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Delta Dental: How healthy teeth are linked to rocks
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Note that Delta Dental does not mention that fluoride is an endocrine disruptor (2nd paragraph, page 266, NRC 2006 report) or neurotoxic. See studies by Grandjean 2019, Green et al. 2019, Riddell et al. 2019, Till et al. 2019, the Mother-Offspring studies, and the 64 IQ studies. (EC) How healthy […]
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NMSU student receives fellowship to develop filter that removes arsenic and fluoride from the water in Palomas, Mexico
Community Snapshot: Joshua Gomez, who earned his bachelor’s in chemical engineering from New Mexico State University, has earned a fellowship from the National GEM Consortium, tuition for his master’s degree, a stipend for other expenses and two summers of experience conducting research at a national laboratory. As a freshman, Gomez received Environmental Protection Agency funding through NMSU’s Water […]
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TSCA Fluoride Lawsuit Update
First time in its 43-year history citizens bring a suit to court under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) provisions On December 31, 2019, Edward M. Chen, U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, dismissed an EPA motion for summary judgement (MSJ) in the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Fluoride […]
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France bans flupyradifurone and sulfoxaflor
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: Structural formula for Sulfoxaflor (see more information on its toxicity and USDA Shuts Down Data Collection on Honey Bees) and Sulfoxaflor: Documents. Structural formula for Flupyradifurone, a new insecticide announced in 2011. See Bayer’s 2013 technical information on it (trade name SivantoTM) France has banned the insecticides, Bayer’s […]
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Potential risk assessment of groundwater to address the agricultural and domestic challenges in Ordos Basin.
Note from Fluoride Action Network: The Ordos (Eerduos, Shan-Gan-Ning) basin is located in the western part of the Sino-Korean (North China) craton. The basin is bordered by the Helanshan and Liupanshan on the west, by the Qinling Mountains on the south, by the Yinshan and Langshan on the north, and by the Shanxi plateau on […]
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Judge Again Rejects EPA’s Motion To End Landmark TSCA Citizen Suit
A federal judge has again denied EPA’s effort to end a potentially precedent-setting suit challenging the agency’s denial of a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) citizen petition seeking to ban drinking water fluoridation, though the judge also rejected plaintiffs’ competing summary judgment motion that sought a quick ruling in their favor. Judge Edward Chen’s Dec […]
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Dentists, dental hygienists and dental students’ knowledge regarding recommended fluoride concentration in toothpaste for children.
Abstract PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge of dentists, dental hygienists and dental students regarding the Israeli Ministry of Health guidelines for using fluoridated toothpaste. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An anonymous questionnaire was distributed to dentists, dental hygienists, and dental students in their final years at the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of […]
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The Northland’s top stories of the decade
An enormous plume of smoke from a second fire at the Husky Energy refinery in Superior billows to the south on April 27, 2018. Residents within 10 miles in the direction of the smoke were evacuated. (File / News Tribune) With a new decade dawning, the News Tribune staff decided to look back at the […]
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Essential and vital component of life support system
Groundwater is an essential and vital component of our life support system. The rural India mostly depends on groundwater, especially areas with low rainfall or absence of a river. In rural India, tube wells are commonly used to pump groundwater. In India, the availability of surface water is greater than groundwater. However, owing to the […]
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Social media hosted a lot of fake health news this year. Here’s what went most viral.
Note from the Fluoride Action Network The author of this article provides no references whatsoever to substantiate the inclusion of fluoride in this article on “misinformation”. Yet, it is included as insinuation. Because of this, one has to question the author’s integrity and veracity in reporting. Note: we have used bold to emphasize where fluoride […]
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