2012-03-19 Mercury fillings: Groups working on issue AND Organizations contacted re Mercury Jamboree
Hey everybody!
- To avoid duplication of effort, most of the organizations I contacted are listed below. A few missing.
- FYI: re particular vulnerability of FN people, my media list included: Missinippi Broadcasting, Eagle Feather News, APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network)
THESE HAVE BEEN CONTACTED:
Alzheimers office AT alzheimer.sk.ca (Joanne Bracken)
Canadian Association of Public Health Dentistry (CAPHD) (apr 10/12) lengthy conversation
Canadian Dental Assistants’ Assoc, March, (Miriam), Executive Director Mark, 613 521 5495 mbuzan AT cdaa.ca. (Their “Corporate Members” are provincial CDA associations: http://cdaa.ca/about-cdaa/corporate-members/ Latter not yet contacted)
College of Dental Technicians of B.C. ‘info AT cdt.bc.ca’ (Mar 20)
Consumers for Dental Choice – – see Toxic Teeth (below, alpha)
DAMS, Dental Amalgam Mercury Solutions http://www.dams.cc/ Apr 09/12 Lengthy conversation. Lots of people from Canada call them.
Founded in 1990 ‘Dental amalgam mercury fillings are the greatest source of mercury for the adults who have them. DAMS (Dental Amalgam Mercury Solutions) is a leading non-profit group educating the public on this issue in the US and Canada. While the dental amalgam filling, which is half mercury, has been banned in Norway and Sweden, in the USA, the American Dental Association and the FDA continue to defend the use of the amalgam mercury filling, despite the clinical evidence of harm caused by amalgams and the heavy weight of scientific studies that show that amalgams expose patients to unacceptably large amounts of mercury and tend to harm health. We have many books and scientific papers documenting the hazards of mercury and of amalgam fillings. . . .”
DAMS resource page: http://www.flcv.com/indexa.html
1 651 644 4572 or e-mail DAMS at dams AT usfamily.net
1043 Grand Ave, #317 St Paul MN 55105 USA
FACEBOOK: Dr. Tom McGuire’s Dental Wellness Institute http://www.facebook.com/Mercury.Health.Hazards
FACEBOOK, Lyn Rennick’s AMPS Society (Amalgam Mercury Poisoning Sufferers) (find them thru googling, not by search on F/B). Also has a blog: http://lynrennicksamps.proboards.com/index.cgi?
FACEBOOK, World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry: Canadian Chapter http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/World-Alliance-for-Mercury-Free-Dentistry-Canadian-Chapter/181950665183216
Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) , with a separate invitation to their Women’s Directorate patty.schuster AT fsin.com
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH CANADA
Dr. Marc Berthiaume Director of Marketed Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, Bureau – Health Canada. Apr 11/12. Left a message on his answering machine.
– ‘megan.lewis AT ec.gc.ca’ (The contact person for the group working on new regulations for products that contain mercury. By phone and by sending the information on the Mercury Jamboree to her, I’ve communicated that the decision to exempt amalgam is unacceptable. I also sent her the email re Chief Dentist Peter Cooney works for the industry – no wonder amalgams are to be exempted.)
– ‘mary.albert AT hc-sc.gc.ca’ (The co-coordinator with Megan Lewis of the Govt Group on Mercury Products. Megan represents Environment Canada, Mary represents Health Canada. Health Canada is responsible for regulation of dental amalgam under “Medical Devices” – Marc Berthiaume.)
– ‘Margaret.Kenny AT ec.gc.ca’
Government of Sask, Minister and Deputy Minister of Health. Mar 20/12 (their reply was non-committal). As expected.
International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) http://www.iaomt.org/
Mercury Free Now (Tom McGuire), http://www.mercuryfreenow.com/index.html
Mercury Policy (Vermont) Director is Michael Bender. Had a good and lengthy discussion.
Mid-wives
MS Society cassie.nesbitt AT mssociety.ca (had a good conversation)
Natural Recovery Plan. A dentist who suffered from mercury poisoning, recovered, then became a naturopathic doctor. http://www.thenaturalrecoveryplan.com./ See the videos on the right-hand side.
Popescu, Dr. Star Phoenix March 26. Using synchrotron to do research on metals (but not mercury) in relation to MS. Phone: 655-8714 bfp180 AT mail.usask.ca Dr. Popescu Apr 11, 2012 phone. Dr Popescu agreed to add mercury to the list of substances he is testing re MS.
Radisson SK, group of people who have had amalgams replaced. Health has recovered. They are together learning best ways to de-tox the mercury that has accumulated in their bodies.
Saskatchewan Assoc for Community Living (SACL), people with disabilities. Conversations with and sent info to a number of people at SACL. (Mercury is a neuro-toxin.)
Saskatchewan Dental Hygienists Assoc sdha AT sasktel.net
Saskatchewan Dental Assistants Assoc, Susan Enholdt, Kenaston, 252-2769, sdaa AT sasktel.net, also on licensing (regulatory body)
Saskatoon Health District, CEO Maura Davis Mar 20. No response.
SIAST Dental Assistant Programme, Brenda Udahl, 775-7551, udahl AT siast.sk.ca (Their “Corporate Members” are provincial CDA associations: http://cdaa.ca/about-cdaa/corporate-members/)
TOBIN, Dr. RICHARD Apr 11/12. Had a good and lengthy conversation with him (retired now) – the Health Canada fellow who (1996) challenged the Cdn Dental Assoc statements. “This statement is categorically false.” He was head of “Medical Devices” in the 1995-6 period when Canada became a leader in the work to stop the use of mercury fillings, starting with pregnant women and children. We have since gone to the opposite extreme and are now “obstructionist” in international efforts. Richard grew up in Biggar SK – and will be out for family weddings this summer. He’s very interested in and encourages what we’re doing. I’ll keep him in the loop.
TOXIC TEETH – Consumers for Dental Choice www.toxicteeth.org
316 F St., N.E., Suite 210, Washington DC 20002
Telephone 202.544-6333; fax 202.544.6331
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on Mar 20: sent individual emails to all the profs I could find email addresses for at:
U of T, Dentistry http://www.utoronto.ca/dentistry/facultyresearch/facprofile.html#A
U of A, Dentistry http://www.dentistry.ualberta.ca/en/AboutUs/FacultyStaff.aspx
U of S, Mar 20. Individual invitations sent to professors and staff in Toxicology, Dentistry, Medicine and Sustainability
UBC, Dentistry http://www.dentistry.ubc.ca/AboutUs/FacultyStaffList.asp
World Alliance for Mercury-free Dentistry, (see also under Facebook above – the Cdn Chapter) another great resource: http://www.mercuryundercover.com/film-overview-2/our-network/toxic-teeth info@toxicteeth.org
They have produced a film:
“Mercury Undercover” unveils the dirty truth about the dangers of mercury and how those people in power would love to “protect” you from the real truth. This compelling docu-film brings light to a problem that affects more than you ever imagined.
“Mercury Undercover” exposes the cause and effect of the well-hidden evidence of mercury contamination as seen through the eyes of doctors, scientists, environmental experts and mercury-poisoned survivors. This film exposes the nature of people and the terrible things that some do just for the sake of money. It is a gripping tale that will make you think twice before you eat your next catch-of-the-day or plan your next visit to the dentist’s office.
World Health Organization (WHO) ‘info AT who.int’ Sent a similar message, asking it be forwarded to the Mercury Group. It might never get there, but what the hell?! It’s worth a try.
YOUNG, TERENCE MP After stumbling on the article below, I’ve left a msg for him. His personal tragedy and then experience with Health Canada and the things he is calling for fit well with the mercury fillings. http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2009/04/20/drug-safety-young.html
Zero Mercury Working Group http://www.zeromercury.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=116&Itemid=11
An international group. I explained to them that Peter Cooney, Canada’s Chief Dentist works for the amalgam trade organization. Canada’s failure to cooperate with international efforts to rid the world of mercury fillings is the consequence of corporate money, propaganda and greed. Canadians are embarassed and we are organizing to figure out how to stop the use of mercury fillings. In solidarity with people in the international community. ‘elena.lymberidi AT eeb.org’; ‘rachel.kamande AT eeb.org’; ‘mercurypolicy AT aol.com’
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Dear Laurie,
Many thanks for posting your experience to the net for other people to learn from.
(1) If you don’t mind I will add it and a link to your website to the information I have circulated and then posted at Heavy
metals in vaccinations, Mercury in dental amalgams. (from the blog www.sandrafinley.ca )
. . . will update to include the information from your posting about the copper in the amalgams. . . .
Hi Cecile,
This is the story I was telling you about. I read it just now and went to the links which show the x-rays of this woman’s (Laurie’s) spine.
Grant explains: the poison goes into your body – – it is “systemic” inasmuch as the blood carries it throughout the body. It will deposit in different places in your body. (There are some places that are more likely.)
I have offered that immune systems are different in different people and so you have different manifestations of the poisoning.
This woman Laurie’s case may be extreme (except that MS, cancer, etc are extreme in other ways). You will see where her head was laid over to one side. Among the people who I know of that are working on the mercury poisoning from dental amalgams (Grant’s group) it is not uncommon to have neck pain (I am one of them). I am wondering whether in some cases, untreated, the neck pain might eventually lead to the situation you see in the pictures of Laurie. I think I will email her and ask what she thinks.
http://www.toxicmetals.info/case_laurie.htm
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YET TO BE DONE (from Health Canada website:
- Canadian Dental Association
- Canadian Dental Assistants Association
- Canadian Dental Hygienists Association
- Canadian Dental Regulatory Authorities Federation
- Canadian Dental Therapists Association
- FDI World Dental Federation NO – this is the industry trade support organization (France) that Peter Cooney, Chief Dentist, works for
- Federal, Provincial and Territorial Dental Directors Working Group
- Royal College of Dentists of Canada
- World Health Organization