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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,...

Group lauds new EU Mercury Regulation, calls for stronger cooperation

“The new regulation for mercury by the European Union (EU) is a significant development in the global effort to reduce and eliminate mercury pollution....

East African mercury-free dentistry campaigners set 2024 agenda

Operating under the aegis of their umbrella body, the World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry, East Africa-based groups clamouring to end the use of dental...

Uphold ban on sale, use of mercury dental amalgam – Group

Toxic watchdog group, BAN Toxics, has raised the alarm over the continuous selling of mercury dental amalgam (in capsule) in the market and online...

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Ganduje calls for urgent action on recharging Lake Chad Basin

The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has called for urgent action to address the shrinking...
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Nigerian scientists urged to tackle solar energy cost, storage challenges

The Vice-Chancellor, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Prof. Christian Anieke, has urged Nigerian scientists to seek ways to overcome the...

Ondo expresses commitment to urban renewal agenda

The Ondo State Government has expressed its determination to transform the physical landscape of the state in achieving its...

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