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More Bad News for Fluoride: A News & Research Roundup
It’s been over three years since the IAOMT, Food & Water Watch, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, and other concerned groups sued after the EPA denied its citizen petition requesting the end of fluoridation. Despite more than 60 studies showing fluoride’s harmful effects on IQ, the EPA stubbornly maintains that “fluoride in drinking water […]
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Assessment of fluoride intake from groundwater and intake reduction from delivering bottled water in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand.
Abstract Fluoride intake from tap water supplied by fluoride-containing groundwater has been the primary cause of fluorosis among the residents of Buak Khang Subdistrict, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. To reduce fluoride intake, bottled water treated using reverse-osmosis membranes has been made available by community-owned water treatment plants. This study aimed to assess the resultant reduction […]
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Implementing a geographical information system to assess endemic fluoride areas in Lamphun, Thailand
Abstract: Introduction: Many studies have shown that fluoride can cross the placenta and that exposure to high fluoride during pregnancy may result in premature birth and/or a low birth weight. Lamphun is one of six provinces in Thailand where natural water fluoride (WF) concentrations >10.0 mg/L were found, and it was also found that >50% […]
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Fluoride: A naturally-occurring health hazard in drinking-water resources of Northern Thailand
Highlights Two unconnected high-fluoride anomalous zones in Northern Thailand were mapped. Biotite-granite is identified as the source of fluoride in water resources. Natural and anthropogenic processes control the transport of high-fluoride water. The risk of fluorosis in Northern Thailand still persists. In Northern Thailand, incidences of fluorosis resulting from the consumption of high-fluoride drinking-water have […]
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A contaminated lake is poisoning a Thai village
Ban Mae Toen is a small rural village in the Thai province of Lampang, 300 miles away from Bangkok. Unfortunately for the villagers, it is close to a fluoride mine. Though the mine closed 40 years ago, the area has become home a polluted artificial lake that overflows during the rainy season. Given the lack of […]
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Department of Health to indicate fluoride in toothpaste for children to prevent over consumption
BANGKOK – The Department of Health (DOH) is coordinating with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to indicate the amount of fluoride added to toothpaste for children, in order to prevent over consumption which may lead to mottled teeth. Children aged below three should not be given fluoride toothpaste over 500 PPM, but aged above […]
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Fluoride level in bottled water to be halved from 1.5 mg per litre to less than 0.7 mg
The limit on fluoride in bottled water will soon be cut to less than 0.7 milligram per litre from the current 1.5mg standard to prevent bone abnormality and teeth discolouring especially in children. Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said yesterday that a 2007 report from the National Statistical Office showed that 29 per cent of […]
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Children living in Phayao province hit by by fluoride poisoning
A smile with beautiful teeth makes a first and lasting impression – but for children living in Phayao province, smiling is bringing unhappiness and depression. Their teeth have telltale chalky white spots and mottled brown staining caused by fluoride poisoning. “I am waiting for medication from a doctor,” said unhappy 15-year-old schoolboy Suppakij Tipkham, who […]
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Lamphun faces fluoride risk
Fluoride in underground water in Muang Lamphun, Pa Sang and Ban Thi districts exceeds acceptable levels and villagers drinking the water are putting their health at risk, a dentist warned yesterday. Water in the districts was found to have between 15 to 20 parts per million (PPM) of fluoride, which is high enough to be […]
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