Conventional business wisdom has it that cutting carbon emissions and air pollution hits industrial output hard, stifling global growth and holding back emerging economies in particular. Despite the fact that 195 nations committed to bringing forward peak global emissions as soon as possible at the climate conference in Paris last year, experts have warned that […]
News Archive
Welcome to the Fluoride Action Network News Archive. The FAN News Archive serves as an historical repository for fluoride news stories, positive or negative. Since FAN catalogs all news stories on fluoride, our news section remains a reliable database of all published fluoride news.
Our news database is categorized by country, state/province, and industry. This collection of articles is constantly being updated with the most recent global news on fluoride-related issues and events.
Life and death inside a Chinese ‘cancer village’
Three years ago, I sat beside the bed of Zhang Runxiang as the 42-year-old lay dying of uterine cancer. She and dozens of others in Liuchong village, a tiny hamlet in central China’s Hubei province, have petitioned China’s government and complained on state-run television that they’ve had been poisoned by Dasheng chemical, a company that manufactures phosphate […]
80 Percent Of Water From Underground Wells In China Not Fit To Drink
More than 80 percent of China’s water from underground wells is not suitable for drinking or even bathing, a new study found. According to a new statistical study, underground wells, mostly in Central and Northern China are overly exposed to contaminants from industrial factories and farming. The study tested 2,103 underground wells and found that […]
Honeywell signs R1234yf deal in China
Note from FAN: “… In a statement following a test at Mercedes’ HQ in Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart, Walter Pütz, director of vehicle certification and regulatory affairs at Mercedes-Benz Cars said: “the whole vehicle can catch fire and the burning refrigerant [R1234yf] generates acutely poisonous hydrogen fluoride which poses a severe danger to both passengers and […]
Geochemical controls on fluoride concentrations in natural waters from the middle Loess Plateau, China
Highlights High F– waters distribute in northern and southern of middle Loess Plateau. High F– waters are characterized by high pH and HCO3– -Na+ water type. Calcite and fluorite are two main minerals controlling F– concentrations. Evaporation, ion exchange, and CaCO3 precipitation controlled F? geochemistry. Abstract Water resources play a key role in the development […]
Minerals and Salts of Fluoride Industry — Highly Utilized Chemical Reagents: Report
Fluoride has the chemical formula F-. It is an inorganic, monatomic anion of fluorine. Minerals and salts of fluoride are highly utilized chemical reagents in the industry. They are adopted in the manufacture of hydrogen fluoride. Hydrogen fluoride is used in the petrochemical, plastics and chemical industries. It goes into the manufacture of sodium fluoride, […]
[Editorial] Tianjin accident
Precautions need with hazardous materials One of the worst accidents in China’s recent history involving toxic materials has claimed 114 lives with some 70 people missing and more than 700 injured. Two blasts last Wednesday at a warehouse in Tianjin caused extensive damage over a vast area and have raised concerns about possible environmental contamination. […]
Fluoride, arsenic and iodine in China’s drinking water poisons 50 million people
Fluoride levels in more than 1,000 counties are too high, while arsenic poses a threat to about 600,000 mainlanders, magazine reports Tens of millions of mainland Chinese are being poisoned by unsafe levels of fluoride and arsenic in drinking water, despite decades of official efforts to improve supplies, state media say. Elevated fluoride levels were found […]
China Fluoride Materials Report (Monthly)
In May 2015, Do-Fluoride constantly marched into the downstream industries based on its fluorochemical business. This captured wide attention. – In early May, it announced the progress made in the R&D of organic fluorine-enriched intermediate and the successful development of fluorine-enriched pharmaceuticals such as norfloxacin. It began to step into the pharmaceutical field. – In […]
Global Sodium Fluorosilicate Industry Report 2015
The Global Sodium Fluorosilicate (SSF) Industry Report 2015 is a professional and in-depth study on the current state of the SSF industry. The report provides a basic overview of the industry including definitions, classifications, applications and industry chain structure. The SSF market analysis is provided for the international markets including development trends, competitive landscape analysis, […]