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The fluoride varnish taste test
Hussein Hassanali assesses the effectiveness and value of four preventive fluoride varnish applications for children. I don’t need to lay out the benefits of fluoride; we all know its importance in maintaining oral health and its role in preventive dentistry. With the shift towards minimally invasive dentistry, the evidence base for fluoride and remineralisation continues […]
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South Korea’s Hydrogen Fluoride Important Market Goes through a Drastic Change
South Korea’s hydrogen fluoride import market has changed drastically since Japanese Government has implemented semiconductor material export restrictions. While the amount of hydrogen fluoride imported from Japan has reduced rapidly, the amount of hydrogen fluoride imported from China has increased significantly. China is able to produce high-purity hydrogen fluoride as it is able to actively […]
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A ‘sacred’ river in India has become polluted beyond belief
Images of worshipers praying in billowing foam on the water in the Yamuna, a sacred river in New Delhi, India, may be intriguing. Yet the practice is hardly healthy. The photogenic foam on the river contains high levels of toxic ammonia and the water underneath it is also badly polluted. The Yamuna, which is also […]
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Montrose requests fluoride removal from water
Montrose Borough Council has submitted a proposal to PA American Water Company to eliminate fluoride from the town’s drinking water system. The move was approved at the November borough council meeting. According to the PAWC website, the company has a neutral position on the addition of fluoride to drinking water and – in systems where […]
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Let’s talk about fluoride in the Irish public drinking water supplies
Following the publication of fresh research drawing ‘alarming conclusions’ on the exposure of fluoride to children’s IQs, Biopharmaceutical Clinical Stability Specialist Sarah Griffin, BSc urges that these findings ought to stir debate on the Irish State’s policy of water fluoridation In a study published in August in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Canada-based […]
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Grid switchgear uses SF6, the world’s most potent greenhouse gas. How do we regulate it?
Sulphur Hexafluoride (SF6) is described as the world’s worst greenhouse gas. It’s 23,500 times more potent than CO2. Global annual emissions are 8,100 tonnes, equivalent to the CO2 emissions of 100m cars. It has an atmospheric lifetime of over 1,000 years and its installed base is expected to grow by 75% by 2030. 80% of […]
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Removing fluoride from Melbourne water will leave customers vulnerable to tooth decay | Opinion
The Melbourne City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to eliminate water fluoridation for 181,000 Brevard residents. Our water is clean and safe to drink. I urge the Melbourne City Council to listen to the recommendation of thousands of scientists and medical and public health associations and keep optimal water fluoridation. The City Council meets at […]
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Formula-fed babies in fluoridated towns suffer 7 IQ loss
In the first 3 years of life children lose 4.4 IQ points for every 0.5 mg fluoride added to their drinking water if they are formula-fed rather than breast-fed. This is the finding of a particularly well-conducted study from Canada just published in the prestigious journal Environment International. Babies exclusively breast-fed for the first 6 […]
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WHO: Fluorosis
The disease and how it affects people Ingestion of excess fluoride, most commonly in drinking-water, can cause fluorosis which affects the teeth and bones. Moderate amounts lead to dental effects, but long-term ingestion of large amounts can lead to potentially severe skeletal problems. Paradoxically, low levels of fluoride intake help to prevent dental caries. The […]
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Spanish, Ethiopian scientists deliver new tech to reduce fluorosis
Millions of Ethiopians are exposed to fluorosis, a bone disease caused by drinking Rift Valley water tainted with high levels of naturally occurring fluoride. Now scientists say they have a solution, and they found it in another type of abundant mineral in the region called zeolites. On Saturday, the researchers from Spain’s Higher Council for […]
Ethiopia Water Treatment