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Regional workshop highlights Uruguay’s experience in phasing out dental amalgam

Uruguay shared its experience in phasing out dental amalgam with other Latin American countries in a regional workshop under the GEF dental amalgam project. In...

Minamata Convention COP-6 agrees to end the use of dental amalgam by 2034

The sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-6), held in Geneva from November 3 to 7,...

Proposal to phase out dental amalgam on agenda as Minamata Convention COP-6 seeks to strengthen global action on mercury pollution

More than 1,000 participants from governments, intergovernmental organisations, UN bodies, civil society, Indigenous Peoples, and youth are gathered for the sixth meeting of the...

Godwin Aritoba: Why Africa should not be dumping ground for dental amalgam

African countries have poor resources and technology to manage mercury wastes, and African dentists desire to practice 21st Century mercury free dentistry (minimum intervention...

Amalgam phase-out: How Abuja Declaration became prototype to global campaign – Brown

Charles G. Brown is President of the US-based World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry, a coalition of consumer, dental, and environmental organisations working together to...

Health Foundation urges Zambian govt to ban dental amalgam

Dental amalgam poses serious health and environment dangers globally. In this regard, the Children’s Environmental Health Foundation (CEHF) has advocated for enactment of the...

Mercury-free dentistry coalition, US black doctors urge amalgam phase out for Nigeria

The World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry and the U.S. National Medical Association have asked Nigeria to phase out the use of amalgam in dentistry....

BAN Toxics joins call for SDI to immediately stop production of mercury-added dental amalgam

Following the recent announcement by Southern Dental Industries Limited (SDI) that it will cease production of dental amalgam by 2028 or earlier, environmental NGO,...

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The N129m question hanging over Lagos’ Obalende Underbridge Beautification Project

The Lagos State Government budget records show that ₦129 million was disbursed in 2025 for the landscaping and beautification...
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Senate confirms Rabiu Umar as NMDPRA chief executive

The Senate on Thursday, May 7, 2026, confirmed the appointment of Rabiu Umar as Authority Chief Executive of the...

France, Nile varsity inaugurate plastic recycling micro-plant in Abuja

The French Embassy in Nigeria and Nile University, Abuja, on Thursday, May 7, 2026, inaugurated a plastic recycling micro-plant...

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The N129m question hanging over Lagos’ Obalende Underbridge Beautification Project

The Lagos State Government budget records show that ₦129...

Senate confirms Rabiu Umar as NMDPRA chief executive

The Senate on Thursday, May 7, 2026, confirmed the...