In January 2012, the FDA had actually prepared a “Safety Communication” that recommended reducing the use of mercury amalgam in the general population, and avoiding it in susceptible sub-populations:pregnant and nursing womenchildren under six years of agepeople with allergy to mercury or other componentspeople with neurological diseasepeople with renal diseaserecognized the risk of occupational exposure for dental personnelThe recommendations were never made public, and in January 2015, the FDA issued another statement saying that amalgam was unequivocally safe for everyone. Somehow, somewhere in the reaches of government and the Health and Human Services Administration, this amendment to the FDA rule was killed.Here is the full text of the original, 2012 proposed rule:FDA Safety Communication: Reducing Exposure to Mercury Vapor Released From Dental Amalgam (“Silver Fillings”)