Toxin levels in fish lead to calls for UK-wide ban on mercury dental fillings(theguardian.com)
theguardian.com
Toxin levels in fish lead to calls for UK-wide ban on mercury dental fillings
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/30/toxin-levels-in-fish-lead-to-calls-for-uk-wide-ban-on-mercury-dental-fillings
> 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.