Environmentalists and EPA are battling over whether a judge should delay a first-time Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) trial, slated to begin early next year, to determine whether the agency should ban fluoride, with the plaintiffs charging that EPA’s request to delay the trial would “derail the entire schedule of this case.” The dueling over […]
A recent landmark study examines the association between fluoride exposure during pregnancy and IQ scores of children. In this study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics, the authors found higher levels of fluoride through water fluoridation during pregnancy is associated with lower IQ scores in children 3-4 years old. The study […]
Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery on August 8, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY) The site of a refinery explosion and fire that rocked South Philadelphia in June and led to the refinery’s shutdown is now under control. That means Philadelphia Fire Department personnel will no longer remain on site 24/7. Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel said Tuesday […]
The study by the Duke University India found that three-quarters of 243 groundwater wells across Rajasthan contained contaminants such as fluoride, nitrate and uranium. Lead author of the study, Avner Vengosh, in an interview to news outlet Mongabay-India said that while geogenic contaminants like fluoride and uranium found in the aquifer may go unnoticed because […]
Tasmania’s bauxite miner is a step closer to selling high-value aluminium fluoride to Australiasian aluminium smelters. Australian Bauxite Limited, which mines near Campbell Town and has other Tasmanian and mainland deposits, said subsidiary ALCORE had proven it could chemically refine the company’s bauxite and its components into aluminium fluoride and several valuable co-products. “The ALCORE […]
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: Molecular structure for Sulfoxaflor (see more information on its toxicity and USDA Shuts Down Data Collection on Honey Bees) _________________________________________________________________ Washington (CNN)In the latest confrontation between the bee industry and the Trump administration, a group of concerned beekeepers have sued the Environmental Protection Agency over its July decision […]
A nation-wide shortage of fluoride mouth rinse means Nova Scotia’s school-based fluoride program will be skipping a year. “It’s unfortunate that we’re faced with this unforeseen shortage, but this gives us the chance to readjust our delivery model in a way that will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the program,” said Catherine Hebb, a […]
Highlights Green synthesized iron-aluminium nanocomposite, adsorption capacity ?42.95?mg/g and fluoride removal 82.1%. Langmuir model best fitted the equilibrium data with monolayer adsorption capacity of 28.07?mg/g at 313?K. The reaction followed pseudo second order kinetics and multistage diffusion control process. Fluoride contaminated water from subparts of India resulted in 82.6 and 83% removal efficiency. Abstract A […]
Highlights Natural groundwater is not necessarily safe for drinking. Fluoride concentration in groundwater sources ranged from 0.6 to 2 mg/L. High fluoride concentrations in groundwater in the Upper East Region of Ghana. 1.8% of boreholes in the study area have high fluoride concentration (>1.5 mg/L). 1.5% of population in the study area are exposed to […]
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