Act Now to Protect NY’s Tap Water From Dangerous Chemicals New York State seems reluctant to ban chemicals linked to serious health problems, including cancer. The Department of Health is ready pass regulations that allow chemical concentration levels in drinking water five times higher than scientists deem safe. Even after these regulations—which would still be […]
On February 24, 2020, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) published a draft scientific opinion on the risks to human health related to the presence of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food. The draft opinion recommends a tolerable weekly intake (TWI) of 8 ng/kg bw per week for […]
Note from Fluoride Action Network, Below we highlighted, in bold, references to fluoride. (EC) Baltimore — The American Dental Association and American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry filed comments Feb. 28 on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposed 2021 notice of benefit and payment parameters for the Affordable Care Act. In a joint letter […]
RUPERT, Idaho — Beginning March 11, Rupert Elementary School first- and second-graders can receive free dental sealants and fluoride varnish to help prevent cavities, as part of Delta Dental of Idaho’s Grins on the Go program. Dental sealants fill the deep grooves of back teeth, where 90 percent of cavities occur. The fluoride varnish helps […]
Social science students in Madhya Pradesh are documenting excess fluoride in water points through a citizen science approach led by Columbia University researchers and local partners using smartphones and potable fluoride detection kits. Madhya Pradesh is one of the 19 Indian states severely affected by high fluoride content in drinking water. Long-term ingestion of large […]
NEW YORK, March 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — “There is little doubt that developmental neurotoxicity is a serious risk associated with elevated fluoride exposure, whether due to community water fluoridation, natural fluoride release from soil minerals, or tea consumption, especially when the exposure occurs during early [brain] development,” writes Harvard Professor and researcher Phillipe Grandjean, MD, in a […]
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., March 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Univar Solutions Inc. (NYSE: UNVR), a global chemical and ingredient distributor and provider of value-added services, announced today that in late 2019 it purchased certain assets of The Mosaic Company’s hydrofluorosilicic acid (HFS) business. Univar Solutions is a leading supplier to the water treatment market, including the […]
My name is Becca Reynolds. I’m a wife and a mother to three beautiful girls. My background is in health and nutrition, so naturally ingredients are important to me, I actually enjoy reading through research studies. Here is a bit of my findings and thoughts on a particular ingredient that is found in our water. […]
Members of Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Public Health voted unanimously on Wednesday to endorse a proposal to add fluoride to Kingston’s drinking water. (Alan S. Hale/The Whig-Standard) Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Public Health has officially endorsed the idea of adding fluoride to Kingston’s drinking water to help reduce tooth decay in the […]
It’s been over three years since the IAOMT, Food & Water Watch, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, and other concerned groups sued after the EPA denied its citizen petition requesting the end of fluoridation. Despite more than 60 studies showing fluoride’s harmful effects on IQ, the EPA stubbornly maintains that “fluoride in drinking water […]
