NEWS RELEASE<br><br><br>Brockovitch Attorney
Announces Massive Class Action Lawsuit
Against<br>Dentists<br><br>Maine Decides Today Whether To Ban the Use of "Silver
Fillings"<br><br>April 25, 2001<br>For Immediate Release<br><br>One day
after a News Conference in Washington D.C., where a
massive<br>class action lawsuit against dentists in the U.S. was
announced,<br>hearings are taking place in Maine to decide as to whether
or not to ban<br>the use of mercury dental fillings
in that state.<br><br>States Alan Sigel, the
attorney who gained national notoriety for his<br>role in
the 'Erin Brockovitch case, " Our lawsuit could
change the face<br>of dentistry in America. There is
absolutely no reason that this poison<br>should be used in
peoples mouths. I applaud the efforts in Maine to
ban<br>the use of mercury. Mercury is poisoning our
environment and our<br>citizens."<br>A news article in the
April 20 edition of the Globe and Mail,
Canada's<br>national newspaper, stated that, "dentists could be
responsible for as<br>much as 80% of the mercury in
sewage."<br>Two individual recent scientific studies conducted by
the University of<br>Kentucky and the University of
Calgary tied mercury poisoning to<br>Alzheimer's
Disease.<br>The Class Action lawsuit announced by Mr. Sigel, will
have far reaching<br>impact. Many more suits are
expected to follow.<br><br>-30-<br><br>Media
Inquiries:<br>Wayne Obie<br>Media & Public Relations<br>Talk
International<br>for American against Mercury<br>1 (800) 540-0192