11 agencies seek hundreds of millions of dollars from DuPont, 3M, others. Ricardo Medina, an Orange County Water District research associate, loads ion exchange resins into a treatment system to filter out PFAS toxins. The district is testing 14 different products to determine the best to remove the carcinogenic chemicals from dozens of Orange County […]
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Fipronil: Flea treatment contamination of rivers ‘conjecture’ – NOAH
Note from Fluoride Action Network For more information see Adverse Effects, Index Page, Older Abstracts, EU 2013 Review.Molecular structure of Fipronil The organisation representing the UK’s veterinary pharmaceutical sector says “it has not been demonstrated” flea products cause the imidacloprid and fipronil contamination reported in English rivers. In a comprehensive statement released following the paper […]
Potential of preparing cement clinker by adding the fluorine-containing sludge into raw meal
Highlights A sustainable treatment of hazardous fluoride containing sludge was proposed. Fluorine-containing sludge improved burnability, mineral morphology and properties of produced clinker. Fluorine was combined with calcium in produced clinker and hydration products. Fluorine-containing sludge from semiconductor industries were one kind of hazardous wastes, there was hardly effective treatment to realize its safe disposal and […]
California Water District PFAS Lawsuit – $1 Billion At Stake
In August 2020, we flagged the possibility that local water boards in Orange County, California would file a lawsuit alleging that certain PFAS manufacturers were responsible for PFAS contamination found in the local drinking water sources, with possible damages of over $1 billion dollars in cleanup costs. On December 1, 2020, eleven local water districts, including the […]
Green Bay alders heard enough on water fluoridation, places issue on file
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – Action 2 News first told you in August about a renewed effort to take fluoride out of the city’s drinking water. The effort has once again waned after a discussion during Tuesday’s city council meeting. The issue was brought forward by Brenda Staudenmaier, who is an advocate of taking fluoride […]
Sulfoxaflor and flupyradifurone more toxic to bees than expected
New scientific information shows that Sulfoxaflor and Flupyradifurone, two new generation neonicotinoid insecticides approved in the EU in 2015, are more toxic to bees than initially thought. The Standing Committee on phytopharmaceuticals meeting of 3-4 December will discuss the future of these substances. While the Commission proposes taking action, some Member States are pushing to […]
Spokane. Fluoride about money, not health (Letter)
There’s money to be made selling soluble fluoride to larger cities with large municipal water supply systems. Otherwise, why would some obscure non-profit organization of unknown actual auspice dangle $4 million in front of some less-than-stellar, public brain trusts like the Spokane City Council? They took the money. Now, Spokane is on the hook with […]
Fluoride’s future in Calgary still an open question after council eyes city report
The city stopped adding fluoride to drinking water after a council vote to remove it in 2011, and city officials say reintroducing it would cost $30.1 million over a 20-year service life A council committee looked at a new report on water fluoridation without much fanfare Tuesday. The city stopped adding fluoride to drinking water […]
$30M cost to reintroduce fluoride to Calgary’s drinking water: City report
CALGARY — Calgary councillors now know how much it would cost to reintroduce fluoride into the city’s drinking water, but a debate about whether it should happen will come at a future meeting. Members of the Priorities and Finance Committee received a presentation Tuesday on the costs of the program, but the item was only […]
Comparison of new formulas of stannous fluoride toothpastes with other commercially available fluoridated toothpastes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Excerpts: Aim: The aim of this study was to systematically review and analyse the difference in efficacy of stannous fluoride toothpaste formulations in comparison to other fluoridated toothpastes without stannous fluoride. Materials and methods: A systematic search of the literature was performed according to PRISMA guidelines. A search strategy was developed to answer the study […]