Alliance for phasing out dental amalgam
The World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry is celebrating World Environmental Health Day by urging the parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury to make dental amalgam history.
It complements the theme of the parties to Minamata, whose theme is “Make mercury history.”
At the first conference of the parties (COP1) held in Geneva, Switzerland, the alliance launched its new “Make Dental Amalgam History” campaign, a step-by-step plan to phase out the use of dental amalgam, said a press release.
In the alliance's opening statement, presented by its President Charlie Brown from the US, the alliance called on phasing out dental amalgam for children's protection.
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