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FY 1999 Great Lakes Projects
Mercury Removal from the Dental-Unit
Waste Stream
| Mercury Removal from the Dental-Unit Waste
Stream (DW17947929-01-0: $80,000) |
| Recipient: U.S. Navy, Great Lakes Naval Station,
Naval Dental Research Institute |
| Project Period: 9/1/99 to 8/31/00 |
| Project Officer: Edward Klappenbach
(312-353-1378) |
The interagency agreement provides funds to the Naval Dental Research
Institute to examine the mercury removal from the dental-unit wastewater
stream. Dental mercury is concentrated in fresh-and salt-water food
chains, and both mono and dimethylmercury can be produced in bottom
sediments by non-enzymatic methylation. The project shall:
- Educate practioners as to the importance of reducing heavy metal
contamination from their dental-unit wastewater streams;
- Provide an electronic resource where practioners can locate sources,
materials, supplies, and help in removing heavy metals from the waste
stream;
- Establish a cadre of qualified personnel to speak to dental
professionals on the subject of amalgam hazards, collection, and
recycling; and
- Install, test, and evaluate pretreatment systems for both large and
small dental treatment facilities.
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