The following are links to resources and other web sites that focus on the issues of mercury content from the dental-unit wastewater stream:

Dental Amalgam Best Management Best Practices video (in 4 parts)

Part 1 (4.86Mb Windows Media file)
Part 2 (3.70Mb Windows Media file)
Part 3 (4.84Mb Windows Media file)
Part 4 (4.77Mb Windows Media file)

Organizations

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
The American Dental Association
Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA)
Great Lakes Information Network
The Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable
Organization for Safety and Asepsis Procedures

Private Industry

ADA Technologies, Inc.
Dental Amalgam Recyclers
Nalco Company
SolmeteX, Inc.

US Military

Dental Evaluation & Consultation Service
Naval Institute for Dental and Biomedical Research

US Legislation & Regulations

CESQGs Rule Page
CFR 40
Clean Air Act of 1970, as Amended
Clean Water Act of 1977, as Amended
RCRA Online
Safe Drinking Water Act
Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976

US EPA Programs/Documentation

EPA's Office of Water Home Page
The Great Lakes National Program Office
Mercury In Medical Facilities
United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)


Capt. Michael McNamara, left, dental officer on the staff of Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific, discusses a procedure for a Malaysian boy with Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin Young, USS Fort McHenry's (LSD 43) dental officer as Dentalman Sumakai Dupree looks on. The dental team was participating in a combined U.S. and Malaysian Armed Forces Medical/Dental Civic Action Project as part of the Malaysia phase of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT). U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Robert Sealover.
The Naval Institute for Dental and Biomedical Research can provide speakers to present the issue of mercury contamination of the dental-unit wastewater stream.
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