Tag:Minamata Convention on Mercury

Health

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...

Michael Simire - April 1, 2023

Sustainable Devpt

Turkey, Algeria become 138th, 139th Minamata Convention parties

Turkey and Algeria are the most recent countries to become parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury. On October 4, 2022, Türkiye deposited its instrument...

Michael Simire - January 3, 2023

Pollution

World Alliance, others share SIDS experiences on Minamata Convention

Pacific Coordinator, World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry, Fiji, Ms. Emele Duituturaga, and Project Coordinator and Private Sector Engagement Specialist, SIDS, Ms. Melanie Ashton, are...

Michael Simire - December 23, 2022

Health

Groups call for the removal of phase-out exemption for Mercury-added eye cosmetics

Environmental health organisations from the Philippines are asking governments across the world to end a partial exemption on mercury use for eye area cosmetics...

Michael Simire - September 11, 2022

Pollution

UNEP marks five years anniversary of Minamata Convention on Mercury

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has marked five years since the Minamata Convention on Mercury entered into force. UNEP, in a statement, said five...

Michael Simire - August 17, 2022

Health

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...

Michael Simire - June 28, 2022

Pollution

Group spotlights mercury-free alternatives in new study

In line with the celebration of National Poison Prevention Week, environmental watchdog group BAN Toxics has launched alternatives study titled “Mercury-Free Alternatives in the...

Michael Simire - June 23, 2022

TV Reports