SEDI calls for end to amalgam use for children and young women

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By Isaac Eranga

Benin City: The Sustainable Environment Development Initiative (SEDI) has called on African governments to enact policies that will help put a stop to amalgam use among children and young women, saying amalgam has some chemical substances that are harmful to the body.

This was contained in a press statement signed by the Executive Director of SEDI - Dr. Tom Aneni. According to the statement, this year's Africa Week for Mercury-Free Dentistry focuses on implementing the children’s amendment to the Minamata Convention on Mercury.

"Spearheaded by the Africa Region, the parties to the Minamata Convention unanimously amended the mercury treaty to set a worldwide floor: the end of amalgam use for children and for pregnant and breastfeeding women.  

"Each year, the World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry and the African Center for Environmental Health sponsors a day—now expanded to a week—to celebrate the transition for Africa to mercury-free dentistry. 

"For Nigeria’s dentistry, we need to end amalgam use for children and young women now, and we can do it. The alternatives are superior, tooth friendly, and non-polluting. The dentists in Nigeria prefer the alternatives.”

"This is in support with Barr. Charlie Brown, Executive Director - World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry, calls on parents and young women to insist on mercury-free dental fillings for their children", the Statement said.

On 5 October, the African Center for Environmental Health, joined by 24 NGO leaders from across the continent, wrote the European Commission calling for the end of the amalgam trade.

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