NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — A toothpaste that contains a natural chocolate extract was more capable of remineralizing exposed dentin, which could reduce dental hypersensitivity, than fluoride-based toothpastes, including Sensodyne NuPro (GlaxoSmithKline), according to results from a randomized double-blind clinical. The study evaluated the enamel-strengthening potential of Theodent (Theodent) toothpaste containing the patented compound Rennou (Theodent). […]
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Feed Fluoridation: Funding Initiative Allows CA Utilities to Adopt Fluoride Saturator and Feed Systems
A child health funding initiative in California has enabled several California water purveyors to adopt dual-tank fluoride saturator and feed systems that offer safe and precise sodium fluoride addition while reducing maintenance. The initiative is called First 5 California Children and Families Commission – known as First 5 California. Its mission is to optimize children’s […]
Marin Muncipal Water District officials say they have no choice on fluoridation of water
An overflow crowd seeking to remove fluoride from the county’s water supply was told by Marin Municipal Water District officials that their hands are tied by state law at a meeting Wednesday night. “You are in the wrong place, you need to talk to the state,” board member Jack Gibson told fluoridation opponents at the […]
Tests heighten worries about toxins in water in Paulsboro-West Deptford
A chemical company operating in West Deptford said it has begun testing public water supplies for PFCs, a potentially carcinogenic class of chemicals that has been previously detected there, in an effort to find the source of the contamination. The announcement by Solvay Solexis came days after officials in nearby Paulsboro said they had found […]
Nov 9 talk on Marin’s anti-fluoride movement
Shirley Graves and Marilyn Leigh will discuss the movement to remove toxic hydrofluorosilicic acid from Marin drinking water at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Redwoods, 40 Camino Alto in Mill Valley. Their talk, “The Dangers of Fluoride,” will include fluoride compounds in many prescription drugs. The free public forum is sponsored by Marin Gray Panthers.
Columbia City Council votes to continue fluoridation of public water
In a unanimous vote, the Columbia City Council denied a plan to stop fluoridating the city’s water. The issue, which took almost two hours of the council’s three-hour meeting Monday, received comment from more than 30 community members. More than half of those who commented were doctors or medical professionals, who all supported continued fluoridation. […]
Packaging plant penalized for alleged EPA violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Pretium Packaging LLC will pay a $75,860 penalty to settle alleged violations of federal risk management requirements at a plastic bottle manufacturing plant in York County and a now-closed facility in Muscatine, Iowa. Pretium also has a plant in the Humboldt Industrial Park. EPA said in a press […]
ADA Approves Topical Prescription Fluoride for Home
People at high risk for caries can safely protect their teeth by applying their own gels, pastes, and rinses with prescription-level concentrations of fluoride, the American Dental Association (ADA) said today in its first-ever guidelines on these products. The recommendation was included in guidelines on prescription topical fluoride products that the ADA updated for the […]
Burning truck hauling nuclear load flies under radar
Nuclear regulators were never notified of a fire on board a truck hauling a radioactive cargo from Canada to the U.S. Late on the night of Aug. 22, Brian and Alexis Hanson found themselves on the busy I-75 highway near Troy, Ohio in a flaming truck with a radioactive cargo. The story has a safe […]
A state matter: Elgin not pursuing removing fluoride from drinking water
ELGIN — The city will not pursue any moves to take fluoride out of its drinking matter under current state rules… [Water Director Kyla Jacobsen] stated that 13 states including Illinois have fluoride regulations set at the state level, while the remaining 37 allow fluoride in the drinking water to be decided at the local […]