Two new studies about mercury amalgams published in the Journal of
the American Medical Association (JAMA) have caused a recent spike in
awareness. Unfortunately, these studies supposedly show that mercury
amalgams are safe for children, which directly contradicts thousands
of previous studies on the subject.

Patrick Sullivan Jr., board member of Jigsaw Health Foundation and
president of Jigsaw Health, has been collecting the many critiques of
the study and has posted them here:

[url=http://www.patsullivan.com/blog/2006/04/mercury_amalgam.html]
http://www.patsullivan.com/blog/2006/04/mercury_amalgam.html[/url]

The critiques include comments from Dr. David Kennedy, Jigsaw Health
Foundation board member, among other well-respected scientists. I'd
encourage you to read the critiques yourself.

Personally, it very saddening to think that many people will believe
that it is safe for their children to receive amalgams because of
these JAMA studies. Almost all of our applicants (most of whom are
now on social security disability income) had their amalgams placed
during their childhood. Now, as adults, their health is severely
damaged in part because of those "safe" amalgams.

You can help by spreading the word that amalgams are not safe for
anyone, especially for children and pregnant women. If you'd like to
help us fund amalgam removal for low-income, chronically ill people,
click here to donate.

More breaking news about mercury amalgams from Charlie Brown at
Consumers for Dental Choice:

In a watershed moment for our movement, today, April 27, we sued FDA
asking the federal court in Washington to order a ban on mercury
fillings. Moms Against Mercury v. Leavitt: "Petition to Order
Mercury Amalgam Withdrawn from Interstate Commerce,"

[url=http://www.toxicteeth.org/Petition_FDA_042006.pdf]
http://www.toxicteeth.org/Petition_FDA_042006.pdf[/url]

We have three good reasons to go to federal court: (1) FDA refuses
to do an environmental impact statement, as the law requires – about
the #1 source of mercury in America's wastewater. (2) FDA, for 25
years, has refused to classify mercury fillings, again violating its
legal duty. (3) Using a sneaky way to allow mercury fillings to be
sold without classifying them, FDA calls it "substantially
equivalent" to a non-mercury alloy – we will challenge this sham.
Joining me as counsel, I'm pleased to announce, is experienced lawyer
Bob Reeves of Lexington, KY; we have been assisted enormously by
Catholic University law student Johann Wehrle, law clerk for
Consumers for Dental Choice.

Now it's your turn. Unless you act, FDA pro-mercury bureaucrats will
continue to disregard consumers and the environment -- covering up
the science and the very existence of the mercury. Ask your two US
Senators and your Congresswoman or Congressman, today, to investigate
FDA. Here's a short-cut: go to

[url=http://ga4.org/campaign/FDA_Investigation]
http://ga4.org/campaign/FDA_Investigation[/url] -- we've even got
talking points for you!

Colleen Skipper
Executive Director
Jigsaw Health Foundation
[url=http://www.JigsawHealth.org]www.JigsawHealth.org[/url]