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Judge: EPA Can’t Include Fluoride Benefits in Trial Over Risks
Pretrial hearing debates what EPA can consider in chemical risk analyses Fluoride trial to take place in two stages A federal judge on Friday sided with anti-fluoride activists and excluded evidence about fluoride’s dental benefits in a coming trial about the chemical’s potential to harm people when added to drinking water. Judge Edward M. Chen […]
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City of Lawton making plans for water well in city’s east side
City of Lawton engineers are making plans for a water well in east Lawton, a raw water source that would be a safety net in times of drought. The well is something that city officials have been considering for years, but, like other projects and activities that governmental entities are weighing, it could be delayed […]
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Report details impact of school-based oral health program in Eastern Oregon counties
Eastern Oregon Healthy Living Alliance released a report detailing the impact of the Healthy, Happy Smiles, a school-based oral health program, for the 2019-2020 school year. Overall in the 2019-2020 school year, 51% of students returned parent consent forms, 42% of students received dental screenings, at least 36% of students received fluoride application and 14% […]
United States, Oregon DentaQuest -
Op-ed: Ever heard of isoxaflutole? That’s about to change
Note from Fluoride Action Network Structural formula for Isoxaflutole EU Hazard classification & labelling Warning! According to the harmonised classification and labelling (ATP07) approved by the European Union, this substance is very toxic to aquatic life, is very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects and is suspected of damaging the unborn child. Across […]
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Video Trial on Fluoridation Chemicals Set for June 8 in Federal Court
PRNewswire/ — Twice-delayed, a lawsuit seeking to prohibit the addition of fluoridation chemicals to public water systems in the U.S. because of the threat fluoride poses to the developing brain will begin June 8, reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). Under the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, the eight-day trial will be […]
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Minnesota Public Water Systems and COVID-19
Excerpt Would MDH [Minnesota Department of Health] allow flexibility in routine sampling timeframes in the event that we are only able to maintain essential services to keep things running? Systems are still required to collect samples during their monitoring periods. MDH is working on this issue and will provide additional information as it becomes available. […]
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Fluoridation Expose’ Garners Prestigious Award
PRNewswire/ — In the 1940’s, America was sold fluoridation with the false equivalency that pollutants (hydrofluorosilicic acid or sodium fluoride), when added to public water supplies, acts similarly as naturally fluoridated water to safely reduce tooth decay – but without such evidence, reports Frank Zelko, PhD, Associate Professor, Environmental History, University of Hawaii, in History […]
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Fluoride exposure among pregnant women in California
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: While the following is a good article, a little reality needs to be introduced into the first paragraph. The references are from the fluoridation-promoting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a co-author of the article on disparities, Michael Lennon of the British Fluoridation Society. Poor and low-income children […]
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Dental caries treatment completed under general anesthesia among American Indian children in a northern plains tribal community.
This map is not part of the following abstract. Abstract OBJECTIVES: To assess the occurrence of treatment under general anesthesia (GA) for dental caries among American Indian (AI) children from a Northern Plains tribal community. METHODS: As part of a follow-up study of ECC, dental records for children age 6-8 years were evaluated. Descriptive statistics […]
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Rejecting Plaintiffs, Judge Orders Virtual Trial In Landmark TSCA Suit
A federal judge has ordered a first-time citizen suit under the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to proceed in a virtual bench trial later this year due to the coronavirus pandemic despite objections from the plaintiffs who had won the right to a de novo proceeding where they will be able to present new […]
United States, National USA
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