Toxin Levels in Fish Lead to Calls for UK-Wide Ban on Mercury Dental Fillings
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The Guardian reports on calls for a UK-wide ban on mercury dental fillings due to rising toxin levels in fish, highlighting environmental concerns, but the discussion on HN is limited with only one comment.
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> Banning mercury fillings is an easy and cost-effective way to cut pollution... said said Richard Benwell, chief executive of Wildlife and Countryside Link
> British Dental Association chair, Eddie Crouch, said: “Dental amalgam is tried and tested material and pulling the plug without a transition period would effectively bankrupt NHS dentistry.
Perhaps pulling the teeth with fillings before cremation would be just as environmentally friendly and less likely to bankrupt anyone.