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  • Cryolite: Public comments on reclassification & labelling due December 19, 2009

    The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will accept public comments on its proposal to harmonise the classification and labelling of cryolite. Comments are due by December 19. • Cryolite (Germany) – which is the main constituent of the electrolytic bath in the production of aluminium. Germany proposes to change the current classification by adding classification in […]

  • EU final report on fluoride and the fluoridating agents of drinking water

    This report dated May 16, 2011, was released June 21, 2011. Title of report: Critical review of any new evidence on the hazard profile, health effects, and human exposure to fluoride and the fluoridating agents of drinking water Opinion to be cited as: SCHER, Opinion on critical review of any new evidence on the hazard […]

  • Fluoridation plants: Fluoride bulk bag unloading system contains toxic dust

    SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — For many years various Australian authorities have been slowly installing water-fluoridation plants in a general endeavor to promote dental health. In the last few years, though, the pace of fluoridation has quickened as various states have introduced fluoridation programs, backed by state government subsidies. Queensland, for example, decreed in 2006 that 90% […]

  • EU: Gradual ban on HFCs proposed

    The European Commission wants to reduce the use of the powerful global warming gases mainly used in refrigerators and air-conditioners. The European Commission proposed today (7 November) to reduce the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), powerful global warming gases mainly used in refrigerators and air-conditioners. Under the proposal, the use of HFCs will be cut to […]

  • European Community Establishes a Tolerance of 1 ppm for Fluoride Residue in Wine

    Excerpt from: Federal Register: July 6, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 130) 40 CFR Part 180; [OPP-301008; FRL-6590-1]; RIN 2070-AB78 Online at: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/07/06/00-17043/tebufenozide-pesticide-tolerances-for-emergency-exemptions Tebufenozide; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule. … III. Emergency Exemption for Tebufenozide on Grapes and FFDCA Tolerances Grapes are California’s number one ranked crop in […]

  • Fluoridation of our water is “dangerous unscientific nonsense”

    The Green Party have slated controversial plans to fluoridate water supplies, claiming that there are many significant questions over fluoride‘s safety and effectiveness. Following government bidding, health chiefs around the country are currently deciding whether to adopt fluoridation as their preferred route to reducing tooth decay in children – a move described as “dangerously unscientific […]

  • Fluoride Update: Even the Experts are Now Questioning its Safety

    Here at the Daily Health we’ve been campaigning against the fluoridation of drinking water for years. Back in 2005, we told you about a number of studies linking fluoride to as many as 10,000 cancer deaths in the US every year, with a high incidence of bone cancer among men exposed to fluoride. More recently […]

  • Scientific Opinion on Dietary Reference Values for fluoride

    Summary of report Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on Dietary Reference Values (DRVs) for the European population, including fluoride. Fluoride has no known essential function in human growth and development and no signs of fluoride deficiency […]

  • EU report: Perfluoroalkylated substances in food: occurrence and dietary exposure

    Abstract: Perfluoroalkylated substances (PFASs) are highly fluorinated aliphatic compounds with high thermal and chemical stability, as well as high surface activity. PFASs are used in a range of industrial and chemical applications e.g. textiles, paper, packaging materials, paint and varnish, and fire-extinguishing liquids. Several PFASs are recognised as environmentally persistent organic pollutants and are associated […]

  • EU report: Study on waste related issues of newly listed POPs and candidate POPs

    This report, dated August 26, 2010, was released on October 27, 2010. POP = Persistent Organic Pollutant Brief Excerpts: 1 Executive summary Based on the background of the amended Stockholm Convention the intention of the study is in particular to provide the European Commission with • A compilation and evaluation of existing data on the […]