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Minnesota: PCA whistleblower has paid a steep price
Despite a six-figure legal settlement, it’s been a hard road for researcher Fardin Oliaei. When the news broke last month that the state and 3M are in settlement talks over damage to natural resources caused by contamination from perfluorochemicals produced by the Minnesota-based manufacturing giant, Fardin Oliaei was paying close attention. No surprise there. Over […]
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Tea contains more fluoride than once thought
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Black tea, a Southern staple and the world’s most consumed beverage, may contain higher concentrations of fluoride than previously thought, which could pose problems for the heaviest tea drinkers, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. “The additional fluoride from drinking two to four cups of tea a day won’t harm anyone; it’s […]
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Crowley fluoridation
The battle over what’s in Crowley’s water system is brewing once again. For the past two years, the city has added fluoride to the water, after the council approved the measure. Now, fluoridation is mandated by the state. But, some residents are not happy with the additional chemical in their water. They’ve started a petition […]
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Crowley City Council suspends fluoridation
The Crowley City Council met Tuesday night to consider a variety of motions including the suspension of the fluoridation of Crowley’s water until further research could be done and a motion to advertise for bids for a new roofs at the Central Fire Station and the North Crowley Fire Station. The meeting was missing four […]
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Kyle: Water Warning: High fluoride levels concerns parents
For six months after they moved to the Silverado neighborhood in Kyle, Cara Mosier’s two children, then one and two and a half years old, drank city tap water. That changed abruptly when the family received the city’s Annual Drinking Water Quality Report, which alerted them to the high levels of fluoride in Kyle’s drinking […]
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California Carcinogen Identification Committee new review on PFOS and Its Salts
Note from FAN: See the first review by CA OEHHA, March 2009 See also the Environmental Working Group submission to OEHHA in May 2009 Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and Its Salts and Transformation and Degradation Precursors Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and its salts are perfluorinated organic compounds with surfactant properties. Common salts of PFOS include the ammonium, […]
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Southampton: Fluoridation opponents welcome axe
THE decision to axe strategic health authorities was yesterday welcomed by opponents of fluoridation, who said it would help kill off controversial plans to add the chemical to Southampton’s water supply. Julian Lewis, Tory MP for New Forest East, described the South Central SHA as the “unaccountable driving force” behind the proposal, which is currently […]
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Tooth decay drops
A medical study on army recruits has shown tooth decay is on the decline. Thanks to fluoridated toothpaste and table salt, dentists are finding fewer cavities in their patients’ mouths. The study was conducted in 2006 on 606 recruits in Thun, the Swiss Dental Association said on Tuesday. Since 1996 there has been a drop […]
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Ohio River study finds drugs, chemicals that slip through waste treatment
LOUISVILLE’S CHEMICAL RUNOFF The percentage increase of selected chemicals in the Ohio River after passing through Louisville: PFPeA [perfluoro-n-pentanoic acid] breakdown product of stain- and grease-proof coatings on food packaging, couches, carpets: 58.2 percent PFOA used in chemical manufacturing, and to make products resist fire and repel oil, stains, grease, and water, and provide non-stick […]
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Fibers that can hear and sing
For centuries, “man-made fibers” meant the raw stuff of clothes and ropes; in the information age, it’s come to mean the filaments of glass that carry data in communications networks. But to Yoel Fink, an associate professor of materials science and principal investigator at MIT’s Research Lab of Electronics, the threads used in textiles and […]
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