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Mercury Report Names Dentists as Major Polluters
The common dentist office practice of flushing old mercury-containing fillings down the drain makes dentists the single largest discharger of the toxic metal into the nation’s wastewater treatment plants, according to a national study by a Boston-based public health group. Most of the mercury is eventually discharged into bodies of water. In a time that […]
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Bottled water not affecting tooth decay
Some dentists are concerned that people who drink mostly bottled water and little tap water may not be getting enough fluoride for good dental health, but several authorities told United Press International they are not worried and published literature shows little cause for alarm. John W. Stamm, who speaks for the American Dental Association on […]
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Bottled water not affecting tooth decay
Some dentists are concerned that people who drink mostly bottled water and little tap water may not be getting enough fluoride for good dental health, but several authorities told United Press International they are not worried and published literature shows little cause for alarm. John W. Stamm, who speaks for the American Dental Association on […]
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ADA Unmasked on Mercury
Dear All, I don’t know who Juliet Fletcher is but she has done a remarkably good job summarizing the mercury amalgam toxicity issue along with the horrible bullying and unscientific tactics practiced by the ADA on this issue for over 150 years. At some point the ADA is going to have its pants sued off […]
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EPA seeking more information on fluorosilicates
Dear All, For many, the following exerpts from an US EPA Request for Assistance is going to read like a lot of gobbledy-gook and thus I will take some time to put it into historical and scientific perspective. In 1999, Roger Masters and Myron Coplan published a paper in the International Journal of Environmental Studies, […]
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Integrity: An important appeal from EPA union
Dear All, We have received this very important and critical appeal for help from Dr. William Hirzy, Senior Vice-President of the National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 280, representing professional employees at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters. The appeal pertains to a refusal by EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman to uphold the “EPA’s Principles of Scientific […]
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More Interest in Xylitol
Dear All, June and Phillip Allen, have sent us an excerpt from an April issue of the Journal Of the American Dental Association (JADA) in which the benefits of xylitol in fighting tooth decay are discussed. Is it too much to hope that JADA has seen the writing on the wall for fluoridated toothpaste? In […]
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FAN Versus DOW
Dear All, I am happy that we met the deadline and got our comments into the US EPA on DOW’s attempt to get sulfuryl fluoride accepted for use on 40 foodstuffs. If DOW is successful they would be adding yet another fluoride source to our diet and thereby further increasing our daily dose of fluoride […]
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Dow’s Bait and Switch on Sulfuryl Fluoride
Dear All, A few months ago, on October 4, 2002, we sent out an IFIN bulletin requesting our readers support in fighting a proposal by DOW to get an experimental use permit (EUP) for use of the fumigant sulfuryl fluoride on two food items; walnuts and raisins. The prposed new uise for this fumigant was […]
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Dentists Push for Fluoride in Bottled Water
Whether due to distaste or distrust of city water supplies, Americans are getting more of their drinking water from bottles instead of the tap. Some dentists worry they’re seeing the consequence: a rise in children’s tooth decay. “The problem is that most bottled waters have essentially no fluoride in them,” said George Acs, chairman of […]
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