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and Human Services, Bureau of Health on the risks of having mercury | | fillings. |
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| | | The bill also requires the Department of Environmental | | Protection to develop an education, outreach and assistance | | program for dentists. The bill requires dentists to file an | | annual report with the department describing the quantities of | | mercury amalgam purchased, used and recycled from dry sources and | | wet sources. |
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| | | The bill requires the Department of Environmental Protection | | to establish rules for dental offices to limit mercury releases. |
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| | | The bill establishes a penalty in the amount of not less than | | $10,000 nor more than $100,000 for a violation. |
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| | | The bill also requires the Department of Environmental | | Protection to conduct a septic system study concerning the impact | | of dental mercury releases in rural areas. |
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