On 3 December 2025, the Health Committee of the Chamber of Deputies approved the phase-out of mercury-based dental amalgam. The proposal, PL 3098/2021, will now move to the Justice and Citizenship Committee and, if approved, be sent to the Senate. The law would ban amalgam use for pregnant and breastfeeding women, children under 15, and individuals with certain health conditions, while requiring dental services to implement a plan to fully eliminate mercury-based materials by 2030…
On 3 December 2025, legislation to phase out dental amalgam in Northern Ireland by 2034 entered into force following formal approval by the Westminster Parliament. The law implements the EU Mercury Regulation to phase out dental amalgam with a 10-year derogation granted under specific conditions by the European Commission, as part of the Windsor Framework arrangements that prevent a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland…
The EU Mercury Regulation (2024/1849) has been incorporated into the EEA Agreement, bringing dental amalgam use in Iceland under regulation. The phase-out timelines have been adopted as-is, with exemptions granted only for import and export. The decision still requires confirmation by the Icelandic parliament, which is expected to be a formality. The EEA agreement also applies to Liechtenstein and Norway, where the use of dental amalgam is already banned…
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…
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 recognises the harm from chemicals, was referred back to the General Assembly where it passed on 15 December 2025.
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…
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.
