{"id":111,"date":"2015-11-02T21:49:39","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T15:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esdo.org\/esdo\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2018-11-15T15:02:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T09:02:24","slug":"news-clippings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/news-room\/news-clippings\/","title":{"rendered":"News Clippings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>250 tons single-use plastic entering environment per month: study<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0pt; margin: 0in 0in 15.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Some 250 tons of single-use plastic (SUP) are entering the environment per month across the country \u2013 causing public health hazard, according to a latest study.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 18.0pt; margin: 0in 0in 15.75pt 0in;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO) conducted the study throughout last four months (July-October). Siddika Sultana, executive director of ESDO, published the study yesterday at a press conference in its Lalmatia office, Dhaka in presence of experts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>News Link: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/city\/news\/250-tons-single-use-plastic-entering-environment-month-study-1660825\">https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/city\/news\/250-tons-single-use-plastic-entering-environment-month-study-1660825<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Phase out Mercury by 2018!<\/p>\n<p>Dentists, dental professionals, Government representatives and environmental leaders urged\u00a0 the Government for phasing out mercury from dentistry sector by 2018. Yesterday\u00a0 at a workshop, they demanded to take immediate step regarding this issue. Bangladesh Dental Society(BDS) and Environment and Social Development Organization-ESDO in association with Asian Center for Environmental Health\u00a0 organized this workshop entitled, &#8220;Mercury Free Dentistry: Way Forward&#8221;\u00a0 at Four Seasons Restaurant, Dhanmondi at 12.00 pm.<\/p>\n<p>The session was chaired by Syed Marghub Murshed, Former Secretary, People&#8217;s Republic of Bangladesh and Chairperson of \u00a0ESDO. Charles G Brown, head of\u00a0the American National Counsel of Consumers for Dental Choice and President of the\u00a0World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry, was the Special Guest of the program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I urge the Government to implement law against the dental amalgam in order to protect mass health and environment from Mercury pollution&#8221; said Mr. Syed Marghub Murshed, Former Secretary, Govt. of Bangladesh and Chairperson of ESDO .<\/p>\n<p>Amongst other Dr. Humayun Kabir Bulbul, Secretary General, BDS; Dr. A.K.M. Shariful Islam, Vice President, BDS; Dr. Shahriar Hossain, Secretary General; Siddika Sultana, Executive Director of ESDO; Executive members of BDS and dental professionals were present at the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the event, all the invited dental professionals, Government representetives expressed their willingness to work and assist ESDO and BDS to ensure mercury free dentistry and ultimately a mercury free environment.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/daily-sun.com\/printversion\/details\/224561\/Call-to-phase-out-mercury-from-dentistry-by-2018\">http:\/\/daily-sun.com\/printversion\/details\/224561\/Call-to-phase-out-mercury-from-dentistry-by-2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>250 tons single-use plastic entering environment per month: study Some 250 tons of single-use plastic (SUP) are entering the environment per month across the country \u2013 causing public health hazard, according to a latest study. Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO) conducted the study throughout last four months (July-October). 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