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THE STATE OF NEW YORK
NEW YORK 224TH ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION
ASSEMBLY BILL 4209
2001-2002 REGULAR SESSIONS
IN ASSEMBLY
FEBRUARY 7, 2001
INTRODUCED BY M. OF A. BRODSKY, GIANARIS, EVE, GALEF, DINOWITZ, FARRELL,
GRANNIS, DINAPOLI, P. RIVERA -- MULTI-SPONSORED BY -- M. OF A. BOYLAND,
BRENNAN, CANESTRARI, A. COHEN, M. COHEN, COLTON, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, DIAZ,
GLICK, GOTTFRIED, GREEN, GREENE, GUNTHER, HIGGINS, LAFAYETTE, LAVELLE,
LUSTER, MCENENY, MILLMAN, NOLAN, ORTIZ, PERRY, PHEFFER, PRETLOW,
RHODD-CUMMINGS, SANDERS, E. C. SULLIVAN, WEINSTEIN, WEISENBERG -- READ ONCE
AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION -- COMMITTEE
DISCHARGED, BILL AMENDED, ORDERED REPRINTED AS AMENDED AND RECOMMITTED TO
SAID COMMITTEE
TEXT: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND
ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known as "The Mercury-Free Water
Resources and Mercury Reduction Management Strategy Act of 2001".
. . .
SECTION 27-1927. DENTAL OFFICE REQUIREMENTS.
EACH DENTAL OFFICE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL AMALGAM MERCURY
REPORT DESCRIBING QUANTITIES OF ALL SOURCES STORED AND RECYCLED: INCLUDING
CHAIR-SIDE TRAPS, CLEAN SCRAP, ELEMENTAL MERCURY, AMALGAM SLUDGE, AND
MERCURY CONTAINMENT TRAPS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE BY REGULATION
THEREFOR.
SECTION 27-1929. NOTIFICATION.
EVERY DENTIST SHALL DISPLAY, IN BOLDFACE PRINT, IN THE ENGLISH AND SPANISH
LANGUAGE, AND IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE WITHIN SUCH DENTIST'S OFFICE, A NOTICE
STATING THE FOLLOWING:
"THIS OFFICE USES AMALGAM FILLING MATERIALS WHICH CONTAIN AND EXPOSE YOU TO
MERCURY, A CHEMICAL KNOWN TO THE STATE OF NEW YORK AS A TOXIN LINKED TO
NEUROLOGICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DEFECTS. ADDITIONALLY, SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF
MERCURY-CONTAINING AMALGAM USE HAVE SHOWN THAT A SIGNIFICANT HEALTH HAZARD
EXISTS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 15. SAFE
ALTERNATIVES TO MERCURY-CONTAINING AMALGAMS EXIST. PLEASE CONSULT YOUR
DENTIST FOR MORE INFORMATION." S 27-1931. INFORMED CONSENT; DENTAL
PROCEDURES.
NO DENTIST SHALL USE MERCURY OR MERCURY AMALGAM IN A DENTAL PROCEDURE
UNLESS, PRIOR TO THE USE, THE DENTIST CERTIFIES IN WRITING THAT THE PATIENT
GAVE INFORMED CONSENT THERETO FREELY AND WITHOUT COERCION. SUCH INFORMED
CONSENT SHALL BE PROVIDED IN WRITING AND REQUIRED FOR EACH DENTAL OFFICE
VISIT IN WHICH THE PROCEDURE INVOLVES THE USE OF MERCURY AMALGAM AND SHALL
CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IN BOLDFACE PRINT:
"I CONSENT TO THE USE OF MERCURY CONTAINING AMALGAM IN THIS DENTAL
PROCEDURE. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE AMALGAM TO BE USED IN THIS
PROCEDURE CONTAINS MERCURY, A CHEMICAL KNOWN TO THE STATE OF NEW YORK AS A
TOXIN LINKED TO NEUROLOGICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DEFECTS. ADDITIONALLY, I
HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF AMALGAM CONTAINING MERCURY
HAVE SHOWN THAT A SIGNIFICANT HEALTH HAZARD EXISTS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AND
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 15. I HAVE ALSO BEEN INFORMED THAT SAFE
ALTERNATIVES TO AMALGAM CONTAINING MERCURY EXIST."
SECTION 27-1933. BAN ON HEALTH INSURANCE DISCRIMINATION.
NO HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY OR CONTRACT SHALL IN ANY WAY DISCRIMINATE
AGAINST AMALGAMS THAT DO NOT CONTAIN ADDED MERCURY.
http://lawschool.stanford.edu/library/special/dentalofficerequirements.html
A04209 Memo:
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the environmental conservation law, the agriculture and markets law, and the insurance law, in relation to enacting the Mercury-Free Water Resources and
Mercury Reduction Management Strategy Act of 2001
GENERAL PURPOSE/IDEA OF BILL : This bill would make various
provis
In Reply to: Mercury - NY State Bill 4209 posted by MAI on March 02, 2002 at 16:55:34:
MERCURY MAZE
TESTIMONIALS:
http://www.guestbook.de/yasg.cgi?X=20086&P=1
(pls sign gestbook!)
http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Medicine/Dentistry/Amalgam/
http://vest.gu.se/~bosse/Mercury/Mouth/amalgamlinks.html
http://hometown.aol.com/Rjj5019/index.html
http://www.web-light.nl/AMALGAM/amalgam.html
http://www.altcorp.com/vimyresponds.htm
http://www.altcorp.com/amalgam.htm
http://www.dentalmercury.com/publications.html
http://lawschool.stanford.edu/library/special/dentalofficerequirements.html
http://www.web-light.nl/AMALGAM/EN/SCIENCE/sciencemain.html
Bernie Windham, Chemical Engineer, THE COMPLETE DATA
Summery on science on dental amalgam / mercury
More Scientific Facts on the Biological Effects of Mercury Amalgams
Mercury Amalgam: Extensive data (psychological/physiological) !
More scientific findings - brief discriptions
Research regarding sensitivity for mercury.
Amalgam and Alzheimer
Toxic peripheral neuropathies
EDTA and EGTA complexes of Hg2+ are potentially injurious
Mercury effects on the contractile activity of isolated heart muscle
Long term exposure to low doses of mercury, neurological damage
Intake of Dietary Fiber and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease
Health Effects from Dental Personnel Exposure to Mercury Vapor
Parkinson's
Amalgam in 1883
Amalgam in 1971
Effects of methylmercury exposure from fish consumption
More on fish consumption (Seychelles). Article from New Scientist
Mercury vapor may be the biggest problem even for equal exposures
Mercury impairs the enzymatic feedback, and allows one to get copper-poisoned
The need for stomach acids :
CHEWING RELEASES MERCURY FROM FILLINGS
Traces of mercury in organs from primates with amalgam fillings
Mercury : oral and intestinal floras of primates
Additional references on dental office health effects
ALS web site recently posted Effects of Mercury Toxicity
MELISA (MEmory Lymphocyte ImmunoStimulation Assay), is an optimized lymphocyte stimulation test.
Other poisons, paladium, monosodium glutamate (MSG), aspartame, Thallium, chelation therapy and some letter exchange
Side-effects: mercury contribution to body burden from dental amalgam.
MERCURY and Alzheimer, neurodegenerative disorders, multiple sclerosis.
Methyl Mercury in Dental Amalgams, surpassing liver pathways !!
Medline :Evidence for delayed neurotoxicity produced by methylmercury.
Medline : Depletion of glutathione in the kidney / inorganic mercury
Medline : Occupational exposures to metals as risk factors for Parkinson's disease.
Medline : Chronic elemental mercury intoxication: neuropsychological study.
http://www.altcorp.com/amalgam.htm, just visit this address for good science on mercury-amalgam toxidity !!!!
More Science, abstracs of studies on :
Cytotoxicity of amalgams, alloys, and their elements and phases.
Dental amalgam: the materials.
Interactions between dental amalgams and the oral environment.
The prevalence of sensitivity to constituents of dental alloys.
Placental transfer of heavy metals in normal pregnant Japanese women.
Concentrations of heavy metals in maternal and umbilical cord blood.
Reference intervals for trace elements in blood:
LATEST SCIENCE
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF Hg, Ag, Sn, Cu, Zn AND TRACE ELEMENTS IN AMALGAM REMOVED FROM AN ABUTMENT TOOTH UNDERNEATH A GOLD ALLOY BRIDGE THAT HAD BEEN IN VIVO FOR NINE PLUS YEARS. Author: Gilbert H. Jackson, III, BS Chem, JD Law
Dr. Murray J. Vimy DMD Responds to Dr. Robert M. Anderton DDS, President of the American Dental Association
CALGARY, CANADA, July 4, 2001
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The news release by the American Dental Association (ADA) dated June 13, 2001 contains a very significant error. The ADA President Dr. Robert M. Anderton is reported as saying, ``There is no sound scientific evidence supporting a link between amalgam fillings and systemic
In Reply to: Re: Mercury - NY State Bill 4209 posted by MAI on March 02, 2002 at 17:01:20:
Thanks, MAI.
Isn't it interesting that the ADA has tried for years to make it illegal (grounds for losing their licenses) for dentists to tell their patients exactly what this Bill is requiring them to do?
Namaste`
Walt
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