The ADA is standing its ground on amalgam separators. In hearings last week on Capitol Hill, an ADA representative reiterated the association's position that ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed a rule under the Clean Water Act requiring dentists to install amalgam separators to help cut discharges ...

CHESTERFIELD, Mo., Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — DOVE® Dental Products, the leading manufacturer in disposable evacuation dental devices, announces the introduction of a new bulk size 75-count package ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a May 2018 document intended to respond to what it describes as “Frequently Asked Questions” regarding the recently issued Clean ...

October 24, 2011 — A World Health Organization (WHO) committee this month called for a worldwide reduction in the use of dental amalgam to cut the flow of mercury into the natural environment. "In an ...

D B Dental offer a choice of options designed to enable practices to meet their amalgam separation requirements, which has now become law. For new equipment ...

DESPITE EFFORTS to eliminate mercury from numerous products over the past few decades, a few holdouts remain. Among them are dental amalgam fillings. Dentists continue to use amalgam fillings, which ...

A new Clean Water Act proposal would cut discharges of mercury-containing dental amalgam to waterways. Dental amalgam is a mixture of mercury and other metals including silver, copper, and tin that is ...

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An international treaty drafted earlier this month calls for phasing out dental amalgam to reduce mercury pollution. The Minamata Convention, negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations ...