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6 September 2008
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Concerns over mercury use in dental amalgam

Published: Wednesday 14 May 2008   
Genon Jensen, Executive Director, Health and Environment Alliance

Sir, 

Regarding Reinhard Lauer of the BBFU's letter dated 8 April ('Mercury use in dental amalgam'): 

The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) shares the concerns of Bundesverband der Beratungsstellen fuer Umweltgifte about the use of dental amalgams containing mercury. 

However, we were surprised to learn of their doubts regarding the scientific basis of our work. 

Our "Stay healthy, Stop mercury" campaign is based on various research, including the work of the internationally-recognised expert and Harvard professor Philippe Grandjean. 

His findings on the effects of low-dose mercury exposure in children were publishedPdf external in the Lancet, an international, peer-reviewed scientific publication. 

Genon Jensen 

Executive Director 

Health and Environment Alliance (HEALexternal

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