EnvMed Network: Summer-Newsletter 2023

European Network for Environmental Medicine

Newsletter July 2023

Dear Readers,

On 14 July, the European Commission published a draft legislation to phase out dental amalgam by 2025. The revision of the EU Mercury Regulation has been expected since December 2022 and also includes a further ban on a variety of mercury-containing lamps.

This regulation is about to eliminate all remaining intentional uses of mercury in the EU, as it is highly toxic.

Please also read the other news.

Yours sincerely,

Florian Schulze

International News

July 16, 2023

EU Commission wants to ban dental amalgam by 2025

The European Commission has published a draft legislation to phase out dental amalgam in 2025. The revision of the EU Mercury Regulation has been expected since December 2022 and includes…

July 5, 2023

Recently added to the Global Dental Amalgam Tracker: Bolivia banned Amalgam in 2019

With the Ministerial Resolution No. 0416 of July 5, 2019 of the Ministry of Health, Bolivia prohibited the use of mercury in dental amalgams throughout the national health system...

June 28, 2023

Global Workshop to phase out mercury-added products

Geneva, 21 - 23 June 2023. Parties to the Minamata Convention not having implemented any or only a few of the required measures to restrict the use of mercury-added products…

June 27, 2023

PARC: Stakeholder Forum Meeting

The first in-person stakeholder forum meeting of the Partnership for the Assessment of the Risks from Chemicals (PARC) was held in Athens on 28 June 2023. The main achievements were…

June 16, 2023

Health experts in Gabon call for a ban on mercury-added products

(Le Nouveau Gabon) - A recent study conducted by the Ministry of Health in partnership with WHO recommends banning the import of mercury-added products into Gabon and reducing or even…

June 10, 2023

Philippines: General Ban on Dental Amalgam enters into Force

The Philippines transition period for the use of dental amalgam ended on 29 May 2023 according to the Administrative Order 2020-0020. The use for children up to 14 years of…

May 30, 2023

EU Mercury Regulation: Publication in July

The Draft Propsal of the Revision of the EU Mercury Regulation has passed the Commissions Interservice consultations. The adoption is finaly scheduled for July after its translation into the languages…

April 27, 2023

Africa wants dental amalgam banned by 2030

Botswana and Burkina Faso have submitted a proposal on behalf of the African Region that the phase out of dental amalgam by 2030 should be considered at the next COP…

April 22, 2023

IG Umwelt Zahnmedizin wins Make Mercury History Photo Contest 2022

On the occasion of Earth Day on 22 April 2023, the three winners of the UN Minamata Convention’s Make Mercury History 2022 photo contest have been revealed, recognizing their compelling…

March 23, 2023

Transition period for Amalgam Certifications extended

Since the new Medical Devices Regulation (MDR 2017/745) entered into force on 26 May 2021, the legal safety requirements for dental amalgam capsules have increased significantly. Medical devices with approvals…

March 20, 2023

ICC Meeting: Only 50% of Parties comply with the Convention in phasing down dental amalgam

Geneva, 7 – 9 March 2023. Fifth meeting of the Implementation and Compliance Committee (ICC). The ICC is composed of three representatives by region and meets once a year in…

German News

July 18, 2023

EXTRA Amalgam-Newsletter Juli 2023

EU-Kommission will Amalgamfüllungen 2025 verbieten / Kürzlich in den Global Dental Amalgam Tracker aufgenommen: Bolivien verbietet Amalgam seit 2019 / PARC: Stekeholder Forum Treffen ...

June 6, 2023

Amalgam-Newsletter Juni 2023

Philippinen: Generelles Amalgam-Verbot tritt in Kraft / Afrika will Amalgam bis 2030 verbieten / MDR: Übergangsfrist für Amalgam-Zertifikate verlängert ...

May 22, 2023

Chemiepolitische Mittagstalks 2023

Am 14. Juni geht es bei den Mittagstalks um Chemikalien und Gesundheit mit der Beteiligung des Envmed Networks. Hier erfahren Sie mehr über die Veranstaltungsreihe und wie Sie sich anmelden.

January 22, 2023

EU-Kommission gibt der Chemieindustrie nach und verschiebt REACH Revison

Die EU Kommission hat ihr Arbeitsprogramm für das Jahr 2023 vorgestellt. Wichtige geplante legislative Initiativen wurden von der EU Kommission auf unbestimmte Zeit verschoben. Deutsche NGOs, darunter das European Center…

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