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Will Sulfuryl Fluoride be Used as Fumigant for Strawberries? Dow Chemical Hopes so
The proposed renovation and expansion of Dow’s sulfuryl flouride plant could also mean the end of a long downward trend in employment at the plant. Dow spokesman Scott Anderson said California Dow officials are seeking Pittsburg Planning Commission approval of the 4,000-square-foot combination renovation and expansion project in hopes of proving to Dow directors that […]
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Facing up to Fluoride
Since the 1940s, municipal water supplies across the United States have been routinely dosed with fluoride. Even if you don’t live in the half of America that adds fluoride to the water supply to help prevent tooth decay, low doses of fluoride occur naturally in virtually all water. It’s routinely added to toothpaste as well, […]
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Aluminum Fluoride: “A High Health Research Priority”
Excerpt: Dietary supplements, drinking water contaminants, and pharmaceutical agents make up the largest group of substances recently nominated by an advisory panel for testing by the National Toxicology Program, according to a notice set for publication Dec. 4. The Federal Register notice invites comments on the 18 groups of nominated substances as well as recommended […]
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The Implications of Corporate Funded Drug Research
When drug companies are paying the bills, what happens to researchers’ objectivity and independence? The stakes are sickness or health, life or death **** TWENTY-EIGHT MEN and women were already dead. In the ballroom of a Maryland hotel, an expert panel was huddling to decide what government regulators should do about Warner-Lambert’s controversial diabetes drug […]
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Kelly calls Kids Fluoride Supplements “Fluorosis Risk” – Asks FDA to take action
Assemblyman John V. Kelly (R-36) today petitioned FDA Commissioner Jane Henney to take regulatory action against children’s fluoride supplements (see below). The products, drops and tablets, are prescribed for children living in areas with non-fluoridated water to reduce dental caries. Kelly cited recent studies including the cover story of the July issue of The Journal […]
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Is Michael Easley Embarrassed by His Own Words?
Back in August, while working on our analysis of Michael Easley’s power point presentation(http://www.fluoridealert.org/d-easley.htm) I went through much of Michael Easley’s website, reading his essays. I did this to compare what he had written with what he recently presented in Wellington Florida. While doing so, I came across a most unusual essay by Mr. Easley […]
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Donella Meadows on Fluoridation
Back when I was a chemistry major, my professors told me in no uncertain terms that water fluoridation is a boon. It prevents millions of children from getting cavities. People who oppose it are hysterical know-nothings. We budding chemists absorbed both the specific and the general lesson. Fluoride is good. Scientists know best. At just […]
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In Honor of Dr. John Yiamouyiannis
On October 8, 2000, a man of true honor and integrity passed away. Dr. John Yiamouyiannis, (known to friends and activists as “Dr. Y”), worked tirelessly for many years to expose the poor science supporting fluoridation, and will, we believe, be remembered as one of those rare kind of scientists who has the courage and […]
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Few smiling about USA’s dental health
The USA’s supposedly winning smile earned a lackluster C-minus on the nation’s first Oral Health Report Card, to be released today. The report card was issued by the non-profit advocacy group Oral Health America. It offers a state-by-state glimpse at the causes of a “silent epidemic” of oral diseases described by Surgeon General David Satcher […]
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Lead Exposure Linked to Increased Cavities
CHICAGO, June 22 — Children exposed to lead in the environment appear more likely to develop cavities, according to a study published today. “Some 2.7 million (U.S.) children between the ages of five and 17 may have tooth decay because of lead exposure,” said Mark Moss of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and […]
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