LAST ACTIVITIES
WHO Guideline for Mercury-free Dentistry
30 October 2025, WHO publishes a guideline on environmentally friendly and less invasive oral health care for preventing and managing dental caries, which serves Parties to the Minamata Convention as Information Document to phase out dental amalgam by 2034. WHO suggests the use of glass ionomer cements and resin-based composites as direct restorative materials for the treatment of dental caries and gives recommendations for the treatment of vulnerable populations and safe handling and application of resin-based composites.
Harm from Chemicals recognised in UN Declaration on NCDs
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 recognises the harm from chemicals, was referred back to the General Assembly where it passed on 15 December 2025.
Webinar Series supporting the Children’s Amendment in the African Region
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: Bangkok Declaration to Phase Out 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…
Giving evidence to NI Windsor Framework Committee
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…
COP5 Knowledge Lab: March to Mercury-Free Dentistry, Country by Country, Region by Region
The World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry presented the Global Progress of Countries Phasing Out Dental Amalgam “March to Mercury-Free Dentistry, Country by Country, Region by Region” at COP5 of the Minamata Convention…
Position Paper to Phase out Dental Amalgam in the EU by 2025
Since there are viable mercury-free alternatives, dental amalgam shall no longer be used for dental treatments of the general population from 1st January 2025…
COP5 Online Event: World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry
“Phasing Out Dental Amalgam: An Emerging Need to Eliminate Mercury in Products”, 9th October, 2023 at 14:45 to 15:45 CET. Register now…
Save the date: Civil Society Conference in Preparation for ICCM5
From 25th to 29th of September, the World Chemical Conference, ICCM5, will take place in Bonn, Germany. German Civil society organizations will host a half-day Civil Society Conference in Bonn on 22 September…