Anti-cavity effects of a popular dental treatment are modest and uncertain in preschoolers. Fluoride varnish has become a popular anti-cavity treatment for children, and it isn’t hard to see why. It’s relatively easy to apply, and not just for dentists or dental hygienists. Pediatricians can do it as well, with minimal instruction. The sticky varnish […]
Note: Article in Russian, Abstract in Russian Abstract The purpose of the publication was to present the materials of the Expert Council Consensus on ‘A Modern View on the Treatment and Preventive Effect of Fluoride Containing Personal Oral Care Products’, which took place on April 21, 2019 in Moscow (Russia) with the support of the […]
WASHINGTON – Drinking water supplies at seven Army installations in New York state are contaminated with elevated levels of toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS, according to newly released Department of Defense data obtained by EWG under the Freedom of Information Act. The sites in New York include Fort Drum, Camp Smith, West Point Military Reservation, […]
Test samples collected by food safety dept revealed presence of fluoride above prescribed limit; prohibition will remain in force across state for a month Guwahati: The food safety department of Assam has banned the production and sale of packaged drinking water brand ‘Bisleri’ with immediate effect across the state. In a statement released by […]
Note from Fluoride Action Network This article has excellent graphics which we couldn’t capture. Recommend that you read this article online at BBC here It’s the most powerful greenhouse gas known to humanity, and emissions have risen rapidly in recent years, the BBC has learned. Sulphur hexafluoride, or SF6, is widely used in the electrical […]
KAZINFORM JSC National Atomic Company «Kazatomprom» («Kazatomprom» or «the Company») announces today that it has signed a commercial agreement to supply natural uranium to the Brazilian state company, Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB), a press-release from Kazatomprom reads. Kazatomprom was successful in winning INB’s commercial competition to supply natural uranium hexafluoride for the needs of […]
The final text of San Francisco’s Plastic, Litter, and Toxics Reduction Law clarifies that a ban on fluorinated chemicals in food service items, which becomes effective in 2020, only applies to food service items that are compostable. The law states “No person may sell, offer for sale, or otherwise Distribute within the City… (4) beginning […]
A three-year research study that began in 2016, has discovered high levels of fluoride in chicken found in the Rift Valley, the Daily Nation reported on Wednesday, September 11. The study dubbed the Flowered Project, set out to find a solution to fluoride contamination in water, soils and food in the Rift Valley countries, namely Kenya, […]
New Study Suggests Fluoride Lowers Children’s IQ By Jefferey Jaxen Fears of fluoride in drinking water can no longer be dismissed as a crank conspiracy theory The research continues to accumulate: Fluoride exposure harms the brain and reduces IQ. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers community water fluoridation one of the ten greatest public health […]
Both human-made pollutants and naturally occurring toxic minerals are spoiling groundwater quality in Rajasthan, a study has said. Over three-quarters of the sampled wells that provide drinking water contain contaminants such as fluoride, nitrate, and uranium at levels that exceed both Indian and World Health Organisation (WHO) drinking water norms. The study also flags concern […]
