U.S. government calls for the phase-out of dental mercury amalgams!
http://www.mercuryexposure.info/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=540:us-government-calls-for-the-phase-out-of-amalgam&Itemid=318
http://www.mercuryexposure.info/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=540:us-government-calls-for-the-phase-out-of-amalgam&Itemid=318
"In an extraordinary development that will change the global debate about amalgam, the United States government has announced that it supports a "phase down, with the goal of eventual phase out by all Parties, of mercury amalgam." This statement – a radical reversal of its former position that "any change toward the use of dental amalgam is likely to result in positive public health outcomes" – is part of the U.S. government's submission for the upcoming third round of negotiations for the world mercury treaty.*"