Chemical Governance & Waste management
It is time to get-rid of Mercury-Amalgam
Harshani Abayawardhana, Environmental Officer, Centre for Environmental Justice Mercury is a toxic heavy metal, potentially damage the human health and the environment. Worldwide environmental concerns over mercury led the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) to draw up the Minamata convention on mercury to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of
Round Table Discussion on “Mercury free Dentistry in Sri Lanka”
Round table discussion on “Mercury Fee Dentistry in Sri Lanka” was organized on 9th March 2021 at Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute, 114, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 07 as a project activity of the Mercury free dentistry project with forcing the government and other related sectors to convince the phase out dental amalgam in
Centre for Environmental Justice initiated international lead poisoning prevention
Centre for Environmental Justice initiated international lead poisoning prevention week 2019 activities with the participation of more than hundred of pre school children and their parents.Awareness about Lead Poisoning is fundamental in avoiding future exposures to lead ,a heavy metal which can cause serious health issues
Brand Audit
A Brand Audit was organised on the 21st of September 2019 by the Centre for Environmental Juice. The brand Audit was held in two locations. The Matara Beliwaththa Beach & the Crow Island Beach were the locations of the brand Audit. This was a beach clean-up as well as a brand Audit. The main reason
Amalgam roams free: mercury in amalgam is hazardous to human and the environment
Amalgam is a dental filling material composed of mercury and an alloy in 1:1 proportion. Researches reveal that using amalgam cause mercury contamination in dental surgeons and dental Care Professionals including dental nurses, dental therapists, and dental technicians. Yet, as these contamination levels are below thresholds, many dentists are reluctant to accept the hazardousness of
Mercury in hair samples in Puttalam
“A study conducted by CEJ from June to December 2018 revealed that thelevels of mercury in hair samples of women in childbearing age are between 0.532 – 15.584 ppm. Hair samples of 28 out of 36 had mercury, exceeding 1ppm, the level that United States National Research Council established as a “reference dose” in 2000 (U.S. EPA