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Video: Historic Minimata Treaty on Mercury Becomes Law
This series of videos give regular updates from the World Health Organisation’s United Nations Environment Programme convention in Kumamoto, Japan. After ten years of reports, representations and meetings, this week saw the signing into law of the Minimata Convention on … Continue reading
UNEP Treaty Passed But Dental Mercury Eludes the Ban
By Leo Cashman of DAMS (Dental Amalgam Mercury Solutions) The United Nation Environmental Global Mercury Treaty was finally approved in January and, amid fanfare, a signing ceremony will be held in October of this year in Minamata, Japan, site of … Continue reading
The Status of Mercury Amalgam Spring 2013: The World & Europe
There are, at present, several moves afoot on European and global levels to tackle the issue of the environmental mercury pollution created by the use of mercury-containing amalgam fillings in dentistry. Other reports and actions are also feeding into this … Continue reading
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The Status of Mercury Amalgam Spring 2013: U.S.A.
This article continues from The Status of Mercury Amalgam Spring 2013: The World & Europe THE STATUS OF AMALGAM IN THE UNITED STATES The Food and Drug Administration The FDA is a US Government agency charged with ‘protecting and promoting’ … Continue reading
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Announcing: The Mercury Issue Presentation
What every therapist needs to know about mercury poisoning from dental amalgam fillings What is it about? The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for a global phase-down of amalgam fillings to start in 2015 to be followed by a … Continue reading
WHO Report: Update For Dentists 1
You may (or may not) be aware that the World Health Organisation (WHO) convened a panel in November 2009 to look into the health and environmental concerns relating to the use of dental amalgam. The findings were published in a … Continue reading
WHO Report: Update for Dentists 2
Continued from WHO Report: Update for Dentists 1. The current status of amalgam in the US There is no question that the position the U.S. takes on this issue, as stated in the Council of Europe’s report on the topic is “likely to change the … Continue reading