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CSOs celebrate ‘Africa Day for Mercury-Free Dentistry’, seek phase-out of dental amalgam

Over 40 civil society organisations (CSOs), including the Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental Development (SRADev Nigeria), on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 celebrated the...

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...

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,...

FDA petitioned to reduce amalgam use to conform with the Minamata Convention

The World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry has filed a petition urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reduce the use of amalgam –...

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...

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Murder of Ogunpa Forest Reserve: A monumental environmental crime (2)

Continued from Sunday, November 10, 2024 The first act of this heinous crime opens with the clear felling of over...
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Papua New Guinea leader declines COP29 participation, cites non-commitment to rainforest conservation

Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, James Marape, has confirmed he will not attend the upcoming United Nations Global...

Oil & gas is solution to the climate crisis, says OPEC

When it comes to the climate crisis, the global oil and gas industry is part of the solution, not...

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Murder of Ogunpa Forest Reserve: A monumental environmental crime (2)

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