Question:
There was a post in this newsgroup a couple of days ago which indicated
that there is at least one state in America that prohibits the use of
Mercury in any dental fillings.
I don't know whether the person that made the post was joking or was
merely reporting on a news report that he or she read.
Do you know whether or not any state prohibits the use of dental fillings
containing mercury? If so, what's the name of the state?
Answer:
There is not any state that has completely banned mercury, however there are
several with partial bans, Joel knows that, as I posted it just several
weeks ago. Do not expect to get the truth from the group over on smd. I am
now posting what I posted there. With an addition at the bottom.
Parital bans of amalgams in US States
With full bans soon to follow.
Mercury is being eliminated in *ALL* forms.
Ohio news conference continues momentum. In front of several TV
cameras, Representative Annie Key announces bill to ban mercury fillings for
Ohio children and pregnant women, making Ohio the 8th state to have such a
bill.
State legislators across USA renew efforts against mercury fillings.
Assemblyman Dick Dickerson (R-Calif.) introduced a resolution against
the FDAregulation (see (3), below). Representative Johnny Rogers (D-Ala.)
promisesmajor action in 2003, as do Rep. Bob Holmes (D-Ga.), Reps.
Karen Johnson &Debra Brimhall (R-Ariz.), and Rep. Mary Flowers (D-Ill.) Sen.
Mike Michaud(D-Me.) and Rep. Hal Lynde (R-N.H.) passed their bills this
year.
Dental Board Committee Chair Yokoyama proposes California recommend
nomercury fillings for children, pregnant women. The president of the
new
California dental board, Dr. Alan Kay, appointed Dr.Chet Yokoyama, a
mercury-free dentist, to chair a committee to write a consumer-friendly
"fact sheet" about the risks of mercury fillings. At the August meeting in
San Francisco, Dr. Yokoyama proposed that the Board recommend that children
and pregnant women not receive mercury fillings. He will hold hearings on
this issue in November in Los Angeles.
NAACP national conference endorses ban for children, pregnant women. In
a historic breakthrough, the annual convention of delegates of one of our
nation's oldest and most respected organizations endorsed the
Watson-Burtonbill, and called for a ban on mercury fillings for
children, pregnant women,and nursing mothers. Meanwhile, standing up to huge
pressure from organized dentistry, the National Black Caucus of State
Legislators stood firm on its resolution supporting Watson-Burton. To witness the
leadership byAfrican-American organizations in pointing the way - certainly
something we have seen before in our recent history - is gratifying indeed.
Maine's Bill LD1409 "An Act To Address The Health Effects of
MercuryFillings" will be formally signed on Thursday, August 23rd at 11:00 a.m. atthe
Governor's office in Aususta Maine. The bill will require dentists toprovide
patients with a brochure and to post a sign in the waiting room explaining that
amalgams contain mercury and the health risks involved.
It's being agrued in Florida also.
The New Hampshire Legislature passed one of the strongest bills so far,
HB 1251
AN ACT relative to the use of mercury amalgam fillings by dentists.
This bill requires dentists and the department of health and human
services to provide health information on restorative dental materials, and
requires the department of environmental services to adopt rules for the disposal of
mercury amalgam waste in an environmentally-appropriate manner.
New York
Assemblyman Richard Brodsky (D-Westchester) introduced a broad-sweeping
bill which, if enacted, would alter the practice of dentistry in New York
State.
The legislation (A.4209), known as the Comprehensive Management of Waste
Mercury
Act of 2001, would also ban thermometers, fluorescent lights and other
products that contain mercury, in what the sponsor says is an effort to cut the
amount of mercury entering sewers, landfills and incinerators. Amalgam dental fillings
have been found to be a major source of mercury in sewers from human waste in household
and office
sewer systems, and thermometers, thermostats, and fluorescent lights
are major sources
entering landfills. A Senate version of the bill is expected to be
introduced by
Senator Michael Balboni (R/C-Nassau).
Measures similar to A.4209 are being considered in Connecticut, Maine,
Florida,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Maine, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
Oregon
and Rhode Island, and indeed, the bill is modeled on a law Vermont
passed in 1998.
Keep updated here:
http://www.toxicteeth.net
The addition:
http://www.mercurypolicy.org/exposure/documents/model_state_leg.pdf
