Plebiscite on adding fluoride to prevent tooth decay coincides with municipal vote A student-run advocacy group, Fluoride: Pay it Forward, is urging students to vote for reinstating fluoridation in the Calgary municipal election. (Helen Pike/CBC) Some University of Calgary students are urging other students to vote in favour of restoring fluoride in the city’s drinking water in […]
NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Fluoride from foods and beverages consumed during pregnancy is associated with lower cognitive neurodevelopment in boy babies, even when fluoride is ingested at recommended levels, report researchers Cantoral et al. in Neurotoxicology (online August 2021) and funded by the US National Institutes of Health, reports New York State Coalition […]
Abstract Litho-geochemical characteristics of low and high fluoride (F–) groundwater along with hydrological processes were investigated to delineate its genesis and enrichment mechanism in a watershed sedimentary basin. In this study, groundwater F– concentration ranged from 0 to 20 mg/L with a mean and standard deviation of 2.8 and ± 3.7 mg/L, respectively. Out of […]
Highlights Utilizing FCDI to treat fluoride-contaminated brackish groundwater is quite effective. SCC was the most advantageous among the three operational modes of SCC, SC and ICC. F– was preferentially removed compared to Cl– with a high ion selectivity achievable. Steady-state effluent F– and Cl– concentrations versus current are greatly different. Abstract Herein, we demonstrated the […]
Synthetic polymer membranes mimic the highly selective properties of biological cell membranes A team of scientists at the Tufts University School of Engineering has developed a new filtering technology inspired by biology that could help curb a drinking water-related disease that affects tens of millions of people worldwide and potentially improve environmental remediation, industrial and […]
Abstract Activated alumina is the most common adsorbent for purifying fluoride in water, however, little is known so far about the adsorption mechanisms and comparison of adsorption behaviors for F on different crystal phase alumina surfaces, which seriously obstacles the development of high-performance sorbents. Herein, employing the density functional theory approach, we have studied F […]
Note from Fluoride Action Network: The author, Juliet Guichon, is highly driven advocate for fluoridation in Canada who doesn’t let facts get in the way of her mission. She incorrectly states: “Fluoridation is a normal practice around the world…” Yet, 97% of Europe does not fluoridate. (EC) There is fluoride in all fresh water. At […]
Barring an unexpected change on Friday, Brevard County residents who receive their water from Mims Water on the north end of the county will not have community water fluoridation (CWF) restored. Commissioner Rita Pritchett discussed the topic following the public comment section of Thursday’s zoning meeting, during which several members of the medical community in […]
Dentists want to keep it in, but one group wants communities across Canada to keep fluoride out of the water we drink. A new group, Fluoride Free Canada, is expected to announce a new initiative to make sure fluoride is not added to drinking water in any Canadian community. Details of the announcement have been […]
WINDSOR, ONT. — A new group, Fluoride Free Canada, is calling on municipalities like Windsor to stop the use or re-introduction of fluoride into public drinking water. “We do not have to swallow this one folks,” said Dr. Robert Dickson, a Calgary medical doctor and director of the new group, which is aiming to make […]
