Final Opinion on Environmental risks and indirect health effects of mercury from dental amalgam (update 2014)
The European Commission and its non-food Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER) published the final opinion on Environmental risks and indirect health effects of mercury from dental amalgam, of which the aim was to update the 2008 SCHER Opinion on the same subject, taking into account evidence that has become available since 2008.
Final opinion
The public consultation was open from 25 September 2013 to 20 November 2013. Submissions received during the public consultation were carefully examined by the SCHER and, when relevant, taken into account in the final opinion. You can read the text of the comments received and the response provided by the SCHER.