Our December 2014 film update can best be described as “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry”... "but obstacles are overcome through perseverance and determination". Read more
Experts emphasized that the use of mercury-based dental amalgams should either be phased out or prepared through capsulated or mechanised mixing. Speakers were sharing their thoughts at the ‘Use of Chemicals in South Asia, Environmental Health Threats and Challenges’ session at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute’s (SDPI) 17th sustainable development conference. Read more
It has been said that a person must be judged by the works he accomplished while he was alive. If this is the bar to measure against, then Dr. Hal Huggins was a giant among men. And, if self-sacrifice for a cause is thrown in for good measure, then he had no equal in his field. Read more
It is with a sad heart that I pass along the news that mercury free dentist Hal Huggins DDS, one of the first and most vocal mercury free dentists in the United States passed away today. Read more
Peru’s beautiful rainforests have transformed into unrecognizable, desolate wastelands. Decades of illegal gold mining in the southeastern region of Madre de Dios has destroyed more than 230 square miles of forest, and poisoned the rivers with the mercury used in the excavation process. This deforestation accounts for about 40% of Peru’s greenhouse gas emissions, contributing […] Read more