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By Isaac Eranga Benin City: Sustainable Environment Development Initiative (SEDI), has called for the eradication of dental amalgam use in children. According to SEDI, amalgam is a dental filling material that is 50% mercury, a neurotoxin and pollutant. This was contained in a statement signed by the Executive Director of SEDI - Dr. Tom Aneni, as SEDI marks an historic milestone in the effort to protect children from amalgam’s mercury: the one-year anniversary of winning the Children’s Amendment to the Minamata Convention on Mercury.  On 25 March 2022, more than 100 governments – including Nigeria,  decided unanimously to call for the end of amalgam use in children and pregnant and breastfeeding women. Exclude or not allow, by taking measures as appropriate, or recommend against the use of dental amalgam for the dental treatment of deciduous teeth [baby teeth], of patients under 15 years and of pregnant and breastfeeding women. "Entering into legal force on 28 September 2023, the

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