Re: It's legal to put mercury into people's mouths - but look at this:


"Tim Campbell" <timcall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> (from the Bolen Report)
>
> New Hampshire Clean Water Action has given the state a grade of D-plus
> for not doing enough to prevent mercury pollution from dental fillings.

There is none, but thanks anyway!

Joel



>
> The environmental organization issued a report ranking New Hampshire as
> only above Vermont among New England states in addressing this
> contamination.
>
> Doug Bogen, program director for Clean Water Action, said the state
> took the lead in passing laws to address the problem, but the reforms
> have not been carried out.
>
> Bogen said the key thing is to prevent the contamination from getting
> into the waste stream and into Portsmouth Harbour or sludge that ends
> up in a landfill. He added landfills are places where mercury is
> converted into the more toxic form methyl mercury.
>
>
>
> "Follow the money" - -when enough health-conscious people stop going to
> DDSs who put mercury in patients' mouths, we'll see a change in their
> "professionsl" attitude. In our practice, we went mercury-free in 1968.
> Wouldn't it be great if N.H. made it illegal for DDSs to put this
> neurotoxin into people's mouths!
>
> Jerry Mittelman, DDS, FAPM (Retired)
>
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> What dentists aren't likely to learn in dental school
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