Note from Fluoride Action Network Structural Formula of Fluridone (See effects from older site) See original Final Notice SUMMARY: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of fluridone in or on avocados, mandarins, pomegranates, pistachios, and the stone fruit group (crop group 12). SePRO Corporation requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act […]
NEW YORK, May 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The judge in a June 8 federal court trial in San Francisco has cleared the way for three international experts in neurotoxicity to testify on the risks of fluoride in public water supplies, the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) reports. In addition, the court ruled that the purported benefits of community […]
Excerpts: A federal judge says he is “inclined” to bar witnesses from describing fluoridation’s health benefits in a landmark trial on whether EPA must regulate drinking water fluoridation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), saying they are irrelevant to risk evaluation under the law, the latest pre-trial loss for the agency ahead of the […]
ONTARIO – Cameco has announced that it is resuming production at the uranium hexafluoride (UF6) plant within its Port Hope conversion facility and its Blind River refinery in Ontario. The two operations are planned to restart the week of May 18 and ramp up to full production by the week of May 25. On Apr. […]
Operation #SmilesMatter provides Tennessee dentists with $1,000 allowance to purchase personal protective equipment and other supplies NASHVILLE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Delta Dental of Tennessee (Delta Dental) today announced a commitment of more than $3.3 million for Operation #SmilesMatter, a grant program to help Tennessee dentists acquire much needed supplies, equipment, and technology as they prepare to reopen […]
Pretrial hearing debates what EPA can consider in chemical risk analyses Fluoride trial to take place in two stages A federal judge on Friday sided with anti-fluoride activists and excluded evidence about fluoride’s dental benefits in a coming trial about the chemical’s potential to harm people when added to drinking water. Judge Edward M. Chen […]
Title: NTP Technical Report on the Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (CASRN 335-67-1) Administered in Feed to Sprague Dawley (Hsd:Sprague Dawley® SD®) Rats Technical Report 598 Abstract Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a perfluorinated alkyl substance (PFAS) with widespread exposure in the environment and human population. Lifetime exposure to this chemical is likely, which […]
City of Lawton engineers are making plans for a water well in east Lawton, a raw water source that would be a safety net in times of drought. The well is something that city officials have been considering for years, but, like other projects and activities that governmental entities are weighing, it could be delayed […]
A political party opposing compulsory vaccinations and fluoride in water has overcome objections from the nation’s highest health offices to win a name change with the Australian Electoral Commission. The Involuntary Medication Objectors (Vaccination/Fluoride) Party will now be known as the Informed Medical Options Party, a change medical experts warned was an attempt to conceal […]
Highlights Drop-coating yielded a 5.5 times higher fluoride adsorption capacity than soaking. Effects of complexing agent (oxalic acid) and Zr/ACF mass ratio were studied. Hydroxyl groups played a key role in Zr(IV) anchoring and fluoride adsorption. Ion exchange and electrostatic attraction are adsorption mechanisms at different pH. The maximum fluoride adsorption capacity of Zr-ACF was […]
