Keywords:
Alternative technologies / Amalgams / Best management practices / Consumers / Dental amalgams / Dental wastes / Effluent / Hazardous waste management / Health / Hospitals / Illinois / Laws and legislation / Massachusetts / Mercury / New York (N.Y.) / Pollution prevention

Alphabetical Listing of Reference Documents by Title
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Dental Amalgam Use
Abstract: Estimates the amount of amalgam that the typical general dentist will handle per procedure and characterizes the resulting waste streams.
Source: Western Sustainability and Pollution Prevention Network
URL: http://wsppn.org/studies/dental-chemical-use/

Doing Our Part...Dental Amalgam Poster [PDF]
Abstract: This poster identifies best management practices to collect, manage, and recycle dental amalgam in New York according to the state laws.
Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) and Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA)
URL: http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/mercury/dentalPoster.pdf

Mercury Generation Potential from Dental Waste Amalgam
Abstract: This study attempts to quantify the amount of amalgam waste generated at dental offices in Illinois.
Source: Journal of Dentistry
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=
Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=12927461&query_hl=4
&itool=pubmed_DocSum

Naval Institute for Dental and Biomedical Research: Environmental Dental Mercury Management
Abstract: Provides a resource for the management of mercury in the dental-unit wastewater stream.
Source: Naval Institute for Dental and Biomedical Research
URL: http://www.dentalmercury.com/