The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed a rule under the Clean Water Act requiring dentists to install amalgam separators to help cut discharges ...
Altogether she estimated that 1.5% of the 103 tons of mercury emitted annually into the U.S. air comes from dentistry. Witnesses at the hearing gave estimates ranging from $500 to $2,000 of the cost ...
The Partnership for a Clean Environment, a coalition of local governments, started a voluntary program in the late 1990s to encourage dentists to install the filters, which cost between $500 and ...