The Richardson Report April 18th, 1995
When the Richardson report was released by Health Canada in August 18, 1995 it created quite a stir. It was the first time that such a comprehensive review of the peer-reviewed literature had been carried out with the view of assessing dental amalgams using conventional risk assessment techniques and methodology. These techniques and methods were exactly the same as those used in doing risk assessment of any other chemicals or toxins in our environment.
This report is available for download in two (2) forms. One is WITHOUT some graphs and charts (size 438 Kb) and the other is WITH ALL charts and graphs.(size 1,511 Kb) Both are in Adobe Acrobat format and to read them you will need an Adode Acrobat reader. This is available for free from www.adobe.com
To download report without graphs (smaller size) click 'HERE'
To download report with graphs (larger size) click 'HERE'
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The Canadian Dental Association's attempt to discredit the Richardson report.
By the time the Richardson report was released by Health Canada it had been peer reviewed by 16 seperate reviewers expert in this field. Subsequent to this report's publication in the scientific literature a further 3 peer reviewers assessed it, making a total of 19 seperate assessments. ALL concluded that the work was valid, legitimate and of value, a view endorsed, and publicly acknowledged, by Health Canada in its letter to Dr. Mark Richardson. Virtually the only opposition has come from the various dental associations. The overall lack of merit in their opposition, their ignorance, the lack of expertise of their reviewers and the lack of ethics in their misrepresentation on the amalgam issue is shown in the following documents on this site..
ADA Lies about the Richardson Report
Health Canada's castigation of Canadian Dental Association
Mark Richardson's Response to Eley Paper
An assessement of the level of expertise in Canadian Dental Profession
An assessment of the CDA's International Panel.
Vimy letter to Swedish Medical Board
Additionally, a very specific and detailed, sometimes line by line, rebuttal of the Canadian Dental Association's Review of the Richardson Report is now available for downloading. Like the copy of the Richardson report above, it is in an Adobe Acrobat format which needs an Adobe Acrobat reader (available for free from www.adobe.com ) To download this file (232 Kb in size) please click 'HERE'
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Excerpts from ASOMAT's submission to the NHMRC Amalgam Review Working Party
comprises a 31 page document, incorporating a small selection of the most important points from the complete ASOMAT submission. It also includes an index of the contents of the complete submission. Like the above it also is in the Adobe Acrobat format. To download this file (117 Kb), please click 'HERE'
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The NHMRC Amalgam Review Report (Feb 1999) & the ASOMAT response
The NHMRC report, (88 pages, and approx 1 Mb in size) can be downloaded by clicking 'HERE' . The ASOMAT response (22 pages, approx 80K) can also be downloaded by clicking 'HERE' Both are in Adobe Acrobat format.
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