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PFAS: Researchers can track hazardous chemicals from fast-food wrappers in the body
Research teams from the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s School of Medicine and the University of Notre Dame have developed a new method that enables researchers to radiolabel three forms of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances and track the fate of these chemicals when they enter the body. This is a significant and timely advancement […]
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Fumigants and Fast Food Packaging Are a Source of Toxic Fluoride
One of the most common sources of fluoride exposure for Americans is their tap water, as many municipalities still fluoridate their water. But did you know your FOOD may also expose you to fluoride on a regular basis? Not only are certain pesticides fluoridated, such as cryolite,1 food processors may also use sulfuryl fluoride as […]
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Part 1: Stained teeth and broken dreams: Inside Tamil Nadu’s forgotten fluoride hotspots
A nine-year-old boy in Sengattur Panchayat Primary School, Salem district, with mild stains on his teeth. – Nine-year-old Uday and 10-year-old Keerthika are students of the fifth grade at the panchayat primary school in Sengattur village of Ayothipattinam block in Salem district. Cheerful and full of joy, these children unmindfully reveal the strikingly yellow stain […]
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Dose and time-dependent effects of sodium fluoride on sperm motility: An in vitro study.
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The Fight Against Water Fluoridation Continues
The fluoride-free movement has continued to grow throughout the world at a staggering pace. We have had more than 400 communities around the world end existing fluoridation programs or reject new efforts to fluoridate either by council vote or citizen referendum since 1990. In 2014 alone, we’ve confirmed that at least 30 communities providing water […]
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Like being against motherhood or apple pie
This is an very shortened version of the longer article, Is the Government Poisoning You? Throughout our lives, we’ve all been cheated, taken advantage of and lied to by the government in one way or another. Whether it’s through absurd taxation, the breaching of our constitutional rights or corrupt political regimes, we all know the […]
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Saudi Arabia: Say NO to fluoride in drinking water
Several months ago, Saudi Arabian Standard Organization (SASO) announced the fluoridation of public water to help reduce tooth decay. Well, at first I thought it was a good preventive measure, but then I discovered that even local bottled water is fluoridated at 0.80 mg per liter. I would not be writing this column if I […]
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Developmental toxicity of sodium fluoride in rats.
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Water fluoridation issue resurfaces, this time in St. Peters
… A city advisory committee on health and wellness is considering recommending that St. Peters stop adding fluoride to water produced by the city’s wells. If it does, the issue would then go before the Board of Aldermen. Barry Pulley, a committee member affiliated with a national anti-fluoride group, worries that long-term exposure to fluoride […]
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Suppression of male reproduction in rats after exposure to sodium fluoride during early stages of development