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Is this your hood? Nairobi’s estate where residents have brown teeth
By Hudson Gumbihi | 3 years ago Discoloring teeth Many residents in Mihang’o and Utawala area of Nairobi have discolouring teeth because of drinking borehole water, according to their MCA Paul Kiguathi Kadosi. Residents in the area have for many years relied on underground water fetched from underground sources. Scientists say underground water contains fluoride […]
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Crowther: CDC focus
Many of us are celebrating the fact “science-based” is no longer a banned phrase in our new national administration. Not surprisingly, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Rochelle Walensky, has an impressive background in her science-based profession. She served previously as the chief of the Division of Infectious […]
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Textile-based wearable solid-contact flexible fluoride sensor: Toward biodetection of G-type nerve agents
Highlights Wearable textile-based sensor toward real-time detection of chemical threat agents A printed flexible solid-contact potentiometric sensor for detecting fluoride ions Robust mechanical resiliency under severe mechanical deformations is demonstrated The textile fluoride sensor is coupled with enzymatic hydrolysis of nerve agents Data confirm the wearable sensor’s immense potential to screen G-type neurotoxins Abstract Rising […]
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A study of 84 homemade toothpaste recipes and the problems arising from the type of product
Abstract Objective Growing consumer mistrust of a number of ingredients used in industry has led to the development of a trend for homemade products. This now affects all types of sectors, but particularly the hygiene sector for shampoo and toothpaste products. The aim of this work is therefore to study recipes found on the internet […]
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Flumethrin + Imidacloprid: Legal Petition Calls On EPA to Cancel Seresto Flea Collar Linked to Deaths of Nearly 1,700 Pets
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Some old info from our site Structural formula: Agency Failed to Take Action Despite More Than 75,000 Reports of Harm WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal legal petition today urging the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel the registration of the Seresto flea and tick collar linked to […]
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Nancy Quirk appointed to federal water council following AWWA nomination
A federal committee that advises the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on issues related to the national drinking water program recently appointed a new member nominated by the American Water Works Association (AWWA). Nancy Quirk (pictured right), general manager of the Green Bay Water Utility in Wisconsin, was sworn in as one of 15 members […]
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Piney Point: Florida lawmakers budget $3 million to clean up Piney Point and help “put it behind us once and for all”
Piney Point, a former phosphate mining facility that has been leaking potentially toxic water in the Tampa Bay area, may soon be cleaned up and heading to permanent closure. On Wednesday, Florida state senators passed an amendment that would allocate $3 million to clean up and safely dispose of the wastewater that, for decades, has […]
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Piney Point: Florida’s latest regulatory nightmare exposes a glaring national failure
As environmental regulators and politicians nervously saluted efforts to prevent the catastrophic release of millions of gallons of wastewater from the aging Piney Point phosphogypsum wastewater storage pond near Tampa, Fla., this week, there was scarce little talk of how we got here. Or of how we’ll prevent similar disasters moving forward. Much like the […]
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Calgary letter: Fluoride debate rages on
Re: High gains but very low risks for reintroducing fluoride in Calgary’s water, Opinion, April 3 You do not have to be a health expert to realize that artificial water fluoridation is dangerous and harmful to a significant number of citizens. Administrating a medication into our water, and with one of the most toxic substances […]
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Can data prove to be the nemesis of India’s polluting industries?
Only if pollution boards can get industrial units to comply with a new tribunal order. Representative image: Smoke billows from a factory chimney during smoggy morning in Ajmer on November 2, 2020. | AFP/HimanshuSharma In a powerful ruling that could increase transparency and thus, industry compliance, India’s National Green Tribunal has directed all pollution […]
India