Restorative Dentistry facing Global Mercury Agreement
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On January 19, 2013, over 140 member states that attended at Minamata Convention in Geneva agreed to the Global Mercury Agreement. The new treaty puts in control and ultimately banned production, export and import of a range of mercury-containing products by 2020. These include batteries, switches, fluorescent lamps, soaps, cosmetics, and nonelectronic medical devices such as thermometers and blood pressure devices. The use of dental amalgam was also agreed to be phased-down.
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