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3M’s Law Firm Covington & Burling Sued for ‘Switching Sides’
3M Co. is suing Covington for switching sides and helping a suit against 3M for damage against environment. The former client of Covington claims that Covington’s actions amount to ‘betrayal’ and the element of ‘greed,’ something that the company holds as against business principles, though it continues to produce PFCs, which in high doses cause […]
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Pro-Fluoridation Group Submits Petition To Wichita City Council
A local group of dentists, doctors and community members in favor of Wichita water fluoridation held a rally Friday at City Hall to mark the collection of more than 11,000 petition signatures. Members of the group Wichitans for Healthy Teeth have been going door-to-door for the past several weeks collecting signatures and distributing information about […]
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Sacramento Editorial: Fluoride is needed in city water, at low levels
Excerpt The controversy came to the Sacramento City Council in what appeared a rather innocuous agenda item last week to accept a $550,000 grant from the First 5 Sacramento Commission to help pay for fluoridation equipment upgrades… … The city is hoping for more aid from First 5. Opponents said the terms of the grant […]
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Letter by Declan Waugh. Problems with fluoride.
Sir, – The problem with fluoride just got a whole lot bigger now that Harvard University has published a study in a peer-reviewed journal by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences demonstrating how fluoride in water can cause permanent neurological damage to children. The Harvard study joins 26 other scientific studies in finding that […]
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Pew’s analysis of Choi et al. on Developmental Fluoride Neurotoxicology
This analysis refers to the study by Choi et al., Developmental Fluoride Neurotoxicity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, online July 20, 2012. See abstract. Pew Children’s Dental Campaign (July 31, 2012) Analysis of the Environmental Health Perspectives Article About Fluoride & Neurotoxicity 1. The article in Environmental Health Perspectives does not […]
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C8 Probable Link Reports
Below are summaries and links to six probable link evaluation reports submitted to the Wood County Court in Parkersburg, West Virginia under the C8 Settlement. Probable Link Evaluation of Autoimmune Disease Autoimmune diseases are diseases in which one’s body’s immune system attacks oneself. These diseases are generally relatively rare. They are not usually fatal but […]
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Sacramento City Council extends fluoride program despite rising costs
… the City Council voted last week to extend its fluoridation program, despite a report from utilities officials that continuing the practice will cost millions of dollars in water revenue collected from city residents and businesses. According to a study by the city’s Department of Utilities, annual operation and maintenance costs for the city’s fluoridation […]
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Panel links PFOA exposure to thyroid disease, ulcerative colitis
VIENNA – An independent panel of scientists has now linked exposure to PFOA — a chemical used in making non-stick coatings — to thyroid disease and ulcerative colitis in humans. On Monday, the DuPont-approved panel released its third set of reports nixing the company’s objections that PFOA, also known as the chemical C8 or ammonium […]
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Fluoride Lowers IQ in Kids, New Study Shows
A review of some two dozen studies by Harvard University researchers published this month in a peer-reviewed federal journal suggests that fluoride added into water supplies “significantly” decreases the IQ of children, leading to renewed calls by activists to end the controversial practice of fluoridation. Most public water supplies in the United States still have […]
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Two Pinellas candidates seek to make fluoridation a campaign issue
… The cavity-fighting mineral has a starring role in the campaigns of two Democrats seeking to oust Republican incumbents from their county commission seats. Both candidates want to turn the election into a referendum on the commission’s 4-3 vote last year to end fluoridation, a practice backed by federal health officials who say it has […]
United States, Florida