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Subject: Maine's Message on Mercury
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 11:51:11 -0400
From: "Dental Truth" <dentaltruth@...>

Press Release
Maine Passes Legislation Guaranteeing Accurate Patient Information on
Mercury Amalgam Filling Toxicity
Augusta, Maine August 23, 2001

Maine Governor Angus King today signed the most advanced bill in the
United States requiring dentists to inform their patients that amalgam
dental fillings contain a large percentage of the toxic element
mercury, which can be harmful to the wearer's health.

In his preliminary remarks before signing the bill, Gov. King noted
that Maine has probably taken more action to get mercury out of the air
and water than any other state in the union. "And yet we all carry it
around in our mouths," he remarked.

Senate President Michael Michaud spearheaded the bill and
Representatives Joanne Twoomey and Steven Stanley, all of whom were
present, spoke at the signing. Consumer advocates Pam Anderson and
Dr. Tom Anderson, a mercury-free dentist from Houlton, ME, who led
grassroots support for the bill, participated in the ceremony as well.

Senate President Michaud cited the courage of the many individuals who
testified on behalf of the bill, especially the dentists who came
forward to endorse it despite the opposition of the American Dental
Association. "We hope that the U.S. will take Maine's lead and move
forward with legislation at the national level," he said.

The bill mandates that every dentist's office will feature a poster and
a brochure informing patients about the presence of mercury in amalgam
fillings and about its negative health effects.

Scientific research has shown that dental amalgam is the chief source
of mercury in the human body. For that reason Rep. Twoomey described
the bill as a major step forward for women of childbearing age and for
children, who receive their first exposure to mercury in the womb and
from their mother's breast milk. Mercury has been implicated in
neurological disorders of children such as autism and ADD/ADHD,
and in fertility problems in women.

"We are delighted that this bill has been signed," said Rep. Stanley.
It is a major step forward to protect the health of Maine citizens."

Pam Anderson added that the group hopes Maine's next step would be to
ban the use of dental amalgam in all women of childbearing age and in
children.

Other participants in the press conference were Kathleen McGee,
Director of the Maine Toxic Action Coalition; Maine DAMS
(Dental Amalgam Mercury Syndrome) Coordinator Marjorie Monteleone,
and New Hampshire DAMS Coordinator Rosie Cronen; representatives from
the Maine People's Alliance, the Maine Citizens for
Affordable Health Care, and the
Maine Department of Environmental Protection;
Dr. Gerald Vermette, mercury-free dentist; Rosemary Fecteau, Ph.D.,
whose husband died of mercury toxicity from his dental fillings;
Charles Brown, attorney for the national organization
Consumers for Dental Choice; and
New York City DAMS Coordinator Dr. Lydia Bronte, author of a widely
respected book, THE MERCURY IN YOUR MOUTH: The Truth About "Silver"
Dental Fillings.

"The public is being deceived by the terminology used for these
fillings," said Charles Brown in his remarks. "The ADA calls them
"silver" fillings, but they are really MERCURY fillings. If people
knew the principal ingredient is mercury they would not want these
fillings in their teeth."

Gov. King compared 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. "Every child who went into
the shoe store to buy new shoes would put his feet into the
fluoroscope so the bones could be seen," King recalled. "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."
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