Recently published reports reveal that the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu and the Maldives have phased out the use of dental amalgam. Especially for small island states without an adequate hazardous waste management, environmental pollution from the use of amalgam is a major problem. With these four island states, the number of countries where amalgam is no longer used or is only kept for emergency cases rises to 66…
Southern Dental Industries, the world’s leading manufacturer of dental amalgam, announced that it will cease production by 2028 at the latest, as the release of mercury from dental amalgam is a global concern. SDI is the last publicly traded manufacturer fully transitioning to mercury-free alternatives in view of the United Nations ambition to end the trade by 2030.
Brussels, 30 May 2024: With the adoption by the Council, the phase-out of dental amalgam by January 2025 has been finalized. The European Parliament had already given its approval on April 10 with a majority of 98%. After being signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament and the Council, the legal act will soon be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and enter into force…
Stormont risks putting dentists’ wallets over people’s health, say toxics campaigners. Ending Northern Ireland’s use of neurotoxic mercury in tooth fillings will bring significant benefits, without having an adverse impact on everyday life, MLAs have been told…
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…
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…
