News you won't see in controlled mainstream media.

Two new studies about mercury amalgams published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) have caused a recent spike in awareness. Unfortunately, these studies supposedly show that mercury amalgams are safe for children, which directly contradicts thousands of previous studies on the subject.

Patrick Sullivan Jr., board member of Jigsaw Health Foundation and president of Jigsaw Health, has been collecting the many critiques of the study and has posted them here:

http://www.patsullivan.com/blog/2006/04/mercury_amalgam.html

The critiques include comments from Dr. David Kennedy, Jigsaw Health Foundation board member, among other well-respected scientists. I’d encourage you to read the critiques yourself.

Personally, it very saddening to think that many people will believe that it is safe for their children to receive amalgams because of these JAMA studies. Almost all of our applicants (most of whom are now on social security disability income) had their amalgams placed during their childhood. Now, as adults, their health is severely damaged in part because of those “safe” amalgams.

You can help by spreading the word that amalgams are not safe for anyone, especially for children and pregnant women. If you’d like to help us fund amalgam removal for low-income, chronically ill people, click here to donate.

More breaking news about mercury amalgams from Charlie Brown at Consumers for Dental Choice:

In a watershed moment for our movement, today, April 27, we sued FDA asking the federal court in Washington to order a ban on mercury fillings. Moms Against Mercury v. Leavitt: “Petition to Order Mercury Amalgam Withdrawn from Interstate Commerce,”

http://www.toxicteeth.org/Petition_FDA_042006.pdf

We have three good reasons to go to federal court: (1) FDA refuses to do an environmental impact statement, as the law requires – about the #1 source of mercury in America’s wastewater. (2) FDA, for 25 years, has refused to classify mercury fillings, again violating its legal duty. (3) Using a sneaky way to allow mercury fillings to be sold without classifying them, FDA calls it “substantially equivalent” to a non-mercury alloy – we will challenge this sham. Joining me as counsel, I’m pleased to announce, is experienced lawyer Bob Reeves of Lexington, KY; we have been assisted enormously by Catholic University law student Johann Wehrle, law clerk for Consumers for Dental Choice.

Now it’s your turn. Unless you act, FDA pro-mercury bureaucrats will continue to disregard consumers and the environment -- covering up the science and the very existence of the mercury. Ask your two US Senators and your Congresswoman or Congressman, today, to investigate FDA. Here’s a short-cut: go to

http://ga4.org/campaign/FDA_Investigation -- we’ve even got talking points for you!

Colleen Skipper
Executive Director
Jigsaw Health Foundation
www.JigsawHealth.org