A small cluster of protesters, carrying tooth-shaped signs with slogans such as "Ban Mercury," heralded the opening of a two-day meeting today in Washington, DC, called by the U.S. Food and Drug ...

A recent shift in the U.S. government's position on mercury is rekindling the debate over the future of dental amalgam. “The world's environmental leaders agreed that we must take immediate action to ...

An alarming new study reveals a correlation between the mercury vapor released from mercury dental fillings & elevated levels of mercury in pregnant women The FDA's warnings on amalgam are ...

FARGO — A global message has begun in Fargo with a goal to positively impact the health of Indigenous people throughout the Americas. The call to end the use of dental amalgam — a mixture of metals, ...

In the United States, mercury occupies a strange and troubling double status. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) treats it as a hazardous substance that must be tightly controlled, captured, ...

Studies show too much mercury exposure can affect brain and kidney function. For 150 years, dentists have used a mercury-based silver amalgam to fill cavities. But is it safe? Andrea Kontos said she ...

Dental caries, commonly known as tooth decay, is the most widespread noncommunicable disease globally, affecting an estimated ...

WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday silver-colored dental fillings that contain mercury are safe for patients, reversing an earlier caution against ...

The government still considers mercury-containing dental fillings safe and is awaiting results from two major studies of children's cavities that may settle lingering public doubts. Amalgam fillings, ...

Silver dental fillings contain mercury, and the government for the first time is warning that they may pose a safety concern for pregnant women and young children. The Food and Drug Administration ...