Papers of Angela Kilmartin (b.1941) Relating to Mercury Dental Fillings

  • Kilmartin, Angela, b. 1941
Date:
1985-2002
Reference:
PP/KIL
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Records relating to Angela Kilmartin's legal case for medical negligence against dental practitioners on grounds of mercury poisoning from dental fillings, including copies of the newsletter of PAMA, with related papers, publications and ephemera.

Publication/Creation

1985-2002

Physical description

2 boxes

Acquisition note

These papers were donated to the Library by Angela Kilmartin in August 2002.

Biographical note

Angela Kilmartin née Mendham is a health campaigner who, in 1971, after suffering with recurring cystitis for many years, founded the U&I Club (Urinary Infection/You & I) for fellow sufferers and went on to publish several self-help guides on the subject. In addition, after a period of unexplained illness in the 1980s and 1990s, Kilmartin began to campaign on the issue of mercury dental fillings, founding another patient support group called Patients Against Mercury Fillings (PAMA) which aimed to inform, educate and encourage patients and dentists to reject mercury amalgams and to choose instead white composite fillings.

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Accession number

  • 1074