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Michael Musenga: Why no country in Africa needs amalgam

Michael Musenga, Executive Director and National Lead Elimination Advisor, Children's Environmental Health Foundation in Zambia, in this piece appeals to manufacturers to think of...

Group urges enforcement of phase-out deadline on mercury-containing dental amalgam

Environmental watchdog group, BAN Toxics, has called the attention of regulators to enforce the phase-out deadline on the use of mercury in dental restorative...

Stakeholders clamour urgent action to end dental amalgam use in Nigeria

Ahead of the approaching September 28 date that Children’s Amendment will enter into force, stakeholders in the environment and health sectors have called for...

Minamata Convention: Zambia set to phase out use of dental amalgam

Following the halting of the use of dental amalgam for over two decades, Zambia is now set to transition to completely phasing out the...

Experts urge Lagos on implementation of children amendment to mercury convention

Dental and environmental practitioners have underlined the need for the Lagos State Government to make a pronouncement in line with the global effort to...

End mercury dental fillings in children, group demands

Amalgam is a dental filling material that is 50% mercury, a neurotoxin and pollutant. This week, BAN Toxics, a Philippines-based not-for-profit, marks an historic milestone in...

New Minamata Convention amendment protects children from amalgam use

The Children’s Amendment to the amalgam reduction requirement of the Minamata Convention on Mercury entered into force on Friday, June 24, 2022. Henceforth, all the...

COP4.2: World Alliance clamours end to amalgam use in women, children

In a message delivered to Plenary Session on Monday, March 21, 2022, at the ongoing second segment of the fourth Meeting of the Conference of...

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EU announces €288m grant to Nigeria’s healthcare sector, others

The European Union (EU) delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS has announced the roll-out support of €288 million to Nigeria’s...
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TotalEnergies signs agreements with U.S. to end offshore wind projects

TotalEnergies has signed settlement agreements with the United States Department of the Interior (DOI) to relinquish its Carolina Long...

New calculator shows how beach cleanup protects wildlife

Ahead of Earth Month, Ocean Conservancy is launching a free, publicly available website, WildlifeImpactCalculator.org, to enable people who clean up...

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EU announces €288m grant to Nigeria’s healthcare sector, others

The European Union (EU) delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS...

TotalEnergies signs agreements with U.S. to end offshore wind projects

TotalEnergies has signed settlement agreements with the United States...