CLICK HERE TO Read ORIGINAL ARTICLE Story at-a-glance Higher exposure to fluoride while in utero is associated with lower scores on tests of cognitive function in childhood Women with higher levels of fluoride in their urine during pregnancy were more likely to have children with lower intelligence Each 0.5 milligram per liter increase in pregnant […]
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Port Angeles businesses get letter threatening blacklisting over fluoridation
PORT ANGELES — Businesses in Port Angeles that serve tap water to their customers have received an unsigned letter threatening them with being blacklisted if voters favor fluoridating the city’s municipal water supply in a Nov. 7 advisory ballot measure, and if the Port Angeles City Council follows through on its pledge to follow the […]
Tom’s of Maine celebrates 25 years of Silly Strawberry Natural Children’s Toothpaste
Note from FAN: The concern with kid-friendly tasting toothpaste is that children may swallow more of it. See more here KENNEBUNK, Maine. – Tom’s of Maine, creators of toothpaste for adults set out to use their expertise and success in making effective, natural toothpastes to construct an offering for children. The Silly Strawberry Natural Children’s Toothpaste […]
Port Angeles. LETTER: Pregnant women should avoid fluoride
A study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives (Sept. 19), shows child brain damage occurs when pregnant mothers drink waters fluoridated at the so-called “optimum levels” (0.7 mg/L). They will give birth to children who likely will have meaningfully lowered cognitive function at 4 years old, and at 6-12 years old, about half of these children […]
Fate of fluoride in Buda’s water to be decided in Nov. 7 election
Highlights • Town had fluoridated water until San Marcos residents voted in November 2015 to stop fluoridating their water. • Most of the costs of fluoridation in Buda would be covered by the Texas Fluoridation Program. The debate over whether to add fluoride to the water in Buda, reignited early this year by community activists, […]
New Studies on Disordered Cathodes May Provide Much-Needed Jolt to Lithium Batteries
Today’s lithium-ion battery was invented so long ago, there are not many more efficiencies to wring out of it. Now researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) report major progress in cathodes made with so-called “disordered” materials, a promising new type of lithium battery. In a pair of papers published […]
The Major Fluoride Risk Study You Never Heard Of
A few weeks ago, Willamette Week’s lead story, “What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You,” featured Project Censored, highlighting important stories the media didn’t cover. The headline lends itself perfectly to another story ignored by U.S. newspapers: higher fluoride levels in pregnant women have been linked to lower IQ’s in their children. The levels were […]
Baby Your Baby: Oral Health for Babies
Note from FAN: This article is important for calculating fluoride exposure of the young child. As noted below, the recommendation is for twice-a-day brushing with a fluoride toothpaste for under three-year-olds with a grain-of-rice sized amount and over three-years with a pea-sized amount. This toothpaste will be swallowed by the child. How much fluoride is […]
University research project blossoms into dental care breakthrough
What began as a research project at Creighton University in 2010 to investigate a new material to repair cracks in dental products has blossomed into a promising technology that can repair teeth and bolster them against decay. The technology – called microencapsulation – and the years of research behind it serve as the basis of […]
NYU College of Dentistry awarded $3.6 Million by NIH for Cavity Prevention Research in Rural NH
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a research team at New York University College of Dentistry (NYU Dentistry) funding to study cavity prevention and cost effectiveness in school-based dental programs in New Hampshire. The $3.6 million, five-year grant (R01MD011526) will fund a statewide […]