The Washington Suburban Sanitary Company (WSSC) says it’s temporarily reducing the level of fluoride added to the area’s drinking water. They say it’s due to nationwide supply chain challenges, caused in part by the conflict in the Middle East. What they’re saying: WSSC supplies water to nearly two million customers in Montgomery and Prince George’s […]
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Expect the unexpected: why the chemistry community should pay more attention to ‘inert’ materials
At the end of last year, a Japanese team discovered that there was more than meets the eye to a mechanochemical cross-coupling reactionscatalysed by nickel salts. The paper revealed that abrasion of stainless steel during ball milling activated nickel catalysts – without the need for mechanoredox catalysts, piezoelectric materials or common reductants – challenging the […]
How Sneaky Lobbyists Convince RINOs To Go Against Public Interests
A Massachusetts-based oral health advocacy group has been exposed for meddling in Tennessee legislation after a video from their political initiative arm was discovered to include updates from a paid lobbyist retained to help kill Tennessee bills aiming to remove fluoride from public water supplies. According to their website, the CareQuest Institute “Champions Oral Health […]
April JADA evaluates water fluoridation benefits, impact of discontinuation
Community water fluoridation is effective at preventing caries and dentists should advise policymakers and their patients not to abandon the practice, according to the cover story of the April issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association. “An Update on Community Water Fluoridation, Part 1: Mechanism of Action, Effectiveness, and Cost Savings” is the […]
Duke Law Clinic: From Advocacy to Action in a N.C. Town
Duke’s Environmental Law and Policy Clinic helped residents of Badin, N.C., secure a win when the state issued a new multiyear permit to the owners of a defunct aluminum smelting plant. The permit requires stricter measurement and monitoring of polluting chemicals escaping from the site. Residents say that even 15 years after the Aluminum Company […]
Poll: Here’s what MAHA actually believes
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ideas have gone mainstream, but his Make America Healthy Again movement is struggling to find its footing. MAHA-coded ideas about food and nutrition are broadly popular and a third of Americans now identify as MAHA supporters. But new results from The POLITICO Poll suggest Kennedy’s movement is disjointed. His supporters aren’t […]
I-Team dips into CAW tap water with fluoride test strips
ABC 33/40’s I-Team set out to see what customers across central Alabama are actually getting from their tap water. Using over-the-counter fluoride test kits available to the public, ABC 33/40’s I-Team conducted independent testing, collecting water samples from multiple locations across the system. To keep the process transparent, the I-Team recorded everything from the moment […]
Valdese officials delay vote on whether to remove fluoride from water
Valdese leaders delayed a decision Monday on whether to remove fluoride from the town’s drinking water, opting to gather more information after a wave of public concern and new data presented at the meeting. The Town Council voted to table the issue until its May 11 meeting, citing the need for additional time to consider […]
Birmingham ends water fluoridation amid growing statewide trend
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Birmingham has announced it will end fluoridation of its local water supply following a brief legal battle in the Jefferson County court system, joining a growing number of Alabama cities that have discontinued the practice in recent years. The decision reflects a broader statewide trend. The city of Madison voted to discontinue […]
As legislature breaks for veto period, what made it, what didn’t, what still has a chance
FRANKFORT — In Wednesday’s final hours, Kentucky lawmakers passed the state’s two-year budget bills, voted to name a highway in Boone County after the late Charlie Kirk and moved dozens of bills, while leaving some controversial legislation on the table. Both chambers adjourned right before midnight. Lawmakers will return to the Capitol on April 14 […]