11 June 2010
UN Mercury Conference in Stockholm closes with  a “positive stance” toward Global limits on the use of mercury.
The Nordic countries have initiated the idea of a “global mercury treaty” to control the worldwide use and emission of one of the world’s most dangerous environmental toxins.

This week in Stockholm, the UN Mercury conference was the first step towards turning these plans into a global legal agreement which will limit  or phase out the use of mercury.  The Stockholm meeting was the first of five, the second will be held in Chiba, Japan, early next year.

All the participating nations which included EU countries and  the USA and China, have all adopted a “positive stance to the target of a binding global agreement on mercury by 2013”.

http://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council-of-ministers/council-of-ministers/council-of-ministers-for-the-environment-mr-m/events/uns-mercury-conference-in-stockholm-preparation-for-a-global-agreement-on-mercury

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZVP4n7eAdA Andreas Carlgren from Nordic Council of Ministers talks of his hopes for conference

 10 June 2010
US Food and Drugs Administration to examine dental amalgam risk in vulnerable populations
The FDA has received petitions raising various issues relating to the use of dental amalgams and will be holding an advisory panel looking into the regulation of dental amalgam later this year. 

The meeting will focus mainly on the potential risk to pregnant women and foetuses and to young children. In addition it will examine the effect cumulative exposure to mercury and the adequacy of previous clinical studies on dental amalgam.
http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm215061.htm

28 July 2009 
The US Food and Drugs Administration issues a warning against dental amalgam in people with mercury allergy 
A landmark ruling by the US Food & Drugs Administration (FDA) has highlighted the dangers of metal allergy. It found that the levels of mercury used in dental amalgam was “not high enough to cause harm in patients” but made a clear exception for those who are hypersensitive mercury used in amalgam. Further, it said: “If you are allergic to any of the metals in dental amalgam, you should not get amalgam fillings”. Amalgam is a mixture between mercury, copper, silver and tin. The FDAs advice underlines that anyone who suspects they may have an adverse reaction to their fillings would benefit from taking the MELISA test.
www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm173992.htm

17 February 2009
Chief Executive of the BDA struggles to defend policy statement on dental amalgam  on the Tonight Programme
Mr Peter Ward , Chief Executive of the British Dental Association struggled to control his temper whilst defending the Association’s position that  the use of dental amalgam containing mercury does not pose a significant health risk to patients.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq8E84PgP3g

3 February 2009

First ceramic on ceramic hip replacement performed due to metal allergy.

Mr Derek McMinn performed the first ceramic on ceramic hip replacement this  week. The patients had a history of localized allergic reactions to cheap metal and had a MELISA metal allergy test following her initial consultation. The results showed that she was positive to Nickel and as a result she was recommended a ceramic on ceramic hip resurfacing.

http://www.hipresurfacingnews.com/categories/21-Metal-Allergies

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