Dental group defends mercury fillings amid mounting evidence of risks
Washington attorney James Turner, who has represented consumers in a
23-year campaign to ban mercury fillings, believes the dental
association’s advocacy on these issues has been motivated at least in
part by an unspoken economic interest: to “avoid enormously costly
product liability suits” by patients sickened from mercury exposure.
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Money Quote:
"The ADA owes no legal duty of care to protect the public from allegedly dangerous products used by dentists. The ADA did not manufacture, design, supply or install the mercury-containing amalgams. . . . Dissemination of information related to the practice of dentistry does not create a duty of care to protect the public from potential injury."
- American Dental Association response to a patient lawsuit
Yeah, those are the people who "approve" toothpaste. That's clearly meaningless too.
