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India’s infertility war: Exposure to chemicals lowers sperm count, egg quality
Until about a decade ago, weekdays at the Agatsya Sperm Bank in Rajkot saw men, aged between 20 to 30 years, queue up outside the facility. A quick screening, and the young, athletic, qualified, English-speaking men among them would be picked out. For, it would be certain that they would have sufficient volumes of “healthy […]
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Childhood caries and hospital admissions in England: a reflection on preventive strategies
Abstract Dental caries is a largely preventable disease, yet the extraction of carious teeth is the most common reason for the hospital admission of children in England. This raises concern over the perceived failure of current preventive strategies. Despite a number of national and local preventive strategies, childhood caries remains most prevalent among the lower […]
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Racism in dentistry ‘choking progression’ finds study
A new report into racism in dentistry has warned of the ‘undeniable moral case for change’ within the profession. The report, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion within Dentistry, highlights the lack of racial diversity among dental professionals. According to the report, just 1.7% of dentists and 2.2% of dental care professionals (DCPs) identify as black. By […]
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2 Injured in Hydrogen Fluoride Leak at Marathon’s Galveston Bay Refinery
Marathon Petroleum Corp. is investigating what caused a toxic chemical release that injured two workers on May 4 at a Texas City oil refinery, a spokesman said, as the U.S. industrial safety watchdog also began looking into the incident. A release of hydrofluoric acid at the 585,000-bpd refinery on Texas’ Gulf Coast prompted workers and […]
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County leaders seem to have accidentally approved removing fluoride from Mims water
The Brevard County Commission appear to have accidentally approved the removal of fluoride from the Mims water supply. In a snap vote Tuesday, commissioners unanimously approved a request from Commission Chair Rita Pritchett, permitting her to begin halting the addition of fluoride at the county-run water treatment facility in her North Brevard district. The problem was: no one […]
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Pease Site 8: Regenerable Resin System for Groundwater Remediation
Sustainable technology utilizes novel regeneration process to reduce waste footprint for PFAS remediation site. The SORBIX RePURE PFAS treatment vessels, operating in two parallel sets for lead lag treatment. Opportunity The former Pease Air Force Base (Pease) in Portsmouth, NH, USA, was the site for fire-training activities for the State of New Hampshire for several […]
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TVA and Kairos Power to collaborate on demonstration reactor
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is to provide engineering, operations and licensing support to help Kairos Power deploy its Hermes low-power demonstration reactor at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee under a newly announced collaboration agreement between the two companies. The site at ETTP where Hermes would be built (Image: Kairos) […]
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… Pritchett wants fluoride gone in Mims
Excerpt from article titled, “Smith doesn’t rule out tolls on Brevard highway; Pritchett wants fluoride gone in Mims” The Brevard County C0mmission on Tuesday … gave permission to begin a push by Commission Chair Rita Pritchett to remove fluoride from the Mims water supply. *Original article online at https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/05/05/smith-doesnt-rule-out-tolls-brevard-highway-pritchett-wants-fluoride-gone-mims/4950717001/
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I am Suing the US EPA Over Fluoride Added to Our Drinking Water
Studies show that the unnecessary fluoride chemicals purposely added to the Madison drinking water supply is health-harming in many ways; but most critically to infants’ developing brains. Several organizations and individuals sued the Environmental Protection Agency to recognize fluoride’s neurological effects when setting safe water fluoride standards. Plaintiffs include myself and children, Ko and Hayden […]
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The History of Iodine by Dr. Brownstein
The term goiter refers to an abnormal swelling of the thyroid gland, which sits in the lower part of the neck. In medical school, I was taught that iodine deficiency was responsible for the goiter epidemic that affected the United States at the turn of the 20th century. We also were told that iodization of […]
United States, National USA