For the very first time, stakeholders of plastic products, microplastics and microbeads came into one common platform to share their views and opinions about microplastic pollution. The key point of…
30 january, 2018: Youths hit the airwaves today with an irresistible impulse to make the world toxic plastic free by saying ‘No’ to microplastic specially ‘microbeads’ in personal care products. They made this urge in an awareness program entitled ‘Campaign for Ban the Beads’ held in Saint Joseph Higher Secondary School arranged by Environment and Social Development Organization-ESDO.
The main objective of the campaign was to raise awareness among our future generations about the adverse health and environmental effects of toxic chemicals like plastic poly ethylene and derivatives and prevent them from using these toxic chemicals containing products. Not only that, as youth plays an important role in the development of a nation they were encouraged to make an urge to ban toxic microbeads in different products.
50 Students from different classes participated in the campaign and they were very eager to learn more about the negative impacts of microbeads on human health and environment.
The program started at 9:00am in the morning and continued upto 4:00pm. The whole event was divided into two different sessions. The first session was an interactive session where the students were educated about the negative impact of microplastic through multimedia presentation. After the presentation session there were question answer round.
In the second session a competition was arranged among students dividing them into several groups. Some group of Students made posters and others prepared write up for facebook post and developed messages on the theme ‘Ban the Beads’. ESDO will conduct such awareness campaigns in several schools and after finishing best competitors will be awarded with prize and certificate in a prize giving ceremony. (more…)
On 28 January, 2018 Environment and Social Development Organization and Bangladesh Dental Society in collaboration with World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry and Asian Center for Environmental Health inaugurated the inauguration program of ‘Mercury-Free Dental Chamber’ identification and recognition as a part of their vibrant campaign to ban mercury from dentistry in Bangladesh.
The inauguration program started by recognizing a dental chamber named ‘Dental Center’ in the capital city Dhaka as ‘Mercury-Free’. Dr. Md. Mosharrof Hossain Khandker, the principal dentist of the dental chamber was provided with a sticker logo denoting ‘Mercury-Free Dental Chamber’ for his chamber.
ESDO in collaboration with BDS has started their mercury-free dentistry initiatives in Bangladesh since 2013. In line with this, dental chamber visit and mercury-free dental chamber declaration is an worthwhile approach to encourage dentists for practicing mercury-free dentistry as well as to let people know the best choice for them is mercury-free dental treatment. After visiting a good number of dental chambers in country the mercury-free dental chambers will be awarded certificate through a prestigious ceremony. The main objective of this dental chamber visit initiative is to make an ultimate call for the ban of mercury amalgam in dentistry.
Earlier in 2017, BDS declared and set target to phase out dental mercury amalgam by 2018 in Bangladesh. On may 6, 2017 in a workshop entitled “Mercury-Free Dentistry: Way Forward” this declaration was made.
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