Representatives from the World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry appeared before the committee yesterday. Florian Schulze urged MLAs not to use the Stormont brake mechanism over the amalgam ban.

In general, the mumcs tend to increase with the number of amalgam surfaces, and appear to be influenced by age and sex. On average, females showed slightly higher levels of urinary mercury than males.

Inorganic mercury in urine was measured following an ... male), age, and number of amalgam surface. The analysis was conducted for females, males and the two sexes combined, and for the following ...