Dental amalgam will be phased out by 1 January 2025 with few limited exceptions. This was agreed today by representatives of the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament…
The revision of the EU Mercury Regulation is well underway: In the Council, the Member States have examined the Commission proposal, in the Parliament the rapporteurs of the ENVI Committee have submitted their proposed amendments and set dates for votes, and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has issued a positive opinion…
Aufforderung an die Europäische Kommission, die Verpflichtungen des Green Deal in Bezug auf Chemikalien, Lebensmittelsysteme und Tierschutz einzuhalten. Die Gesundheit der Europäer*innen und die Zukunft des grünen Wirtschaftswachstums der EU stehen auf dem Spiel…
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…
COP 5 of the Minamata Convention agreed that all countries which have not yet phased out dental amalgam shall present a national action plan to do so. The first plan is due by 31 December 2025 and may consider that the next Conference of the Parties will discuss to phase-out the manufacturing and trade of dental amalgam by 2030…
With effect from 24 October 2023, the Gabonese Ministry of Health and Social Affairs is banning the manufacture, import, export, distribution and use of dental amalgam…
Amalgam pollutes our environment, endangers our health, damages teeth, endangers dental workers, is frequently implanted without informed consent, perpetuates social injustice, costs taxpayers, is diverted to illegal gold mining, is interchangeable with mercury-free filling materials and drives up the price of mercury-free alternatives…
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…
