Strike by water scheme staff leaves 900 Andhra villages without protected water

The staff of Sathya Sai Drinking Water Scheme have gone on strike to demand the release of their held up salaries of the last 15 months. ANANTAPUR: Nearly 900 villages in the district are being deprived of drinking water supply for the past nine days as the staff of a protected water scheme have been on […]

Aluminium compound deconstructs sulfur hexafluoride in minutes

Researchers in the UK have developed a fast and mild method for deconstructing SF6. The method converts the potent greenhouse gas into stable aluminium(iii) fluoride and sulfide compounds, which can serve as nucleophilic sources of F? and S2- in further reactions to make valuable organic products. Source: © Shutterstock Sulfur hexafluoride circuit breakers protect electrical […]

Australian Bauxite successfully converts waste to aluminium fluoride

Matt Birney Australian Bauxite’s 87 per cent owned chemical refining subsidiary Alcore’s research laboratory on the Central Coast, NSW. Credit: File   Australian Bauxite’s 87 per cent owned chemical refining subsidiary, Alcore, appears to have made a significant technical breakthrough with its proprietary mineral production process used to produce commercial-grade aluminium fluoride from metal refining […]

1080: Pest control company pleads guilty after chemical poisoning leaves man in coma

Note from Fluoride Action Network: Molecular structure of highly toxic Sodium fluoroacetate (known as 1080). For more info, albeit outdated, click here Stacy Squires/Stuff Firefighters decontaminate ESR investigators testing the Bromley site in June 2019 after a serious incident left a worked in an induced coma a month earlier. A pest control company’s worker ended […]

UK Policy paper. Health and Care Bill: water fluoridation

Note: See response from Paul Connett, PhD, director, Fluoride Action Network. Dr Niger Carter, Oral Health Foundation said: “We believe that water fluoridation is the single most effective public health measure there is for reducing oral health inequalities and tooth decay rates, especially amongst children. We welcome these proposals and believe they represent an opportunity […]

A Tragedy of Relying on Misinformation: Import Ban on Synthetic Fertilizers.

Excerpt: … Agrochemicals are generally considered as the causal factors for many of the non-communicable diseases (NCDs), especially the chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology (CKDu). Such unproven ideology has been forced into minds of people who are suffering from the disease. Some even dubbed CKDu as ‘Agricultural kidney disease’. This propaganda campaign has brainwashed […]

Low-power nuclear demonstration reactor ‘Hermes’ coming to Oak Ridge

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — State officials announced Friday that a low-power demonstration reactor called “Hermes” will be established in the East Tennessee Technology Park. Gov. Bill Lee’s office along with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe released the details of the upcoming reactor. The company behind Hermes is the […]

Iowa cities must tell citizens before they stop adding fluoride to water, new law says

Note from Fluoride Action Network: 1) We have labeled this article as “misinformation” as it’s severely one-sided and the information presented is outdated. There is no discussion of fluoridation’s potential to reduce IQ in children. In brief the Mother-Offspring fluoride studies, many funded by US agencies, have reported that the fetus and bottle-fed infant in […]

Regina city council to discuss adding fluoridation to water in August

WATCH: For the seventh time in the city’s history, Calgarians will be heading to the polls to vote on fluoride. But the debate could bubble up some misinformation. – Feb 2, 2021 Members of Regina city council will discuss adding fluoride to water at the upcoming Aug. 11 meeting. The notice of motion was submitted […]