The sixth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC6) for the Mercury Treaty is currently underway in Bangkok, Thailand. Numerous IPEN representatives are participating in the meeting, and IPEN Co-Chair Manny Calonzo delivered an opening statement on 3 November.
IPEN Participating Organization AGENDA is featured in this article on the health effects of dental amalgam in a Tanzania Kiswahili daily newspaper, Tanzania Daima.
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - Health officials and civil society organizations have warned of the dangers from continued use of products containing mercury.
They cited cancer, brain damage and kidney failure as some serious illnesses caused by the chemical.
NEXT time you visit your dentist, make sure you ask for mercury-free dental fillings. This is the message that AGENDA for Environment and Responsible Development is seeking to get across to the public as part of an awareness campaign against the use of mercury in dental care.
"It’s this simple: Americans can’t make the decision to consume less dental mercury if they don’t even know they’re getting dental mercury,”
Washington, DC, USA (PRWEB) August 12, 2014
After decades of hearing their mercury-based dental fillings called “silver” and “amalgam” by their dentists and by the United States Food and Drug Administration, FDA, it shouldn’t be surprising that Americans are feeling more than a little misled about what’s being put in their mouths.
A successful event promoting a safe school environment that will prevent and reduce childhood lead and mercury exposure was recently held in the Philippines. The event, organized by IPEN Participating Organization EcoWaste Coalition, the European Union and the Philippines Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), saw 200 people in attendance, including H.E. European Union Ambassador Guy Ledoux and DENR Secretary Ramon J.P. Paje.
Executive director Leslie Adogame from IPEN Participating Organization Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental Development (SRADev Nigeria) provides helpful information about the dangers of mercury in the following news articles:
