Hi Everyone-
I'm starting my campaign to increase awareness and to try to get the government to help out. I need your help. There is strength in numbers. And the key to stopping the American Dental Association is up to us the individuals.

Please post the following addresses, phone numbers and online complaint forms in other forums. You can post them in mercury forums and health related forums. Also craigslist and myspace are huge traffic sites. If you can post a warning in groups on myspace it will start to get a little controversy going.

Where to post warnings (huge traffic sites):
craigslist.org
myspace.com - post in the groups and forums

Here are the government agencies to voice your concerns:
File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission
https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

File a complaint with the United States Department of Health & Human Services
1-800-HHS-TIPS
E-mail: hhstips@oig.hhs.gov
By Fax: 1-800-223-8164

Fill a complaint with Office of Inspector General

Mail:
Office of Inspector General
Department of Health and Human Services
Attn: Surgeon General
330 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20201


File a complaint with the Surgeon General
Rear Admiral Kenneth P. Moritsugu, M.D.,

M.P.H. is the Acting Surgeon General.
Mail:
Office of the Surgeon General
5600 Fishers Lane
Room 18-66
Rockville, MD 20857

All other inquiries:
Phone: 301-443-4000
Fax: 301-443-3574

Occupational Safety & Health Administration
toll free number: 1-800-321-OSHA (6742)
file complaint online:
http://www.osha.gov/pls/osha7/eComplaintForm.html

U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
200 Constitution Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20210


Environmental Protection Agency
Ariel Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20460h
(202) 272-0167


File report with the U.S. Food and Drug Admin.
http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/SAFETY/3500.pdf

online form -
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/medwatch-online.htm

Phone numbers
Alabama--866-289-3399

Alaska--(425) 483-4949

Arizona--(949) 608-3530

Arkansas--(214) 253-5200, ext. 5233

California (Northern)--(510) 337-6741

California (Southern)--(949) 608-3530

Colorado--(303) 236-3044

Connecticut--(781) 596-7700

Delaware--(215) 597-9064

District of Columbia--(410) 779-5713

Florida -- (866) 337-6272

Georgia--(404) 253-1161

Hawaii--(510) 337-6741

Idaho--(425) 483-4949

Illinois--(312) 353-7840

Indiana--(313) 393-8100

Iowa--(913) 752-2440

Kansas--(913) 752-2440

Kentucky--(513) 679-2700, ext. 124

Louisiana--866-289-3399

Maine--(781) 596-7700

Maryland--(410) 779-5713

Massachusetts--(781) 596-7700

Michigan--(313) 393-8100

Minnesota--(612) 758-7221

Mississippi--866-289-3399

Missouri--(913) 752-2440

Montana--(425) 483-4949

Nebraska--(913) 752-2440

Nevada--(510) 337-6741

New Hampshire--(781) 596-7700

New Jersey-- (973) 331-4917

New Mexico--(303) 236-3044

New York -- (718) 340-7000 ext 5588

North Carolina--(404) 253-1161

North Dakota--(612) 758-7221

Ohio--(513) 679-2700, ext. 124

Oklahoma--(214) 253-5200, ext. 5233

Oregon--(425) 483-4949

Pennsylvania--(215) 597-9064

Rhode Island--(781) 596-7700

South Carolina--(404) 253-1161

South Dakota--(612) 758-7221

Tennessee-- 866-289-3399

Texas--(214) 253-5200 ext. 5233

Utah--(303) 236-3044

Vermont--(781) 596-7700

Virginia--(410) 779-5713

Washington--(425) 483-4949

West Virginia--(410) 779-5713

Wisconsin--(612) 758-7221

Wyoming--(303) 236-3044

Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin

Islands--800-332-0127 Craigslist

Here's my update! I'm the one who posted the original message. And my campaign results are in! I used internet marketing to try to warn people of mercury fillings...and the results.........(drum roll!)....the results are....PEOPLE SUCK! Me trying to save lives and help people = people getting mad at me..humiliating me..laughing..and telling me off. I think that it's not worth it right now for me toto try to help people and then to get the grief from them. They will see one day!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> I warned them..suckers!

hello headskakes : don't get discouraged ,I remmember a time when I didn't believe that my amalgams were causing all my symtoms ,I feel much diffrently now that I've had them removed and feeling much better , we can only inform poeple of the health issues surrounding amalgams ,what they do with that info is up to them ,but they can never say that they were warned.

Hi Headshakes, yeah this will happen. I went onto yahoo answers and tried to pass on links to people asking dental questions (reputable links to biologic dentistry etc) and I copped it too. I also had emails that were not nice.

The worst were the 'would be" dentist who are on the net and out to discredit those warning against "mainstream" dentistry. They are on a mission you could say and will definitely laugh and make fun or get downright directly nasty.

But I wouldn't get too downhearted because someone somewhere will be taking note and you will have helped someone with the info. Many people dont say much, they just read and take it in.

Im sure you've heard the saying "empty barrels make the most noise" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Has anybody seen this yet? This looks promising!

H.R. 2101: To prohibit after 2008 the introduction into interstate commerce of mercury

Sorry, if this has already been discussed. I did a search and didn't find anything.

This is the fourth version of this bill to be introduced. The other three have all died in Congress. On the positive side, however, the numbers of sponsors and information included with these bills has increased each time it was introduced, showing the effects of the grassroots anti-mercury movement. Kudos to Rep. Diane Watson (D-CA) who continues to introduce this legislation.

I wrote two of my major law school papers on mercury and mercury litigation. If you are interested in the prior versions of the bills, they are H.R. 4163 (107th Congress, 2nd session, April 10, 2002), H.R. 1680 (108th Congress, 1st session, April 8, 2003), and H.R. 4011 (109th Congress, 1st session, October 6, 2005).

Of more interest on the litigation front is the e-mail I received this morning related to the decided case of Moms Against Mercury v. FDA Moms Against Mercury v. FDA. It looks like the FDA is caving. Five times in its response brief to the court case it admitted that it did not know if mercury amalgams were safe. With threats of continued litigation, both against the agency and also putting high-ranking FDA officials on notice that they may be held personally liable, the FDA has now agreed to write an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking for classification of amalgams. However, there is no timeline from them on this action.

If that last part makes no sense, the short explanation is that the FDA was required in 1976 to classify all medical devices based on the relative safety of the device. However, the FDA has failed to perform its duties of classifying amalgams under the 1976 Medical Device Amendments, which require proof of safety and preparation of an environmental impact statement. There is a lot more to the story, but the gist is that they are now agreeing that they will classify amalgams. It will be interesting to see how "safe" or not they will be deemed, especially since the FDA has already banned all mercury from veterinary uses after reviewing its safety.

Hey HeadShakes,


I know what you mean.

In the mid 90's, my business partner (Laura) and I joined a political party that was exposing the corruption in government because we thought people would want to know. Come to find out, we learned one of the greatest lessons of our life:

"People believe what they want to believe."

One day, after two years of dedicating all of our spare time to this cause, we sat down and said, "Why are we doing this? Nobody wants to know or even cares." We finally decided to go into business for ourselves.

From that experience, I learned that only a very small percentage of people accept the truth via evidence. Most people decide what they believe based on their emotions or personal desires. Amazingly, this is what the Bible had been telling me all along. Now I understood how true it is.

Don't give up though. The work of doing good—even if people don't want it—is a good thing because there are a few that will respond, and these few are very valuable.

Keep up the good work.

Perhaps you would like to help participate in the "Educate The Dentists" project. See the notice at the top of the list of messages on this forum for more information.

It's frustrating, isn't it?

I've had this with trying to disseminate info about psychotropic meds. People will believe their doctor over anything else anyone says 99% of the time.

You know that you are in possession of the truth. Many people are not prepared to be, they want to stick to what they've been told all their lives. However, if you plant the seeds, in time some of them may grow. That's all you can really do. You'll find that a few people will listen. Others may start to doubt, and in time come to the truth in their own ways.

And when you get flack, just be glad that you have got yourself sorted. Have compassion for those who don't. Sometimes they're just too frightened to think that they might be poisoning themselves and so they will resist the idea all the way.

You're doing good work, don't give up <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Linda.

russ is right : all it takes is a few to listen and change there own destiny ,for me I have already helped two people dealing with the same issue ,hopefully it will branch out from there .

Arthur Schopenhauer, the 19th century philosopher, said:

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."


"Never give up, Never surrender!"

—Galaxy Quest (the movie)