Praise for Nordic efforts on mercury
During the UN mercury conference in Stockholm, considerable positive attention was paid to the work done on the issue by the Nordic countries. Delegates from all over the world have acknowledged the role of the Region and the Council of Ministers in attempts to restrict the use of mercury.
Dentistry is one of the sectors in which the Nordic Region serves as a model for many. Amalgam fillings containing mercury have become an increasingly rare occurrence in the Region, where Sweden and Norway lead the way with their general bans on mercury.
One of those to praise the Region was Anita Vasquez Tibau, a director of one of the organisations campaigning for mercury-free dentistry in countries like the USA.
-“You have the devised and implemented solutions to the problem. It’s up to the rest of us to follow your example now,” she stressed.
Tibau was one of 400 delegates at the first UN negotiating meetings on a binding global agreement on mercury, 7-11 June. The conference was funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM), the intra-governmental body for co-operation between the Nordic countries. The negotiations are being conducted under the auspices of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
The UN Mercury Conference in Stockholm
