by Long Island Attorney Paul A. Lauto, Esq.
In 2007, Moms Against Mercury sued the FDA to classify dental amalgam used to fill cavities. The end result was the FDA designation of amalgam as a Class II product. In that a Class II product designation maintains limited safeguards and controls, in or about 2010 a petition was filed with the FDA to essentially ban the use of dental amalgam.
As a result of the FDA's failure to act on that petition, a lawsuit for declaratory judgment has now been filed in federal court (Int'l Acad. Of Oral Med. & Toxicology, Inc. v. FDA). The suit alleges that the FDA's failure to respond to the petition was violative of the Administrative Procedure Act and essentially seeks the re-classification of dental amalgam as Class III. Such classification would provide increased safeguards and require amalgam manufacturers to prove that their product is safe.
Mercury, contained within dental amalgams, is widely accepted to be a toxic metal with numerous serious health risks if ingested. These health risks include brain damage, organ damage, central nervous system damage and more.
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