Although an important first step, there is still a need to address serious chemical safety issues at the second and third tier supplier levels, as well as for full disclosure of all the chemicals used in the electronics manufacturing process.
"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.
Attorney Baskut Tuncak, from IPEN Participating Organization Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), has been appointed as the new UN Special Rapporteur on toxic substances and wastes. As CIEL reports:
Les concentrations de plomb dans les aliments préparés dans des marmites en aluminium (localement appelées macocotes) échantillonnées au Cameroun dépassent les limites établies dans les lignes directrices des Etats-Unis pour l’ingestion du plomb d’après une nouvelle étude publiée ce mois d’août.
