Congress Called on to Hold Dental Mercury Polluters Accountable at U.S. House Oversight Hearing

WASHINGTON, July 8 Dental-Mercury-hearng WASHINGTON, July 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At a U.S. House Government Oversight Subcommittee Hearing today, a mercury watchdog group called on Congress to stop dental mercury pollution by phasing out amalgam, requiring dentists to install amalgam separators, and holding manufacturers of amalgam accountable for paying for the clean up technology necessary to prevent dental mercury pollution. "Practically speaking, the age of amalgam is over," said Michael Bender, director of the Mercury Policy Project. "Recent improvements in technology for the non-mercury filling -- most commonly the 'composite' -- have rendered the mercury tooth filling obsolete. One only has to look at the recent bans on new amalgam placement in Norwegian or Swedish dental patients to document mercury-free tooth... [read full story]