Note from the Fluoride Action Network The American Dental Association (ADA) released this statement in pdf format on July 15, 2020. The use of the word “safe” is mentioned 3 times: … In 2004, Surgeon General Richard Carmona added that CWF “continues to be the most cost-effective, equitable and safe means to provide protection from […]
It’s been a year since Japan abruptly imposed export restrictions on some key materials for South Korea’s semiconductor and display industries. Contrary to initial concerns about possible setbacks in South Korea’s semiconductor production, it has managed to diversify import sources and develop its own domestic variations in the field of materials, parts and equipment. Here […]
NEW YORK, July 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Avoid fluoride during pregnancy and infancy to protect babies’ brains, caution fluoride researchers in the Journal of Pediatrics (“Current Best Evidence,” July 2020), reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF). Scientists Howard Hu, MD and Morteza Bashash, PhD provide commentary on one of seven well-conducted […]
Highlights Groundwater is completely unsafe for consumption in the studied areas. Groundwater fluoride contents found to be positively correlated with arsenic. High concentration of fluoride observed in urine samples. Children of the study area are at high risk from developing dental fluorosis. Cumulative Noncancerous Lifetime Hazard Index detected to be prominently high. Abstract The present […]
Stuff – A new University of Canterbury study has shown children in the most deprived areas get the greatest benefit from water fluoridation. When Dr Rob Beaglehole moved from Wellington to Nelson, he was shocked at the number of children with tooth decay. The primary difference: Wellington had fluoridated water; Nelson did not. “It wasn’t […]
Across the globe, elevated levels of fluoride in drinking water are becoming a significant threat to public health. Although limited amounts of fluoride are safe in water supplies, many regions have reached dangerously high levels. Removal and treatment of high-fluoride water has historically been difficult and expensive, but is generally preferred to importing costly and […]
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Cyflumetofen is a new pesticide as of October 2004. See EU database Molecular structure Original Final Rule online at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-07-01/html/2020-13048.htm SUMMARY: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of cyflumetofen in or on multiple commodities which are identified and discussed later in this document. Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested […]
A construction boom for electric power plants in countries such as China has contributed to a spike in emissions of a greenhouse gas used to insulate electrical equipment such as circuit breakers. Credit: Hu Weiguo/VCG via Getty Emissions of sulfur hexafluoride soared over the 40 years to 2018, despite some countries’ efforts to curb […]
Dental insurer allegedly misleading ‘teledentistry’ patients Worst possible time to force face-to-face visits, suit says SmileDirectClub Inc. hit Delta Dental with a pair of fraud lawsuits Tuesday, alleging a scheme by the country’s top dental insurer aimed at refusing to cover its web-based teeth-straightening treatments, even as the Covid-19 pandemic elevates the importance of teledentistry. […]
Lawsuit filed in California and Illinois to hold insurer responsible for denying customers approved teledentistry benefits NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SmileDirectClub, Inc. (Nasdaq: SDC), the first direct-to-consumer telehealth platform for teeth straightening, announced today it has filed lawsuits against Delta Dental Plans Association and Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation and Delta […]
