Abstract Bottled water use has become widespread in recent years. Many Iranian cities are located in regions with a hot and semi-hot climate, and the quality of drinking water is low in most of these areas. Nitrate and fluoride are chemical constituents of drinking water with significant health concerns since they can be harmful in […]
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Iran vows revenge for ‘Israeli’ attack on Natanz nuclear site
“Enriched uranium is produced by feeding uranium hexafluoride gas into centrifuges to separate out the most suitable isotope for nuclear fission, called U-235.” The Iranian foreign minister has said his country will “take revenge” for an attack on an underground nuclear site, for which it has blamed Israel. Iranian officials said the Natanz uranium enrichment […]
IAEA confirms Iran starts enriching uranium with third cascade of IR-2m machines at Natanz
TEHRAN – Iran has started enriching uranium with a third cascade of advanced IR-2m centrifuges at its Natanz nuclear facility, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) tells its members, according to Press TV. “On 7 March 2021, the Agency verified … that: Iran had begun feeding natural UF6 into the third cascade of 174 IR-2m […]
Cytotoxicity of the Ingredients of Commonly Used Toothpastes and Mouthwashes on Human Gingival Fibroblasts
PDF of full study, http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/uploads/hasani-tabatabaei-2020.pdf Abstract Objectives: Toothpastes and mouthwashes contain ingredients that may be toxic for oral mucosal tissues. This study aimed to assess the cytotoxicity of the ingredients of commonly used toothpastes and mouthwashes. Materials and methods: This experimental study was performed on 16 toothpastes and four mouthwashes widely available in the Iranian […]
Two distinct mechanisms of fluoride enrichment and associated health risk in springs’ water near an inactive volcano, southeast Iran
Highlights The highest fluoride concentrations were observed in the eastern cold springs. Reaction of fluorite mineral with HCO3was likely to cause fluoride enrichment in the eastern springs. In the western and thermal springs, origin of fluoride was related to weathering of F-bearing silicate minerals. Health risk of fluoride in drinking waters were in the following […]
How quickly can Iran make a nuclear bomb?
Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant has been in operation for almost ten years.Credit: Majid Asgaripour/AP/Shutterstock Iran has accumulated 1,200 kilograms of enriched uranium — more than doubling the stockpile it had just three months ago, according to a statement from a senior official at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran on 25 January. That’s enough […]
Stochastic Modeling of Groundwater Fluoride Contamination: Introducing Lazy Learners.
Abstract While it remains the primary source of safe drinking and irrigation water in northwest Iran’s Maku Plain, the region’s groundwater is prone to fluoride contamination. Accordingly, modeling techniques to accurately predict groundwater fluoride concentration are required. The current paper advances several novel data mining algorithms including Lazy learners [Instance-Based K-nearest Neighbours (IBK); Locally Weighted […]
Air Force Updates Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bombs Amid New Iranian Nuclear Posturing
The U.S. Air Force is continuing to update its stockpile of 30,000-pound class Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker busters, or MOPs, and bring older MOPs up to the latest standard, also known as the GBU-57E/B. This comes as Iran has announced that it will begin injecting uranium hexafluoride gas into centrifuges at its underground nuclear facility […]
AP Explains: Iran reopens uranium plant in its latest gamble
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – says it has restarted production at a “major” uranium facility involved in its nuclear program, though it still pledges to follow the terms of the country’s landmark atomic deal now under threat after President Donald Trump pulled America out of the accord. Iranian comments about the Isfahan plant, which produces material […]
Factbox: The atomic restrictions imposed by the Iran nuclear deal
(Reuters) – Iran has committed a further breach of its nuclear deal with major powers by enriching uranium with advanced centrifuges, and plans to install more of those advanced machines than previously announced, a U.N. nuclear watchdog report showed on Thursday. Below are some of the key restrictions imposed by the nuclear deal, the Joint […]