The conference took place March 26, according to an April 1 news release.
Amalgam contains a mix of metals, including liquid mercury and a powdered alloy made of silver, tin and copper. Fifty percent of it is mercury.
“Dentists must stop placing amalgam in children and in young women — now,” Charlie Brown, president of the World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry, said. “This new amendment represents a worldwide consensus that dental amalgam is not safe for children and other vulnerable populations — it is not safe in their mouths and it is not safe in their environment.”
