British TV exposé on mercury fillings applauds FDA
warnings
In February, Britain’s
second-largest TV network ran an exposé on mercury fillings called “What’s In
Your Mouth?”:
http://www.toxicteeth.org/mercury_fillings_Feb_2009.cfm It appeared on
Britain’s
heavily-watched Tonight program in a Sixty-Minutes-style format.
I was the sole American spokesman
for mercury-free dentistry featured on the show (about 15 or 20 minutes into
the clip), and I took the opportunity to present our movement’s successes to
the large British audience. By contrast,
the British Dental Association executive director’s confrontation with the
reporter was a huge defeat for the pro-mercury dental interests.
The show highlighted the FDA
warning about the toxicity of mercury in amalgam -- the warning that came about
as a direct result of our negotiated settlement against FDA. There it was, right on the screen:
“Dental amalgams
contain mercury, which may have neurotoxic effects on the nervous systems of
developing children and fetuses.”
The program focused on another
success of our movement -- the
fact sheets. Visiting a dental
the fact sheet
about the risks of mercury amalgam, which must by law be given to each
patient. This law was written by one of
our leaders, Congressman Mike Michaud (while he was a state senator), and was
passed by the Maine legislature due to a grea
Small wonder, then, that the
reporter challenged British health authorities to try to catch up with the bans
in Scandinavia -- and also to keep up with the progress in the United States.
Charlie 19 March 2009