At the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand, from 1 to 4 October 2019, EASD Honorable President participate at IP3 – The Intersessional Process 3 on Strategic Approach and sound management of chemicals and waste (SAICM) beyond 2020 , and technical briefings held on 30 September 2019, as well as IPEN preparatory meetings on [...]
In EU a ban on the use of mercury in the dental fillings of children and pregnant women comes into effect on July 1, 2018
In 2017 EASD become the part of Initiative: End mercury use in dentistry by 2022, civil society challenge European Union. A ban on the use of mercury in the dental fillings of children and pregnant women comes into effect on July 1 and NGOs are calling on European states to implement it fully. Consumer and environmental [...]
6th UN regional meeting on SAICM, Poland, February 2018: we participate
EASD participate at the 6th UN CEE regional meeting on Strategic Approach to International Chemical Management, Lodz, Poland, 19-21 February 2018. SAICM implementation is on the agenda, as well as perspectives on the future and identification of regional priorities towards and beyond 2020. Also, focus is on SAICM and sound management of chemicals and waste [...]
Initiative: End mercury use in dentistry by 2022, civil society challenge European Union
Our Initiative is having attention in Serbia ( good at this starting point, including Radio Television Serbia portal). For evidence, to have appearance until now…..( http://www.rts.rs/page/magazine/ci/story/2520/nauka/2971914/od-2022-bez-upotrebe-zive-u-stomatologiji-.html ; http://www.ecofeminizam.com/2017/12/06/inicijativa-eu-da-napusti-upotrebu-zive-u-stomatologiji-do-2022-godine/ ; http://ekolist.org/bez-upotrebe-zive-u-stomatologiji-do-2022-godine/ ; https://www.energetskiportal.rs/potpuno-napustiti-upotrebu-zive-u-stomatologiji-do-2022-godine/ ; http://www.ekokucamagazin.com/galerija/item/potpuno-napustiti-upotrebu-zive-u-stomatologiji-do-2022-godine.html ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d01fZXZmtR4&feature=share&list=PLG6HMr6sRAxnwRZfCMpFBH9pWKz5tQnwG) . Berlin, Brussels, Munich, Washington, supported from Belgrade, 4 December 2017 A call to phase out mercury use in dentistry by 2022 in the European Union has been made [...]
EASD participate: Summit to Plan the End of Amalgam in Europe 2017– November 20-21, Berlin
Environmental NGOs from EU Member States and Europe-wide, dentists, insurers, officials of the Bundesregierung, plus European experts in science, economics, communications, and political science are coming together to plan the end of amalgam in Europe. The new EU amalgam rules will soon enter into force and it’s time to plan the next steps about how [...]
EASD participate: IPEN Regional meeting, Prague 16-20 October 2014
The International POPs Elimination Network regional meeting for Central and Eastern Europe was organized in period from 16-20 th October by Arnika, in Prague. There were around 20 participants from, Montenegro, Belarus, Slovakia, Check Republic, Netherland, Hungarian, Bulgaria and Serbia. Meeting was covering topic on the most toxic chemicals, of the high concern as well [...]
“Make Mercury History” – EASD participated at Minamata COP1 in Geneva
The first meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP1) was held from 24 to 29 September 2017 at the International Conference Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. The first meeting of the Conference of the Parties has multiple objectives, including procedural, political and celebratory. COP1, as a milestone in the Minamata journey, provides a unique [...]
Mercury Initial Assessment in the Republic of Serbia Workshop – we participate
EASD representative Aleksandra Mladenovic, executive director, participate on February 13-14, 2017 on Mercury Initial Assessment in the Republic of Serbia Workshop. EASD is NGO Focal point for SAICM.
We participate at WHO meeting Waste, health, sustainability: what way forward?
WHO meeting Waste, health, sustainability: what way forward? take place in Bonn, 5-6 October 2016. The meeting convene experts and representatives from Member States of WHO Regional Office for Europe, to discuss the policy orientations on waste and health that can be identified and proposed in view of the 6th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, taking [...]
Global Review of Mercury Monitoring Networks
We provide our input on the first draft of the ’Global Review of Mercury Monitoring Networks’. We suggest to add visualized layer of locations “of burning of fossil fuel “ and “small scale mining” (or to make a reference if already exists at global scale). The review is being developed within the framework of the [...]