EXTRA Amalgam-Newsletter Juli 2023
EU-Kommission will Amalgamfüllungen 2025 verbieten / Kürzlich in den Global Dental Amalgam Tracker aufgenommen: Bolivien verbietet Amalgam seit 2019 / PARC: Stekeholder Forum Treffen …
July 18, 2023
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…
The Philippines transition period for the use of dental amalgam ended on 29 May 2023 according to the Administrative Order 2020-0020. The use for children up to 14 years of age, pregnant and breastfeeding women and the import of dental amalgam was already banned since 2020…
Philippinen: Generelles Amalgam-Verbot tritt in Kraft / Afrika will Amalgam bis 2030 verbieten / MDR: Übergangsfrist für Amalgam-Zertifikate verlängert …
The Draft Propsal of the Revision of the EU Mercury Regulation has passed the Commissions Interservice consultations. The adoption is finaly scheduled for July after its translation into the languages of the member states. The adoption should then be a mere formality. However, the delay
