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Dr. Myron Wentz to fund third year of Mercury-Free Dentistry for Africa campaign

Scientist and philanthropist, Dr. Myron Wentz, has announced that he is funding the 2020 campaign of the World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry seeking to...

Michael Simire - May 27, 2020

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How to phasedown mercury dental amalgam use, by experts

The Federal Government has been called upon to initiate a coordinated multi-sectoral approach for an effective phasedown of dental amalgam use in the country. The...

admin - July 8, 2016

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Lagos adopts processes to phase down dental amalgam

Observed high mercury levels in dental clinics may have prompted the Lagos State Government to take up a campaign to phase down dental amalgam,...

admin - February 27, 2016

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Civil society charts Africa’s path to mercury-free dentistry

To celebrate Africa’s second annual Mercury-Free Dentistry Day, the African Centre for Environmental Health on Monday October 13 joined civil society groups across the...

admin - October 15, 2015

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Bangladesh may ban mercury dental amalgam

Bangladesh Dental Society (BDS) and Environment and Social Development Organisation (ESDO) have urged the government to create policies in order to ban mercury dental...

admin - September 16, 2015

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Activist intensifies battle to make dentistry safe

Mercury is a toxin; a poison, yet it's commonly used in dentistry. Charlie Brown, president of the Consumers for Dental Choice and the World...

Michael Simire - August 17, 2015

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Mercury-free dentistry: CPC, groups educate care consumers

The Sustainable Research & Action for Environmental Development (SRADev) Nigeria and World Alliance for Mercury Free Dentistry (WAMFD) are collaborating with the Consumer Protection...

admin - July 7, 2015

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