Die Belastung mit Chemikalien betrifft alle. Sie überschreitet unsere planetaren Grenzen und zwingt uns angesichts von Erkrankungen und der Kontamination ganzer Ökosysteme zum entschlossenen Handeln…
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…
The World Health Organization (WHO) published the new editions of the Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML) and Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc) which include important new medicines for the treatment of diseases…
For a toxic-free world: Nepal and Tanzania are in the running for prestigious policy prize…
EU-Kommission will Amalgamfüllungen 2025 verbieten / Kürzlich in den Global Dental Amalgam Tracker aufgenommen: Bolivien verbietet Amalgam seit 2019 / PARC: Stekeholder Forum Treffen …
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 a ban on mercury-containing lamps, effectively stoping all remaining intentional uses of mercury in the EU…
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…
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 were invited by the Secretariat to participate in a workshop to develop strategies…
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 presented and the priorities and needs of the stakeholders were discussed…
(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 eliminating their use in dentistry…
