A study published earlier this year in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community linking community water fluoridation to hypothyroidism continues to spark controversy and attract widespread publicity. As previously reported by Medscape Medical News, the study suggested that areas of England with fluoridated community water had increased rates of hypothyroidism. On the basis of this […]
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Qualitest: Vitamin maker agrees to $39 million settlement on fluoride content
A West Palm Beach attorney obtained a $39 million settlement with a pharmaceutical company whose chewable vitamins allegedly contained less than half the promised amount of fluoride. Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. and seven subsidiaries agreed Thursday to pay the federal government and 26 state Medicaid programs, including Florida’s, to settle a whistleblower suit filed by dentist […]
How seriously should we take the fluoride controversy?
For years, anyone who questioned the safety of adding fluoride to the public water supply was seen as fringe and anti-science. But recently, water fluoridation has come under closer scrutiny from science, and about 97 percent of tap water in Europe is now fluoride free. Is it time the US took similar steps? Topical fluoride, in […]
Health Risks of Water Fluoridation Raise Concerns
CURWOOD: It’s Living on Earth, I’m Steve Curwood. For years anyone who questioned the safety of adding fluoride to the public water supply was seen as fringe and anti-science. Since shortly after World War II, fluoride has been added to water here in the US to help strengthen children’s teeth, and today it comes out […]
Final Rule for National Emission Standards for HF from Clay Ceramics Manufacturing
Summary of the Major Provisions The EPA is finalizing MACT emission limits for non-Hg HAP metals (or PM surrogate) and Hg, and a health-based emission limit (HBEL) for acid gases (hydrogen fluoride (HF), hydrogen chloride (HCl) and chlorine (Cl2)) for BSCP tunnel kilns… b. Clay Ceramics Manufacturing NESHAP The EPA is finalizing MACT emission limits […]
Iowa Fluoride Study Gets NIDCR Grant
The National Institute of Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) has given a 2-year, $2.3 mllion grant to Dr. Steven Levy of the department of preventative and community dentistry at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry to work on the Iowa Fluoride Study. Launched in 1991 and funded by the NIDCR, the Iowa Fluoride Study recruited a cohort […]
Does fluoride-free toothpaste need a warning label?
Fluoride-free toothpaste needs a warning label for parents: ‘doesn’t prevent cavities.’ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires a warning on all fluoride products that says: “Keep out of reach of children under 6 years of age. [highlighted in bold type] If more than used for brushing is accidentally swallowed, get medical help or contact […]
Fluoride-free Vegan Toothpaste Product Launched
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — UGLY by nature, a newly launched chemical and fluoride-free toothpaste, is getting attention from its reviewers. Doctor-formulated, it’s made with fair trade organic coconut oil and contains only natural and organic ingredients that were chosen for optimal oral health; nothing artificial is added Some say they’re “obsessed […]
DuPont Found Liable for Cancer from Teflon Chemical – $1.6 Million in Damages
A federal jury on Wednesday (Oct. 7) found DuPont liable for causing a West Virginia woman’s kidney cancer by poisoning her drinking water with a chemical used to make Teflon. The jurors ordered the company to pay $1.6 million in damages. The jury in Columbus, Ohio, held that DuPont was guilty of negligence and infliction […]
Fluoride nominated for review for carcinogenicity and developmental neurotoxicity & endocrine disruption
Nominations to the Report on Carcinogens and Office of Health Assessment and Translation; Request for Information Summary National Toxicology Program (NTP) Office of the Report on Carcinogens (ORoC) and Office of Health Assessment and Translation (OHAT) request information on nine substances, mixtures, and exposure circumstances (collectively referred to as “substances”). Six substances are nominated for […]