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Body of acid-doused OFW in Taiwan arrives in Isabela
CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela — The remains of an overseas Filipino worker in Taiwan who died of burns caused by acid were received with grief as it arrived at their house in Lullutan village here on Thursday afternoon. Twenty-nine-year-old Deserie Tagubasi died after she suffered fatal burns last Aug. 28 when she accidentally dropped a […]
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Fluoride rinse: Delta Dental to visit Carpentersville school Sept. 25
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: The most recent statistic from Illinois: the state’s drinking water systems are 98.5% on fluoridated. As more than 2 million students strive for success both in and out of the classroom this fall, Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation is helping to ensure that tooth decay doesn’t get in the […]
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Family of late Filipina factory worker to receive compensation: TIWA
Taipei, Sept. 18 (CNA) The family of a Filipina worker who died last month as a result of a chemical spill at a factory in Miaoli will receive compensation from her employer, as well as labor insurance and group insurance payouts, the Taiwan International Worker’s Association (TIWA) said Wednesday. Deserie Castro Tagubasi, 29, died on […]
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Washington State Dept. of Health FOI Response: Zero Fluoride / Pregnancy Studies To Suggest Safety Re: Childhood IQ or ADHD
On Thursday, May 30, 2019, the University of Washington School of Public Health published an open letter written by Dean Hilary Godwin and the deans of five other University of Washington Health Sciences schools in support of fluoridating other people’s drinking water without their informed consent. These deans collectively insisted that water fluoridation is a safe and […]
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Video interview with Rivka Green, lead author of the new Canadian IQ study
The safety of water fluoridation has been debated for decades. A recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics added new information to this debate by demonstrating that higher fluoride intake during pregnancy was associated with lower IQ scores in boys. In this exclusive Facebook Live interview, we will discuss this controversial issue with the lead author […]
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Evaluation of human biomonitoring data in a health risk based context: An updated analysis of population level data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey.
Abstract In order to characterize exposure of the Canadian population to environmental chemicals, a human biomonitoring component has been included in the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS). This nationally-representative survey, launched in 2007 by the Government of Canada, has measured over 250 chemicals in approximately 30,000 Canadians during the last decade. The capacity to interpret […]
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ZP to hold meeting of GP presidents, PDOs on maintaining RO plants in rural areas
Chief Executive Officer of the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat Selvamani R. said on Monday that the panchayat [local self-government] has called a meeting of presidents and panchayat development officers (PDOs) of gram panchayats on September 20 to discuss the maintenance aspects of Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants (safe drinking water units) set up by the government […]
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No Japanese hydrogen fluoride makes way into Korea in Aug after export curb
No hydrogen fluoride, one of the three chemicals under strict export regulations by Japan, arrived in South Korea last month while imports jumped six-fold from Taiwan, data from customs office showed. Japanese exports to Korea of the chemical used to clean circuits in the chipmaking process used to average 3,000 tons a month prior to […]
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Testing Fluoride Levels in Indian Wells
Video caption: A team from the Center for Sustainable Development and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory engaged social science students, especially women, to test for high fluoride levels in their own villages in India. In the hilly part of Central India, the Alirajpur and Jhabua districts in Madhya Pradesh are known for the high fluoride levels […]
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Could renewables be emitting the most potent greenhouse gas in existence?
Scientists suggest that emissions of Sulphur hexafluoride, which is commonly used as an electric insulator, are rising rapidly Emissions of what is thought to be the most potent greenhouse gas in existence are rising rapidly – and it could be due to renewables. That’s according to reports from the BBC, which claims to have learned […]
United Kingdom Greenhouse/Ozone Gases