latest news:
Showing 10 of 17145 Articles:
-
St. Clair opposes fluoride
St. Clair Township council doesn’t want fluoride in the water. In response to a call from the Lambton Area Water Supply System for each member municipality to give its input on continued fluoride use at the LAWSS water treatment plant, township council discussed the issue at a recent meeting. Last time the issue came to […]
Canada, Ontario -
EU issues warning to Greece over fluorinated greenhouse gases
The government has been given two months to comply with EU law Greece will be referred to the EU Court of Justice if it fails to comply with EU laws on fluorinated greenhouse gases, the European Commission said on Thursday. Fluorinated gases (F-gases) are powerful greenhouse gases with a high global warming potential, widely used […]
European Union Greenhouse/Ozone Gases -
Scituate Board of Health: Fluoride concerns
Do the risks of adding sodium fluoride to the town’s water source outweigh the benefits? This is something the Scituate Board of Health said they would be looking into over the next few weeks after listening to concerns from a resident during their April 22 meeting. Sheryl G. Fitzgerald addressed the board on Monday and […]
United States, Massachusetts -
Born sooner and smaller; PFOS affects fetal growth in the womb
Chen, M-H, E-H Ha, T-W Wen, Y-N Su, G-W Lien, C-Y Chen, P-C Chen and W-S Hsieh. 2012. Perfluorinated compounds in umbilical cord blood and adverse birth outcomes. Synopsis: Babies exposed to higher levels of the chemical PFOS in the womb were born sooner and smaller than babies with lower exposures, suggests a new study […]
Perfluorinated chemicals -
Portland. Sources Say: Big bucks bite fluoride fight
The big guns have come out in the Portland fluoridation fight, pushing the supporters of Ballot Measure 26-151 to a huge fundraising lead over their opponents. But early this week, Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland reported raising more than $500,000 in cash and in-kind contributions. In comparison, Clean Water Portland reported around $175,000. Topping the major […]
United States, Oregon -
Ohio: Honeywell ramping up to reopen; Metropolis plant will start up in June
Honeywell is calling back employees for a scheduled June reopening of its Metropolis plant. The chemical plant converts uranium ore into uranium hexafluoride, UF6, a compound used to produce enriched uranium for use as fuel in nuclear power plants. About 135 salaried and 135 hourly employees will be in place when the Metropolis Works facility […]
United States, Ohio Nuclear Industry -
Sulfuryl fluoride: Industry-backed bill protects pesticide profits over children’s health
Dow AgroSciences, one of the nation’s largest pesticide makers, along with various food companies, have persuaded several members of Congress to endorse a bill that directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reverse a proposed phaseout of sulfuryl fluoride, a highly toxic food fumigant and potent greenhouse gas. If passed, the bill would make the […]
United States, Fluoride Action Network Press Release Pesticides -
Experiment to use PFCs in NYC subways & streets to determine airflow for potential chemical/biological weapons
Project Represents Largest Field Study of its Kind Investigating How Airborne Contaminants Disperse in a Dense, Complex Urban Environment April 24, 2013 The Subway-Surface Air Flow Exchange (S-SAFE) project The New York City Police Department and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory are scheduled to conduct this July the largest urban airflow study […]
United States, New York Human experiments Perfluorinated chemicals -
Molar Majority. Out-of-state cash fuels anti-fluoride efforts.
The latest YouTube video in Portland’s fluoridation war has the bright cutout-style animation of South Park and the ominous string-and-synth score of Unsolved Mysteries. The four-minute clip, featured on anti-fluoride campaign Clean Water Portland’s Facebook page, urges Portlanders to vote in the May 21 election against “risky fluoridation chemicals.” “It’s time once again to fight […]
United States, Oregon -
Visits From the Tooth Fairy
Minority groups backing Portland’s pro-fluoride measure have received $143,000 in payments from the campaign The campaign advocating fluoridation of Portland’s drinking water has trumpeted the support it’s received from minority organizations, ranging from the Urban League of Portland to the Latino Network. This widespread support, backers say, shows just how important fluoridation is to the […]
United States, Oregon