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Safe Toothpaste for Babies That Will Make Cleaning Little Teeth Easier.
Brushing your baby or kid’s teeth isn’t always exactly something you look forward to. Chances are that there will be some resistance when you first begin. After all, they’ve never done it before, so the concept seems a bit odd and scary, so we don’t blame them. When first teaching them one of life’s most […]
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South Korea leader praises company for Japan export control response
April 1 (UPI) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in said he was proud of local firm Kolon Industries for completely replacing a restricted Japanese chemical, according to a press report. South Korean news service Newsis reported Wednesday that Moon visited the manufacturing plant of Kolon Industries to thank the company for ramping up production of […]
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Modified Crushed Oyster Shells for Fluoride Removal from Water
Abstract Elevated concentrations of fluoride ions (F–) in natural groundwater are a worldwide problem. Discarded oyster shells were ground to <100 µm particle size to produce oyster shell powder (OS). A subset of the OS was heated to produce calcined oyster shell (COS). A subset of the COS was further treated with 1 M phosphoric […]
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Fluorosis: an ongoing challenge for India
High levels of fluoride from food and contaminated groundwater are putting many people in India at risk of fluorosis, an underappreciated and sometimes debilitating disease. Sizzling onion, potato, and chickpea preparations flavoured with turmeric, chilli, and fresh coriander are a common sight along the roads of the Indian capital Delhi, where small crowds gather at […]
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Moose Jaw: Pursuit of federal funding would support different water project
With tenders for the proposed fluoridation project coming in under budget, city administration now plans to undertake another water-related project by pursuing funding from a similar federal program. During its March 23 regular meeting, city council unanimously approved a motion to have the wastewater treatment plant fan blower replacement project become the main priority under […]
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Two distinct mechanisms of fluoride enrichment and associated health risk in springs’ water near an inactive volcano, southeast Iran
Highlights The highest fluoride concentrations were observed in the eastern cold springs. Reaction of fluorite mineral with HCO3was likely to cause fluoride enrichment in the eastern springs. In the western and thermal springs, origin of fluoride was related to weathering of F-bearing silicate minerals. Health risk of fluoride in drinking waters were in the following […]
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NRC renews operating licence for Honeywell uranium conversion plant
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has renewed the operating license for Honeywell International’s uranium conversion facility in Metropolis, Illinois, for an additional 40 years. The new licence expires in 2060, NRC said. Honeywell submitted its licence renewal application in February 2017. NRC staff concluded that renewing the licence would not pose an undue risk […]
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Impetus from on high for community water fluoridation
NHS England is signalling strongly that community water fluoridation is the optimum intervention to improve the oral health of children and tackle health inequality among disadvantaged communities. The new impetus is fully supported by the Community Water Fluoridation (CWF) network, which is pressing for targeted water fluoridation in areas of high need. Dr Simon Hearnshaw, […]
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Conservative Dentists group launched
Conservative Dentists (CD) was recently launched at a sold-out event entitled ‘Prevention is better than Cure’, at the Palace of Westminster. There will be little disagreement that there is a lack of representation for dentists within all the political parties and Conservative Dentists was set up to combat this. The aims of the organisation are […]
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Federal trial against EPA on fluoridation postponed due to coronavirus
NEW YORK, March 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — A legal case challenging the safety of water fluoridation which was set for a two-week trial in April in federal district court in San Francisco has been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. The case against the EPA was brought by several environmental groups led by Food & Water Watch and […]
United States, Fluoride Action Network Press Release