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• Grand Prairie: Water fluoridation a hot button topic

  The issue of whether or not to fluoridate the city’s drinking water is a boiling hot topic right now and has caused a division among the community living committee (CLC) members. Coun. Chris Thiessen is against fluoridating the city’s drinking water as he views it as “forced medication of the population” and he’s worried about […]

• Honeywell licences R1234yf production in India

   Note from FAN: “… In a statement following a test at Mercedes’ HQ in Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart, Walter Pütz, director of vehicle certification and regulatory affairs at Mercedes-Benz Cars said: “the whole vehicle can catch fire and the burning refrigerant [R1234yf] generates acutely poisonous hydrogen fluoride which poses a severe danger to both passengers and […]

• Ireland is failing to protect from fluoride intoxication

  Published studies by medical researchers in the UK and Spain indicate that the highest fluoride levels by far found in beers consumed in Europe are in Irish branded products. These findings are disturbing, not least because they present yet another form of uncontrolled exposure to fluoride from contamination of the food chain due to mandatory […]

• Wakefield Council considering water fluoridation to cut tooth decay

  Fluoride could be added to the district’s drinking water to cut growing levels of tooth decay in children as young as three. Wakefield Council has been advised to consider the move after research showed 40 per cent of five-year-olds and one in five three-year-olds had decayed teeth. The district’s rates of tooth decay are above […]

• Why Public Officials Oppose Fluoridation

  In Their Own Words: Why Public Officials Oppose Fluoridation Here is a small sample of quotes from public officials explaining why they oppose fluoridation: Irish Senator Mary Ann O’Brien (Irish In dependent, 10/1/14) “My job as a senator is to protect the people, not to protect a failed government policy. It is inarguably a breach […]

• What Does Chile’s Latest Volcano Eruption Mean for Recreation?

  The eruption of Chile’s 6,500-foot Calbuco volcano on April 22 blacked out the sun and rained down 20 inches of ash—enough to collapse the roofs of homes in the nearby town of Ensenada. The ash cloud, carried by winds out of the southwest, darkened the skies above Buenos Aires, almost 1,000 miles away. In the immediate […]

• MKs Debate Restoring Fluoride to Israel’s Water Supply

  YERUSHALAYIM – In a heated discussion, the Knesset Interior Committee on Wednesday authorized the restoration of fluoride to Israel’s water supply. The hearing was the first of two, with a second vote likely to follow the second hearing, which will take place within the coming month. If the MKs on the Committee approve the measure […]

• Guilford Water Authority ends fluoride treatment

  CHAMBERSBURG – Guilford Water Authority will stop adding fluoride to its water supply in a month. Fluoride is known to prevent tooth decay, but in recent years people have questioned the safety and ethics of placing the naturally occurring chemical in a public water supply. The authority decided to stop its practice after a public hearing […]

• Toothpaste alone does not prevent dental erosion or hypersensitivity

  An analysis of nine toothpastes found that none of them protects enamel or prevents erosive wear Summary: An analysis of nine toothpastes found that none of them protects enamel or prevents erosive wear. Specialists stress that diet and treatment by a dentist are key to avoid the problems originated by dentin exposure. The rising prevalence […]

• Minerals and Salts of Fluoride Industry — Highly Utilized Chemical Reagents: Report

  Fluoride has the chemical formula F-. It is an inorganic, monatomic anion of fluorine. Minerals and salts of fluoride are highly utilized chemical reagents in the industry. They are adopted in the manufacture of hydrogen fluoride. Hydrogen fluoride is used in the petrochemical, plastics and chemical industries. It goes into the manufacture of sodium fluoride, […]