The ruling on an ongoing legal battle regarding community water fluoridation has been postponed as new data has been published this year. U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen in the Northern District of California has postponed further proceedings in the case of whether or not the level of fluoride in community drinking water brings risk to public health. Chen delayed […]
Firefighters spray foam on burning embers beside homes on Latigo Canyon Road in Malibu, Calif., in 2018. PFAS-laced firefighting foam from multiple states had been sent for destruction to an incinerator in upstate New York, raising concerns about local health and environmental effects. Photographer: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via via Getty Images Incineration ‘unproven’ method of […]
Shiloh Water Authority will be removing fluoride from its water in West Manchester after receiving approval Wednesday from the state Department of Environmental Protection, authority officials said. Fluoridation will cease in the authority’s water on Aug. 31, officials announced Wednesday night. “The general feeling was that there is enough fluoride available nowadays,” said water authority Manager John […]
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 […]
Abstract We report a 40-year history of SF6 atmospheric mole fractions measured at the Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment (AGAGE) monitoring sites, combined with archived air samples, to determine emission estimates from 1978 to 2018. Previously we reported a global emission rate of 7.3±0.6 Gg yr1 in 2008 and over the past decade emissions have […]
NEW YORK, June 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Fluoride Action Network (FAN) in a just-concluded trial (June 8 -17) on the neurotoxic risks posed by water fluoridation, was encouraged by a statement made by Judge Edward Chen after both sides had given their summations. According to FAN director Paul Connett, PhD, “He has not yet made a […]
Note from FAN: The molecular structure of Sarin: Abstract Rapid destruction of stockpiles of sarin and other chemical weapon agents (CWA) requires understanding and quantitative description of the relevant chemical reactions. Rapid reactions at elevated temperatures are of particular interest for prompt agent defeat scenarios. Diisopropyl methylphosphonate (DIMP) is a sarin surrogate particularly well suited […]
BACKGROUND On Nov. 22, 2016, a Citizens’ Petition was presented to the Environmental Protection Abency (EPA) under Section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The Petition requested EPA “to protect the public and susceptible subpopulations from the neurotoxic risks of fluoride by banning the addition of fluoridation chemicals to water,” excercizing its authority […]
During the week of June 15, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California heard from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final three witnesses: Dr. Joyce Tsuji, Dr. Ellen Chang, and Dr. Tala Henry. Food & Water Watch, Inc. v. EPA, Case No. 3:17-cv-02162-EMC. Dr. Tsuji did not dispute that fluoride […]
Abstract The groundwater of volcanic aquifers, dissected by various structures and affected by several volcanic eruption events, varies in quality. A large number of rural people depend on shallow aquifers tapped by shallow hand wells and springs. On the other hand, the urban population is dependant on deep aquifers using drilled boreholes. The location of […]
