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Congressional Hearing on Neurotoxin in Dental Fillings
May 13, 2003

 
 

*Continuing to claim that the powerful neurotoxin, mercury, in silver dental fillings is “safe and effective,” the American Dental Association (ADA) struggles to uphold its position despite alarming scientific evidence to the contrary from around the world.

*Witnesses, including the World Health Organization (WHO), testified there is NO SAFE LEVEL OF MERCURY. This directly contradicts testimony of the ADA which repeatedly represented that the WHO is aligned with its position.

*In the face of disturbing research findings by globally known and well-respected scientists, testimony of unconscionable misuse of taxpayer’s money, deceit and conflicts of interest, the ADA maintains that mercury is safe in the mouths of over 90% of America.

* “UnInformed Consent,” whose shocking first episode and pilot, “Mercury, A Slow Death” was debuted by hand delivery to every member of Congress on Capitol Hill, continues its quest to bring back the public’s right to know the truth. Reporting from the scene, UnInformed Consent was there.

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UNINFORMED CONSENT, WASHINGTON DC - May 8, 2003, US Congressman, R-Dan Burton-IN and US Congresswoman, D-Diane Watson-CA, convened a US Congressional hearing that included top scientists, researchers and witnesses from around the world, to testify about the alarming evidence that mercury exposure is a top contributor to a mountain of health conditions. The following is a brief summary of the testimony presented.

Boyd Haley Ph.D. - Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry – University of Kentucky states that the “amount, (of mercury in dental fillings), is colossal using any standard. I am aware of no other situation today where grams of mercury are implanted in any human being.” Dr. Haley went on to present definitive scientific evidence of the connection of mercury exposure to a plethora of illnesses. This included his most recent research on the birth hair of newborns showing the relationship of mercury exposure in amalgam fillings in a mother to her unborn child, ensuing vaccinations and the resulting speech delays, tics, ADD, and autism.

Dr. Fritz Lorscheider, Ph.D. – Professor Emeritus, Medical Physiology & Biophysics – University of Calgary presented their video of a brain neuron exposed to 1/millionth of the amount of mercury used in an amalgam filling and the brain neuron’s ultimate collapse.

Dr. Maths Berlin, Professor Emeritus, Environmental Medicine – University of Lund, Sweden, Former Chair, International Project of Chemical Safety, World Health Organization, (WHO). Dr. Berlin’s presentation included nearly 100 research studies showing the dangers of dental mercury exposure. Dr. Berlin states that “Mercury is thus a multipotent cytotoxin that intervenes in the primary processes of the cell”, ”risk of impairment in the functions of the central nervous system,” as well as: “impairment in kidney function,” “impairment in the immune system,” “impairment in foetal developments especially development of the nervous system,” “impaired thyroid and muscular atrophy,” “dermatitis," “tics,” and “lowered sperm counts.” Dr. Berlin went on to testify that they reviewed over 900 studies on mercury dental amalgam in the past five years. After eliminating 200 studies as weak, approximately 700 remaining studies were considered credible evidence that historical safety margins, that were formally thought to be valid, (with respect to mercury exposure from amalgam dental fillings), are now "nonexistent."

Ms Sandra Duffy, Esq. Attorney, has researched and “has recently become aware that hundreds of studies on the safety and effectiveness of mercury amalgam have been paid for by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), a division of the National Institute of Health (NIH).” Ms. Duffy submitted 222 studies from 1994 – 2003. These studies were in a direct response to a 1993 request by the US Public Health Service, (USPHS). “To the best of our knowledge, only one of these studies has been published. “What the USPHS didn’t apparently know in 1993 when it called for more studies on mercury amalgam was that the NIDCR had already funded 321 studies between 1972 – 1993.” (With taxpayer’s money). “Most, if not all, of these studies have not been published.”

US Congressman Mike Michaud – Maine, testified to the difficulty in bringing protective legislation against such “roadblocks” by affluent lobbying interests such as the ADA. “Maine is the first-in-the-nation consumer brochure that tells people they better think twice before agreeing to have mercury fillings implanted in their children.”

Dr. Chester Yokoyama, DDS testified as to the difficulty in implementing a “fact sheet” in California where the entire dental board was fired for failure to provide this to the public.

Mr. Emmitt Carlton, Immediate Past President NAACP, in response to the Nov. 14, 2002 hearing where the ADA represented the NAACP as “never having endorsed the Watson-Burton bill”, corrected the record by stating “The NAACP adopted a resolution supporting the Watson-Burton bill only after a thorough and deliberative process. The national NAACP health staff, … reviewed the resolution, gave it a positive recommendation, …forwarded it to be debated in the NAACP Resolution Committee. The Committee endorsed the Resolution, submitted it to NAACP National Convention delegates for a convention vote in Houston. The resolution was adopted. The NAACP Board of Directors gave final approval to the resolution at its meeting two months later.”

The ADA representative, Dr. Frederick C. Eichmiller, D.D.S., Director, American Dental Association Health Foundation, Paffenbarger Research Center, National Bureau of Standards and Technology states “the best and latest available scientific evidence indicates that it, (mercury dental amalgam), is safe.” In addition he quoted the World Health Organization, (who was represented above), as saying, “No controlled studies have been published demonstrating systemic adverse effects from amalgam restorations.”

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