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NIH Supported Journal Publishes Landmark Study Linking Fluoride to Low IQ
Increased levels of prenatal fluoride exposure have been linked to lower intelligence in children, according to the results of a new study. In the eye-opening new peer-reviewed study, published on September 19, 2017, in the Journal of Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers found strong evidence of a link between fluoride and lower cognitive function in children. […]
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Bega Valley: Fluoride deferral applauded as new reports presented to council
There were cheers and applause in council chambers on Wednesday as councillors agreed to defer the vote on whether to fluoridate Bega Valley Shire water supplies. The motion to defer followed three passionate presentations supported by community members in the gallery and included information on fluoride use in other countries. Rob Slazenger, of Bermagui provided […]
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Water authority to seek OK to add fluoridation equipment as soon as next week
As early as next week, Meadville Area Water Authority will seek official approval to add fluoridation equipment, according to Tom Thompson of Gannett Fleming, MAWA’s consulting engineer. “That’s what our goal is,” Thompson said following Wednesday’s MAWA board meeting. The equipment design for fluoridation has been completed, Thompson told the board. Although the board voted […]
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Petersburg: Citizens weigh in on water fluoridation
Registered voters in Petersburg will be asked if the city should keep fluoride in its city water supply, and citizens are ratcheting up their stance on the issue from both sides. Sandy Volk, a dental hygienist, regrets not giving her kids more fluoride vitamins when they were young. Living near Papke’s Landing, Volk’s household didn’t […]
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Researchers urge caution over study linking fluoride exposure in pregnancy to lower IQs in children
nti-fluoridation activists call it ‘the biggest moment in the history of this whole debate.’ It’s the response health policy experts — and some of the authors themselves — feared Already there are people who claim fluoridated water is doing bad things to us. Now comes a new study suggesting a link between fluoride exposure in […]
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American Dental Association Responds to Study Regarding Fluoride Intake in Mexico
CHICAGO, September 19, 2017 – The American Dental Association (ADA) examined a study in Environmental Health Perspectives based on fluoride intake in Mexico and concludes the findings are not applicable to the U.S. The intake of fluoride in Mexico is significantly different from the U.S. In Mexico, fluoride is added to salt (known as salt fluoridation) […]
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New US Government Study on Fluoride Damage to Brain
Fluoride Free New Zealand is calling on the 23 councils (out of the total of 67) that still fluoridate, to urgently implement a moratorium on fluoridation to protect the brains of children being born today in their community. A major study published on Tuesday in the US Government’s Environmental Health Perspectives has found that children […]
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Fluoride OK’d for Albuquerque water supply
Fluoride again will be added to Albuquerque’s water supply. Water utility board members voted 5-2 Wednesday to approve a $250,000 appropriation that will allow the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority to buy the equipment needed to resume supplemental drinking-water fluoridation, which the utility halted in 2011. The decision followed nearly an hour of passionate […]
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New Nitrogen trifluoride plant built in China. Gas used to etch silicon wafers
Excerpt: … Hyosung constructed a nitrogen trifluoride plant with the capacity of 13 million tons in March and a spandex plant with the capacity of 16,000 tons in May, both in Quzhou County, China. Nitrogen trifluoride is gas used to etch silicon wafers. Hyosung’s advance to China was what Cho Hyun Joon Chairman intended. Hyosung […]
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Pregnant women exposed to flouride are more likely to have kids with low IQ, study shows
The major study is the first of its kind; it involved researchers from Canada, US and Mexico The researchers analyzed data on 300 mother-child pairs from Mexico They found every 0.5 milligram-per-liter increase of flouride in a pregnant woman’s urine marked a drop in intelligence scores for their children later in life Experts warn the […]
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