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New UN Treaty on Mercury RequiresCountries to Phase Down DentalAmalgam By Dr. Joe Mercola (Excerpted from his online article 2/3/13)Themomentum toward mercury-free dentistryis gaining speed and, it appears, may be setto become a reality in the 21st century. Thefinal mercury treaty session took place in Geneva, Switzerland inJanuary 2013. There, the mercury treaty was finalized and includedimportant provisions to reduce and eliminate mercury pollution;one of them being a requirement for countries to phase down theuse of dental amalgam (mercury fillings).As Michael T. Bender, director of the Mercury Policy Project,said: “This is the beginning of the end of dental amalgam globally.”The treaty, which has been under negotiation for four years (andcould be signed as early as October), will require countries toundertake at least two of the prescribed steps to “phase downamalgam use.”Among those measures listed are these: (1) Setting nationalobjectives aimed at minimizing (amalgam) use; (2) Promotingthe use of cost-effective and clinically-effective mercury-freealternatives; (3) Encouraging professional societies and dentalschools to educate and train dental professionals in the use ofmercury-free dental restoration; and (4) Encouraging insurancepolicies and programs that favor the use of quality alternatives toamalgam.The success of the World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry,Bill Wolfe, D.D.S.created upon the recommendation of and led by Consumers forDental Choice, shows that citizen action still can make progressover corporate power.In October 2011, the U.S. State Department called for a “phasedown” of mercury fillings, followed by an “eventual” phase out.The State Department’s submission to the Mercury InternationalNegotiation Committee also called for: (1) Educating patients andparents (about amalgam) in order to protect children and fetuses(2) Training of dental professionals on the environmental impactsof mercury in dental amalgams.All individuals are exposed to mercury pollution to somedegree. However, some groups are particularly exposed and/orvulnerable to the health effects of mercury pollution (principallyin the form of methylmercury through diet), such as high-levelfish consumers, women of childbearing age and children. Thispresents a risk of negative impacts on health, in particular affectingthe nervous system and diminishing intellectual capacity. Thereare also environmental risks—for example; the disturbance ofmicrobiological activity in soils and harm to wildlife populations.Amalgams have been banned in several countries, includingNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, and largely in Japan. The EuropeanEnvironmental Bureau (EEB) also requested support fora phase-out of the use of mercury in dentistry, both in the EUand around the world. The environmental health effects of dentalamalgam are well known and include brain damage and neurologicalproblems, especially for children and the unborn babiesof pregnant women. With dental mercury uncontrollably enteringthe environment from multiple pathways, phasing out amalgamand transitioning to non-mercury alternatives is the only way toreduce—and eventually eliminate—this significant source of mercurythat threatens our environment and ultimately our health.The American Dental Association (ADA), however, hascontinued to defend their use, even though amalgam fillingscontain more toxic mercury than any other product sold in theUnited States and safer alternatives, such as resin composite,are readily available. This isn’t at all surprising, as the ADA hashistorically covered up the fact that the term “silver filling” todescribe amalgams is profoundly deceptive, as the amalgam fillingcontains anywhere from 49 to 54 percent mercury, thus should becalled “mercury fillings”, not “silver fillings”.Even though the mercury treaty provisions are a major stepforward in the phase-down and eventual phase-out of this toxicsubstance, support for Consumers for Dental Choice, which hasworked to educate the government about dental mercury pollutionand the many mercury-free alternatives to amalgam, is now moreimportant than ever, so we ask for your help! Please consider adonation to Consumers for Dental Choice, a 501(c) (3) non-profitorganization dedicated to working for mercury-free dentistry forevery child and every adult, www.toxicteeth.org.Wisdom is knowing what to do next;virtue is doing it.~ David Star Jordan, The Philosophy of Despair18 Truly Alive | www.trulyalive.netRead more articles online: www.trulyalive.net
A Practical and SustainableSpirituality By Wendy Foxworth, Center for Conscious LivingThe Center for Conscious Living is a learningcommunity that studies spirituality in the contextof developmental levels of consciousness. Ourcontribution to humanity is to be a welcoming place wherepeople can learn to increase their level of consciousness tobecome practical channels of unconditional love in all formsof relationship.The Center for Conscious Living embodies a Culture ofConsideration, Co-Creation and Cooperative Relationships.Love is lived out in this community through its covenantof relational interaction and its collective wisdom decisionmakingprocess.We provide an integral education program thatchallenges people to go beyond the “field of right andwrong” to live in the “field of oneness” with all creation,so that we might be a channel in co-creating a SustainableAlbuquerque; to be an instrument in ending poverty andall forms of relational violence. We hope you will join us forone or more of our many learning opportunities happeningin March and April!Barbara Marx Hubbard’s “Evolutionary Circle: 10 Steps toBecoming a Universal Human” happens every WednesdayNight, 6:30-9pm:It is one thing to speak of a dream of a universal humanityand another to know you can live it in community withother people. Our Circle experience is a laboratory for livingas authentic universal humans and gaining a sense of what itmeans to interact with others in an ego-less way.Our next “Sustainable Albuquerque” events are on March 23,2013 and April 27th, 2013 from 1:30 to 4pm:Join us as we work with 12 different sectors of ourcommunity (arts, education, economics, environment,governance, infrastructure, justice, health, relations, media,science, and spirituality). A broad coalition of citizens arecoming together to identify projects that are working andthen to organize all 12 sectors’ participation in making theprojects visible and viable in our City. No matter who youare, you can do something to make a difference. We valueyour input and ideas! Bring a snack to share. Water, Tea andCoffee will be provided.Every Sunday, March 3-April 7, 11am-1pm, we host aconsciousness/book study titled Big Mind-Big Heart: FindingYour Way by Zen Master, Dennis Genpo Merzel:Ken Wilber and Hal and Sidra Stone wrote the forwardand introduction to the book. This study will help youaddress your unconscious shadow that blocks your capacityto live as Essential or Authentic Self and keeps you fromknowing deep intimacy, responsibility and accountabilityin your relationships. Learn to integrate your finite ordualistic selves, such as the Skeptic, the Controller, theVictim, the Damaged Self, Anger and the Seeking Mind,etc. with the Essential/Authentic Self in its many displays(Big Mind, Big Heart, Integrated Feminine/MasculineCompassion, Great Joy, Great Gratitude, Integrated Free-Functioning Human Being). Learn how to manifest more ofthe divine wonder of you!Come and hear the Community Peace Choir of the Center,Sunday, March 31st during the Big-Mind: Big-HeartConsciousness Study from 11am-1pm:Spirit sings in and through this choir in an amazing way!Hope you can join us.Register and pay online: www.consciouslivingnm.com oryou can write a check, noting the class you want to attend inthe memo section on the lower left hand side. Mail to: WendyFoxworth, The Center for Conscious Living, 2825 BroadbentParkway NE, Suite E, Albuquerque, NM 87107.You are blessed to be a blessing. May you be at peace, and joinus in extending that peace to include all people and our planeteach day. Namaste.“Growing in consciousness to createa sustainable Albuquerque,to end poverty and relational violence!”Please join us Sundays11am to 1pmCommunityConsciousnessStudyWendy FoxworthCenter Director2825 Broadbent Pkwy NE, Suite E • ABQ505.343.8001 • consciouslivingnm.comRead more articles by Phaeryn Wendy Foxworth Sheehan online: www.trulyalive.netTruly Alive | March/April 2013 19
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