From August 20 through August 27, we launch the seventh annual Mercury-Free Dentistry Week. Hidden from us for too long is this stark fact: Mercury, the most toxic and volatile of the heavy metals, is the main component of dental amalgam (also called, incorrectly, “silver” fillings). Alternatives to amalgam are available in any dental office, and every consumer should demand a nontoxic, non-polluting alternative.
We believe in inspiring progress — and nowhere is the progress more evident than the work of Consumers for Dental Choice and its Campaign for Mercury-Free Dentistry. The sole mission of Consumers for Dental Choice is to end the use of mercury fillings. In the year ahead, with your help, Consumers for Dental Choice will continue to fight to break down any barriers necessary so all consumers have access to mercury-free dentistry.
You don’t have to wait for FDA to act to protect your children and you. Find a mercury-free dentist who recognizes the danger of mercury fillings and provides non-mercury fillings today!
Charlie Brown and I both urge you: Go only to mercury-free dentists! Don’t give a dollar of your money to any dentist who puts mercury in the mouth of ANY child. The following organizations can help you find a mercury-free dentist in the U.S. and, in some cases, internationally:
Consumers for Dental Choice and its team have made amazing progress toward mercury-free dentistry. But there's still hard work ahead as Consumers for Dental Choice is now breaking barriers which limit consumer access to mercury-free dentistry, forcing federal and state government agencies to be accountable and organizing briefings for governments around the world. There are three ways you can help Consumers for Dental Choice succeed:
Let us bring home the victories of Consumers for Dental Choice. Led by Charlie Brown, this nonprofit group won a strong plank in the Minamata Convention on Mercury, then led the campaign that resulted in a ban for children and pregnant and breast-feeding women in the European Union. Between August 20 and 27, I will match every gift dollar for dollar (up to a total of $100,000).
