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Formal Complaint Charges CDC Oral Health Division with Ethics Violations
A joint meeting of two ethics committees for the Centers for Disease Control has received a detailed formal complaint alleging a series of unethical activities by the CDC Oral Health Division and the CDC Director. The complaint points to a quote by a highly placed CDC official that the public health ethics code CDC espouses […]
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CDC: Spotlight on Polyfluorochemicals
National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals Spotlight on Polyfluorochemicals The polyfluorochemicals (PFCs) referred to in this report include the perfluroalkyl acids, amides, and alcohols. This broad class of manufactured chemicals has been produced since the 1950s and is used into make products that resist oil, stains, heat, water, and grease. These products include […]
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Arsenic in Fluoride? CDC says YES
Fluoridation chemicals are allowed to contain arsenic and other toxins New York — March 2007 — Trace amounts of arsenic are found in fluoride chemicals added to drinking water supplies, reports the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) website. (1) Fluoridation is a controversial attempt to reduce tooth decay in tap-water consumers. Fluoridation chemicals – […]
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Arsenic in my Fluoride? CDC admits Yes
New York – March 12, 2007 — Trace amounts of arsenic are found in fluoride chemicals added to drinking water supplies, reports the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) website. Fluoridation is a controversial attempt to reduce tooth decay in tap-water consumers. Fluoridation chemicals – sodium fluoride, sodium fluorosilicate, and fluorosilicic acid (FSA) – are […]
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CDC, dental group warn of too much fluoride for babies
Health officials are recommending that parents who feed formula to their babies consider using bottled water — rather than tap — when mixing it to prevent a dental condition that causes subtle white marks on developing teeth. While emphasizing the significant benefits of fluoridated tap water in preventing cavities, new recommendations from the Centers for […]
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CDC acknowledges ‘optimal level’ fluoride listings found on its Web site are incorrect
The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has long recommended that people know how much fluoride is in their water. To help people find out, it has a Web site, which was promoted last year by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. On Thursday, the CDC confirmed The Post and Courier’s […]
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CDC sniffs out Scotchgard
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering including the active ingredient in 3M Co.’s newly reformulated Scotchgard in a study of chemicals suspected of having health effects. The CDC started publishing its “National Exposure Report” in 2001. The third report is due out in January 2005. The last report tracked 116 chemicals. It […]
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CDC Web Site Now Provides Information on Community Water Fluoridation
People seeking information on whether their water system is fluoridated can now find out by visiting a new Web site at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/data_systems/index.htm. The new feature, “My Water’s Fluoride,” allows consumers in participating states to check out basic information about their water system, including the number of people […]
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CDC: One in three suffer arthritis, joint problems
ATLANTA (AP) — Arthritis and other chronic joint problems are far more widespread than estimated just five years ago, affecting one in three U.S. adults, or 69.9 million people in all, the government said Thursday in the first comprehensive survey of the disease. Health officials and advocates said the numbers — and related health care […]
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More Propaganda from the CDC
Dear All, NYSCOF has forwarded to us this story from Health Scout (see below). It is interesting that the author of this piece (Adam Marcus) did get quotes from both sides, and that is good. However when he gave his readers references for more information he gave the CDC site and the ADA site but […]
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