NEXT time you visit your dentist, make sure you ask for mercury-free dental fillings. This is the message that AGENDA for Environment and Responsible Development is seeking to get across to the public as part of an awareness campaign against the use of mercury in dental care. The Dar es Salaam-based NGO is one of […] Read more
Freya Koss is Director of the Pennsylvania Coalition for Mercury-Free Dentistry. She has testified to the FDA and Department of State on numerous occasions on the devastating effects of mercury toxicity. Read more
ROUTINE CHECK UP: The campaigners say the government must set a national objective for halting use of mercury in dental cavities. (COURTESY PICTURE) DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – Health officials and civil society organizations have warned of the dangers from continued use of products containing mercury. They cited cancer, brain damage and kidney failure as […] Read more
Health care Hemera Technologies r Worried about mercury in the fish you eat? Blame bad brushing and flossing. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking action to cut back on the amount of mercury entering the nation’s waterways by proposing new regulations on dental offices. The focus is dental amalgam; that’s the scientific name for […] Read more
The Sierra Club Bay Chapter made a big mistake when it endorsed incumbent Linda Maio for Berkeley City Council. In 2013, Maio led the move to gut a proposed ordinance that would have improved the information that dental patients receive about mercury dental amalgam fillings. Read more