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Wisconsin faces wave of anti-fluoridation efforts
ADA, Wisconsin Dental Association collaborating with other organizations to turn the tide The ADA and the Wisconsin Dental Association are partnering up with other fluoridated water proponents to address February anti-fluoridation movements in three Wisconsin municipalities: Lake Delton, Berlin and Hayward. The state association has formed a fluoride response team that monitors situations like those […]
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Experts Question Evidence Linking Fluoride to Lower IQ. Version 1 of 2.
Note from Fluoride Action Network, This is a shorter version of a longer article with the same title. FAN respectively disagrees with Dr Savitz. Most of the problems that the NAS had with the NTP study dealt with how the animal studies were handled, not with the human studies. Surprisingly, Dr Savitz did not acknowledge […]
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Experts Ask Sonbhadra’s Residents to Avoid Drinking Water Due to Fluoride Contamination
The fluoride contamination in the water from the area is close to ten times above permissible limits. Residents suffer from a variety of illnesses as a result. Water with ash from Obra powerplant being drained in Karuna river. PC Saurabh Sharma Fifty-three-year-old Vijay Kumar Sharma has been bed-ridden for five years after his lower […]
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Federal report finding fluoride lowers IQ of children reviewed by National Academy of Sciences
NEW YORK, March 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) just released an assessment of a draft report on fluoride neurotoxicity produced by the National Toxicology Program (NTP). The NAS suggested improvements to strengthen the report and heavily criticized NTP for ignoring evidence from animal studies and for inadequately addressing the human […]
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LETTER: Questioning Democrats on fluoride issue
To the editor: In their first debate on Feb. 18, Congressman Joe Kennedy and Sen. Ed Markey seemed to agree that the number of baby boomers with Alzheimer’s disease will grow to 15 million by 2025. Markey mentioned a bill he sponsored to fund federal research of the disease. The research to date is already […]
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Removal of fluoride from multicomponent water solutions with the use of monovalent selective ion-exchange membranes
Highlights Electrodialysis (ED) is an efficient method of fluoride removal ED allows to reduce F– ion content below the guidelines for drinking water Energy consumption is influenced by current density and total salt concentration F– ion removal efficiency enhance with the increase of ionic strength of a solution Fluoride deposition on/in the membrane matrix is […]
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Hiawassee: Citizens, activists react to inability to vote on fluoride
HIAWASSEE, Ga. – Negative public feedback emerged following FYN’s report stating that Towns County citizens will not have a say on the potential addition of fluoride to their water. The controversial issue was expected to go before both county and city voters on the May 19 ballot due to many county residents consuming water from […]
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National Academies Completes Review of National Toxicology Program’s Draft Monograph on Fluoride and Neurodevelopmental and Cognitive Effects
WASHINGTON – Today the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released its review of the National Toxicology Program’s (NTP) draft monograph Systematic Review of Fluoride Exposure and Neurodevelopmental and Cognitive Health Effects. The committee that wrote the National Academies report was tasked with reviewing the monograph and focused on evaluating whether evidence as presented in the monograph […]
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Coming soon — govt lab in every district where you can test your water supply for toxins
Under the Har Ghar Nal Se Jal scheme, all states will have to establish water testing laboratories at all levels — state, districts and blocks. New Delhi: You will soon be able to walk to a government accredited laboratory near you with a sample of your tap water, and get it tested to ensure it […]
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Children’s oral health progress in Scotland and Wales ‘markedly outstrips’ England
Preventative support programmes and water fluoridation are among the latest recommendations made by Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH). Released today, the new ‘State of Child Health’ report [see * below] outlines what governments and healthcare professionals can do to promote good oral health across the UK. According to the data, England is […]
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