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As the world accelerates the transition toward mercury-free healthcare, Africa’s dental sector is being called to reimagine a future rooted in innovation, safety, and environmental sustainability.
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AMCEN-20 adopts Declaration to Phase out Dental Amalgam | EnvMed Network 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 amal...

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Proud of receiving the Luxembourg Award for Environmental Health & Indoor Air Quality from Akut, Neobuild, Patiente Vertriedung and Scente in the category Public Relations. It was a special honour that MEP Tilly Metz presented it for our campaign to phase out dental amalgam in the EU. 🏆

Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law - European Committee on Crime Problems - www.coe.int The new Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law is the first international legally binding instrument to address environmental crime. Its main goal is the promotion and en...

Council of Europe adopts new Convention on environmental crime, including mercury-related offences!

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The NHS is running a public consultation to inform decision-making on the government’s 10 Year Health Plan for England. Until Monday 14 April you can support the proposal to Stop mercury use in NHS dental care by signing in and giving thumbs up! 👍 👍 👍
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Wie schafft man es, weniger Mikroplastik aufzunehmen? Dass man bei Wasser aus Plastikflaschen Kunststoffteilchen mittrinkt, ist nicht überraschend. Aber auch bei Glasflaschen? Und Teebeuteln? Mikroplastik ist überall und wurde bereits im Gehirn und ander...

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👏 Great news!

🇫🇷 Today French MPs voted to #BanPFAS from consumer products like clothing and cosmetics.

Over 140,000 citizens called on their MPs to back the ban & this is a huge win for the protection of people’s health & environment in France.

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📣 Ten projects approved in the 4th Round of the Specific International Programme (SIP).

With over USD 2 million in funding & a record-high number of applications, this highlights the strong commitment of our Parties to full implementation of the #MinamataConvention.

Read more: bit.ly/SIP4thRound

A high-level regional meeting in #Gabon has adopted the Libreville commitment on the elimination of mercury-containing skin-lightening cosmetics in Africa.

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Technical workshop under a GEF project & conducted by @who.int, @unep.org & BRI.

Global, regional, and national mortality burden attributable to air pollution from landscape fires: a health impact assessment study LFS air pollution induced a substantial global mortality burden, with notable geographical and socioeconomic disparities. Urgent actions are required to address such substantial health impact and the ...

New research shows more than 1.5 million people die each year from air pollution caused by wildfires: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
This supports my thesis that fossil fuels & climate change are the leading preventable cause of death worldwide. @lshtm.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social

Updated: Implementation of the Children's Amendment | EnvMed Network The Children's Amendment to protect Children from the harm of mercury containing fillings entered into force on 28 September 2023, but until today only 49% of the Parties of the Minamata Convention co...

67 Parties (!) have still not taken mandatory measures to implement the Children's Amendment despite it became law by 28 September 2023. environmentalmedicine.eu/tracker-impl...

Montenegro recommends, not only to phase out amalgam use for children up to 15 years, pregnant and breastfeeding women, but for all cavities suitable for alternative filling materials, especially in the first restorative treatment and in young patients.

Montenegro implemented the Children’s Amendment of the @minamataconvention.bsky.social to protect Children from the use of mercury-containing dental amalgam. Follow the thread. Here are the Guidelines in the national language: epa.org.me/wp-content/u...

Hallo Christopher, kannst du mal was zu dem Pilotprojekt Fernwärme im Sprengelkiez schreiben? Gerade wird die Baustelle am Pekingplatz vorbereitet. Wie lange dauert das? Was kommt noch? Was kostet das? Wer bekommt alles Fernwärme? Ist das für Mieter günstiger?

Survival Rates of Amalgam and Composite Resin Restorations from Big Data Real-Life Databases in the Era of Restricted Dental Mercury Use Tooth decay, also known as caries, is a significant medical problem that harms teeth. Treatment is based on the removal of the carious material and then filling the cavity left in the tooth, most comm...

A recent Study indicates that composite is superior to amalgam and therefore it is reasonable to cease using mercury-containing amalgam. The data included information from over 650,000 patients treated between 2014–2021. @minamataconvention.bsky.social pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

100 years of Cavex Dental Amalgam comes to an end

Great News: Cavex Dental officially discontinued the production of dental amalgam and is no longer exporting it to countries outside the EU. The last produced orders are delivered to customers in Europe until 31st December 2025. @minamataconvention.bsky.social
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New Entry to the Global Dental Amalgam Tracker | EnvMed Network The Israeli Ministry of Health updated its Notice on the Use of Amalgam Reconstructions on 12.01.2023 banning the use of dental amalgam among high risk population such as children up to 15 years of ag...

⛔️New Entry to the Global Dental Amalgam Tracker:

The Israeli Ministry of Health updated its Notice on the Use of Amalgam Reconstructions on 12.01.2023 banning the use of dental amalgam for Children up to 15 years, pregnant and breastfeeding Women. 🦷

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As of 1 January 2025, the export of dental amalgam has been banned in the EU.

We call on manufacturers to comply with this regulation and to remove amalgam advertising from their websites. Customers should switch to mercury-free alternatives.

🦷Read more: environmentalmedicine.eu/global-track...

We wish you a happy new mercury-free year !!!

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The EU ban on dental amalgam enters into force today.

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#PFAS werden in fast allen Industriebranchen und Lebensbereichen eingesetzt – und belasten Menschen, Tiere und die Umwelt weltweit.

Aber #GoodNews: Eine Welt ohne #Ewigkeitschemikalien ist möglich – sofern sich alle für dieses Ziel einsetzen 💪

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The Bangkok Declaration – No Health Without Oral Health - Towards Universal Health Coverage for Oral Health by 2030 - was adopted in Bangkok, Thailand, on 29 November 2024 with a strong commitment to mercury free dentistry and phasing out dental amalgam! environmentalmedicine.eu/wp-content/u...

This week we were in Dakar/Senegal to advocate for the implementation of the “Children's Amendment” to the Minamata Convention, which aims to protect children from the use of mercury fillings. 🦷 Read our call to action here: environmentalmedicine.eu/wp-content/u...

Updated: Global Dental Amalgam Tracker | EnvMed Network Global Overview of Countries Phasing Out Dental Amalgam: According to the Minamata Conventions Full National Reports 2021, the MIAs, or other official documents, the global transition to a mercury-fre...

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New entry to the global tracker of countries phasing out dental amalgam. China is prohibiting the use in dental treatments of deciduous teeth, patients under 15 years of age, and pregnant and breastfeeding women as of 14 October 2024.
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Today we launch our tracker of dental amalgam 🦷manufacturers:
Less than 20 companies are still responsible for a significant contribution to the mercury pollution worldwide. Some left, some leave, others continue. Check it out👉
environmentalmedicine.eu/global-track... #MakeMercuryHistory

Island States phase out dental amalgam | EnvMed Network Recently published reports reveal that the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu and the Maldives have phased out the use of dental amalgam, as especially for small island states without suitable disposal fa...

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.

Read the story: bit.ly/47SAjZC

Giftige Chemikalie Quecksilber wird in der EU schrittweise aus dem Verkehr gezogen Quecksilber ist eine hochgiftige Chemikalie, die eine Bedrohung für die menschliche Gesundheit und für die Umwelt darstellt. Heute tritt die überarbeitete Quecksilberverordnung in Kraft.

Heute tritt die überarbeitete Quecksilberverordnung in Kraft, damit wird die Verwendung und die Ausfuhr von Dental-Amalgam zum 1. Januar 2025 eingestellt.
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🍾 The European Council just finalised the decision to phase out dentalamalgam from January 2025. 🦷
#MakeMercuryHistory

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! Transition period expired on 26.5.24 !

Manufacturers of dental amalgam who have not lodged a formal application with a notified body for an MDR assessment must cease the distribution in the EU. Check out our Tracker : 👉 environmentalmedicine.eu/manufacturer...

🤓 We have just briefed the Northern Ireland Windsor Framework Committee on the need to apply the European ban on dental amalgam by 2025. 🦷 There is no justification to invoke Stormont Brake 👉https://environmentalmedicine.eu/wp-content/uploads/EnvMed-Network-submission-to-NI-Legislative-Assembly.pdf

Amalgam-Alternative soll Patienten nichts extra kosten 🦷

Deutschlands Zahnärzte gehen davon aus, dass die Krankenkassen künftig einen Amalgam-Ersatzstoff komplett bezahlen.

Auf einmal ist der Amalgam-Ausstieg also doch kein Problem mehr....

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