The Namibia Water Corporation (NamWater), the public company responsible for water management, has just commissioned a reservoir as well as a groundwater defluorination plant in Eenhana, in the Ohangwena region of Namibia. The entire works cost N$29.6 million (more than US$2 million). The city of Eenhana, in the Ohangwena region of Namibia, is becoming self-sufficient […]
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Major sources of industrial fluoride emissions are aluminum production plants (see ATSDR 2003). The Badin Lake issue in North Carolina: “Alcoa would divert contaminants, including cyanide and fluoride, from its current discharge point… into Badin Lake.” In describing fluoride the author states, “Exposure to high levels of fluoride could potentially […]
The Minister of Finance, Industry and Minerals Resources has approved the transfer of Eclipse Metals’ (EPM) Ivituut Project Greenland’s Ivituut Project is the world’s largest historical cryolite mine, which the company agreed to acquire last month The exclusive mineral exploration licence MEL2207-45 has now been transferred to Eclipse’s Greenland-based subsidiary The company is now compiling […]
MEMBER for Port Macquarie Leslie Williams continues to share concerns, alongside the Minister for Local Government, about Port Macquarie-Hastings Council’s decision to move forward with the option to hold a community poll on water fluoridation. A move by Cr Rob Turner to abandon a water fluoridation community poll at the council election in September was […]
A council is pushing for a community vote on whether fluoride should be removed from its public water supply. Councillors on the NSW mid-north coast are pushing for a public vote to remove fluoride from the public water supply. But dental experts and one council member have hit back, arguing community members should not be […]
What: Video Interview with Dr. Bob Dickson of Calgary, Alberta, Canada When: Wednesday, February 17 Time: 12 noon (West Coast time), 9 am (East Coast time) Use this online link that will be active later tomorrow morning: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/the-bridge-show-with-kumara-llanera-michael-kraus/season:3/videos/the-bridge-with-kumara-llanera-michael-kraus-s3e6
The more money and social standing you have, the less likely you are to suffer tooth loss. A global survey by market research platform DentaVox of 2,582 people, primarily in the 20-45 age group, found that many believe that income is the defining factor for tooth loss. The survey found 55% of respondents indicated that […]
The Fluoride Action Network (FAN), a non-profit group dedicated to education on fluoride’s toxicity, finds that the National Academies of Sciences’ (NAS) recent peer-review of the National Toxicology Program’s (NTP) revised report, strengthens the NTP’s conclusion that “fluoride is presumed to be a cognitive neurodevelopmental hazard to humans” lowering the IQ of children. FAN agrees with the […]
Hydrogen Fluoride Consumption Reduced by 87% Samsung Electronics has recently developed a system for reusing a high-concentration hydrogen fluoride cleaning solution and is currently testing it on its semiconductor production lines. The system is to reuse hydrofluoric acid (liquefied hydrogen fluoride) used for semiconductor cleaning. High-purity hydrofluoric acid is one of the three semiconductor materials […]
The issue of a community poll on water fluoridation continues to bubble away. Voters are set to take part in a community poll to gauge opinion on water fluoridation in conjunction with the 2021 local government election. But Cr Rob Turner has put forward a notice of motion on the issue to Port Macquarie-Hastings Council’s […]
