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…
Trotz einiger Erfolge blieb der erhoffte Durchbruch auf der Weltchemikalienkonferenz in Bonn aus. Umweltverbände zeigen sich enttäuscht, dass das neue globale Chemikalienabkommen unter dem Titel “Global framework on chemicals – for a planet free of harm from chemicals and waste”, das heute in Bonn verabschiedet wurde, nicht die dringend benötigte Trendwende einleitet…
“Phasing Out Dental Amalgam: An Emerging Need to Eliminate Mercury in Products”, 9th October, 2023 at 14:45 to 15:45 CET. Register now…
The 5th session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5), organized by UNEP and hosted by the government of Germany who hold the presidency of this fifth session of the Conference, took place from 25 to 29 September 2023 at the World Conference Center
Nominated by the EnvMed Network, the Nepalese Policy on Dental Amalgam was honoured with the Future Policy Award 2023 during a high-level award ceremony in context of the 5th International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) in Bonn, Germany…
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…
