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Communities Which Have Rejected Fluoridation Since 1990
From the very start, water fluoridation has always been an unpopular program. In its 60+ year history, the majority of U.S. communities that have had an opportunity to vote on the measure have rejected it. Fluoridation was thus established in the U.S. not through public referenda, but executive actions by government bodies. For a brief […]
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How Many Nations Fluoridate Their Water?
Lending further evidence to the notion that those promoting fluoridation cannot perform (or at least comprehend) even the simplest arithmetic, is the way they cannot work out either accurately – or even approximately – how many countries in the world actually fluoridate their water. One would have thought with a large work force at its […]
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The ‘Altered Recommendations’ of the 1983 Surgeon General’s Panel
“We believe that EPA staff and managers should be called to testify, along with members of the 1983 Surgeon Generals panel and officials of the Department of Human Services, to explain how the original recommendations of the Surgeon Generals panel were altered to allow EPA to set otherwise unjustifiable drinking water standards for fluoride.”
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Harvard’s Statement on Chester Douglass/Scientific Misconduct
Statement Concerning the Outcome of the Review into Allegations of Research Misconduct Involving Fluoride Research BOSTON-August 15, 2006-The Harvard Medical School and School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) review of Chester Douglass, DMD, PhD, professor of oral health policy and epidemiology at HSDM, has concluded that Douglass did not intentionally omit, misrepresent, or suppress research findings […]
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Email Exchange with FDA re: Fluoride Supplements
Email exchange regarding FDA’s reasons for not approving fluoride supplements.
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FAN’s Comments to HHS: The Time Has Come to End Fluoridation
On January 7, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced its recommendation to reduce the level of fluoride added to drinking water based on national survey data showing that 41% of American adolescents (ages 12-15) now have dental fluorosis (a tooth defect caused by excess fluoride consumption during childhood). On January 13, 2011, […]
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Relationship between municipal water fluoridation and preterm birth in Upstate New York
Monday, November 9, 2009 Abstract #: 197468 TITLE: Relationship between municipal water fluoridation and preterm birth in Upstate New York AUTHORS: Rachel Hart, MPH, Division of HIV Health Care, NY State Department of Health AIDS Institute, Albany, NY Jonathan Feelemyer, MS, The Baron Edmond de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY, NY […]
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Sodium fluoride: FAN Comments on EPA’s Assessment for Wood Treatment Products
December 10, 2007 SUBMISSION to US EPA Office of Pesticides from Fluoride Action Network 82 Judson Street, Canton, New York 13617 Re: Comments on Sodium Fluoride Risk Assessment: EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0833 ———————————————————————————————————— • ALTERNATIVES: There are safer, saner and less toxic alternatives to the use of sodium fluoride in treating wood utility poles and railroad ties. Throughout […]
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A New York 2007 “Dirty Dozen” Award nominated by FAN
Fluoride Action Network Pesticides Project Canton NY 13617 The New York 2007 “Dirty Dozen” Awards to Polluters and New York State Government Agencies Today the Albany-based Citizens’ Environmental Coalition unveiled the recipients of its fourth annual “Dirty Dozen“ Awards* to various polluters and state agencies in New York. The “winners” were selected by a committee […]
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Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonates. Proposed Significant New Use Rule. July 9, 2002 comments to US EPA
To: U.S. EPA’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (oppt.ncic@epa.gov) Comments From: Ellen Connett Subject: Docket control number OPPTS-50639C July 9, 2002 Re: Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonates; Proposed Significant New Use Rule Docket control number OPPTS-50639C It is disturbing enough that the many chemicals that come under the umbrella of Perfluorooalkyl Sulfonates are persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic […]