The EnvMed Network is a nonprofit organisation engaged in establishing Environmental Medicine.
Given the increasing amount of harmful chemicals in the environment and the growing scientific evidence of correlations with chronic diseases, we are committed to reduce environmental exposures, promoting research into health links and treatments, better aligning medical care with these findings, and facilitating patient access to analysis.
More than 150 countries, under the Minamata Convention on Mercury, have agreed to phase out dental amalgam by 2034 — a decision that will change dentistry around the world. This landmark step will lead to benefits for global health and environmental protection. WHO lists mercury as one of the top 10 chemical elements of major public health concern…
A hard-won political declaration on noncommunicable diseases, supported by the vast majority of UN member states, failed to be formally adopted during the high-level meeting of the General Assembly. The United States blocked its adoption by consensus so that the draft, which highlights the harm from chemicals, was referred back to the General Assembly for discussion and vote.
The 20th African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN-20) decided to call upon African member States (that are Parties to the Minamata Convention) to implement the phase out of dental amalgam use for patients under fifteen years, pregnant and breastfeeding women and to submit a national phase out plan or a progress report within the stipulated timeline…
The African Regional Centers of the Basel and Stockholm Convention supported the Children’s Amendment of the Minamata Convention by organising webinars in cooperation with the World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry. The Children’s Amendments entered into force on 28 September 2023 and requires Parties to take action to protect Children from the use of dental amalgam..
WHO Member States, UN Agencies and non-State actors met at the WHO Global Oral Health Meeting in Bangkok to reaffirm the commitment to the implementation of the Global oral health action plan 2023–2030. As an outcome, representatives from more than 110 countries adopted the Bangkok Declaration: “No Health Without Oral Health” with a strong commitment to mercury free dentistry and phasing out dental amalgam…
Stormont risks putting dentists’ wallets over people’s health, say toxics campaigners. Ending Northern Ireland’s use of neurotoxic mercury in tooth fillings will bring significant benefits, without having an adverse impact on everyday life, MLAs have been told…
Experiences from European countries demonstrate successful pathways for the transition to mercury-free oral health care. As effective and affordable alternatives are available, the primary challenge remains, to establish financial arrangements with dentists to provide aesthetic fillings in public programs. It should be borne in mind that dental amalgam is far more expensive than most, if not all, alternative materials when the high environmental costs are taken into account…
Global Overview of Countries Phasing Out Dental Amalgam: According to the Minamata Conventions Full National Reports 2021, the MIAs, or other official documents, the global transition to a mercury-free dentistry is fully underway…
In 2020 the key amalgam competitors on the international market were Kerr Dental (USA), Dentsply Sirona (USA), SDI limited (Australia), lvoclar Vivadent (Liechtenstein), Ardent (Sweden), Cavex (Netherlands) and Nordiska (Sweden). Since then, both US major players Dentsply and Kerr have left the business due to FDA’s safety warning in 2020 and….
In den chemiepolitischen Mittagstalks 2025 widmen wir uns der Frage, wie Chemikalien in der Umwelt wirken, wo sie überall nachweisbar sind und welche Konsequenzen das für Mensch und Natur hat. Wir blicken auf verschiedene Umweltmedien und Organismen, beleuchten aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse und diskutieren politische Handlungsmöglichkeiten. Zum vollständigen Programm…
NGOs fordern den Bundeskanzler auf, sich für die Regulierung von PFAS in der Europäischen Union auszusprechen. Die sogenannten „Ewigkeitschemikalien“ werden in zahlreichen Verbraucherprodukten, zum Beispiel in Kochpfannen oder Kosmetika, eingesetzt, aber auch in vielen Industrieprozessen und in Pestiziden werden sie genutzt.
Zivilgesellschaftliches Positionspapier: Per- und polyfluorierte Alkylsubstanzen (PFAS) sind eine Gruppe von über 10.000 chemischen Substanzen, die u. a. wegen ihrer Stabilität und wasser-, öl- und schmutzabweisenden Wirkungen in sehr vielen Bereichen verwendet werden. Aufgrund ihrer Stabilität werden sie in der Umwelt nicht abgebaut (“Ewigkeitschemikalien”) und können über sehr lange Zeiträume hinweg Umwelt- und Gesundheitsschäden hervorrufen.
The health impact of chemicals in the environment is constantly increasing. There is a significant associated rise in neurological, autoimmune and cancer diseases. Male fertility decreases dramatically. However, when patients visit the doctor, hardly any examinations are carried out for possible chemical exposures.
We bring researchers and practitioners in the fields of chemical biology, environmental medicine and medical geology together to showcase the recent developments and address global challenges we face today within the field of chemical toxicology and immunology.
Our mission is to advocate and support the adoption and implementation of legally binding instruments which contain mandatory obligations to eliminate where feasible, and otherwise minimize, the global use of hazardous chemicals, the global demand for hazardous chemicals, releases of hazardous chemicals to the environment, and human and wildlife exposure to hazardous chemicals.
The European Network for Environmental Medicine is a non-profit organisation located in Berlin. Your direct donations enable us to work on reducing environmental exposures, promoting research into health links and treatments, better aligning medical care with these findings, and facilitating patient access to analysis.