This brief CTV news cast will motivate you to email the Government: ban dental amalgams! Email: mercury@ec.gc.ca
(The Government consultation on mercury is going on now.)
If the amalgams do not get banned, you are not allowed to complain if you didn’t register your input!
“HOW TO” REGISTER YOUR INPUT: click on 2011-03-01 (Most mercury-filled products to be banned in Canada. Mercury is still safe in the human mouth but no where else. The Government invites your input.)
THE CTV NEWS CAST:
Click on: (UPDATE: this URL is for today’s news. I expect that the video on mercury in dental amalgams is in their Library of videos (March 5, 2011) but with a quick search I couldn’t find it. Thankfully some of the video is transcribed below. http://www.ctv.ca/nationalnews/#TopVideoAn )
The government cracks down on the use of mercury … There is a short ad and then the footage regarding dental amalgams.
Excerpts transcribed: “The Canadian Government is proposing new restrictions on the use of mercury which has long been linked to very serious health problems … so Ottawa is going to ban the use of mercury in many of the products we use. However, the single largest source of mercury exposure will not be on the list. … It’s insane that we’re still putting mercury in people’s mouths. … (the ban) Covers only 30% of mercury in consumer products … Biggest sources will face fewer restrictions … compact fluorescent lights … Those amalgam fillings will be totally exempt from controls.
(Dr. Gitte Fredericksen, dentist) … No, It absolutely doesn’t make any sense that you can not have it in a thermometer but you can have it in a patient’s mouth .. .. (amalgam) cheaper, longer lasting solution for those who can’t afford porcelain or plastic. For some people it’s a cost factor. While conceding that amalgam is the largest single source of mercury exposure Health Canada insists it is: “not causing illness in the general population” … while some European countries have banned amalgam Canada simply advises that pregnant women and kidney patients should avoid it …”
It’s important to let the Government know that dental amalgams (they all contain mercury) need to be banned in Canada.
“HOW TO” REGISTER YOUR INPUT WITH THE GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION: click on 2011-03-01 (Most mercury-filled products to be banned in Canada. Mercury is still safe in the human mouth but no where else. The Government invites your input.)