protect the public from allegedly dangerous products used by dentists…..Dissemination of information relating to the practice of dentistry does not create a duty of care to protect the public from potential injury." (American Dental Association lawyers.)

" About 3% of the population are estimated to suffer from mercury sensitivity. Reactions sometimes occur in the soft tissues of the mouth next to fillings..." (British Dental Association Internet Page Dental Advice on Amalgam)

"The World Health Organization has calculated that the average human daily dose of mercury from various sources are: Dental amalgam = 3.0-17.0 mg/day (Hg vapor) Fish and Seafood = 2.3 mg/day (methylmercury) Other food = 0.3 mg/day(inorganic Hg) Air & Water = Negligible traces (NOTE mg = Micrograms)" (World Health Organization Figures, from Environmental Health Criteria 118: Inorganic Mercury, Geneva, 1991. These figures confirm Amalgam as #1 average source for Environmental Mercury exposure.)

"Amalcap Plus non-gamme-2 and Vivacap/Vivalloynot [brands of Amalgam] are not only contraindicated for expectant mothers but also for nursing mothers. [These brands of Amalgam] are not only contraindicated for patients with severe renal deficiency but for all patients suffering from a reduced kidney function." (New advice issued by Ivoclar/Vivadent, a major amalgam manufacturer.)

"The mercury uptake from amalgam is the dominating source for inorganic mercury in the central nervous system and is the major source of total mercury uptake in the population." (Maths Berlin, a leading Swedish toxicologist)

"The implications are that in the dental technicians the mercury has caused very definite central nervous system disorders." (Professor Aposhian, Head of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona)

"You wouldn’t take a leaky thermometer, put it in your mouth, and leave it there 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Yet that’s exactly what happens when an amalgam filling is installed in your mouth." (Dr Michael Ziff.)

"Historically, Mercury has also been used extensively in pesticides. However, it is considered so dangerous that such usage has recently been largely superceeded by safer(!) Organo-Phosphates. Yet, incredibly, the dental organisations still defend the usage of mercury in silver fillings.." "Mercury has traditionally been used in batteries - however such usage has now been outlawed, due to concerns about the toxic properties of Mercury. Apparently, it is still safe to use for our teeth, though.." (Adrian Millett.)

"Worldwide there are over 4000 research papers indicating mercury is a highly toxic substance. How can dentists be so thoughtless as to place one of the deadliest toxins in existence *two* inches from our brain?" (Tom Warren)

"It is sobering to realise that the original "quacks" were dentists who advocated the use of mercury amalgam and that most dentists are still advocating it today."---"The maximum amount of mercury that the Environment Protection Agency allows people to be exposed to is 5,000 times smaller than the permissible amount of lead exposure; in other words the EPA apparently considers mercury to be 5,000 times more toxic than lead." (Marcia Basciano DDS at annual meeting of IAOMT, San Diego 1994.)

"Official safety limits on mercury are too high to prevent damage before birth... A study in the Faeroe islands has found that even when pregnant women have levels of mercury in their blood that are well below W.H.O. safety limits, their children show deficits in learning, attention, memory and other skills." (New Scientist report, 22nd Nov 1997).

The bulk of dental amalgam research and development efforts, Warsow noted, has had nothing to do with trying to reduce the mercury content. "Most of the science has been focused on changing the ratio of silver, tin, and copper, as well as adding other metals, such as palladium, to improve polishability and create a material with optimal, controlled expansion." (Greg Warsow, product manager for Kerr Dental's line of amalgam alloys)