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‘So much is at stake’: Academics call for release of data behind controversial Canadian fluoride study
A study linking fluoride exposure in pregnancy to lower IQ scores in boys is unnecessarily frightening people into avoiding fluoridated water, researchers say When the editor-in-chief of a highly reputable American medical journal decided to publish a potential bombshell study from Canada hinting that pregnant women who drink fluoridated water risk subtly damaging their child’s […]
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Researchers caution women to reduce fluoride intake during pregnancy
A recent study led by #ISCHE [International Society for Children’s Health and the Environment] researchers found that #prenatal exposure to #fluoride was associated with lower IQ in Canadian children. Researchers cautioned women to reduce fluoride intake during #pregnancy. How? https://osf.io/yjrgm/ to learn more. #fluoride #prenatalhealth #prenatal #water #environmental health #environment #ische #littlethingsmatter #yorku *Online at […]
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Evaluation of human biomonitoring data in a health risk based context: An updated analysis of population level data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey.
Abstract In order to characterize exposure of the Canadian population to environmental chemicals, a human biomonitoring component has been included in the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS). This nationally-representative survey, launched in 2007 by the Government of Canada, has measured over 250 chemicals in approximately 30,000 Canadians during the last decade. The capacity to interpret […]
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Canada allows airports to use fluorine-free firefighting foams
Canada has exempted the country’s airports from a requirement to use fluorinated firefighting foams in their operations. In an order issued last month, Nicholas Robinson – Canada’s director general of civil aviation – said that the country will now allow airports to elect to transition to a fluorine-free foam provided that it is “more environmentally […]
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Viewpoint: Counteracting Health Misinformation. A Role for Medical Journals?
The growing toll of popular fallacies about health and illness is evident given outbreaks of measles and other preventable communicable diseases in many nations. This “medical misinformation” phenomenon has been described as “a health-related claim of fact that is currently false due to a lack of scientific evidence,”1 [links to this article] but that may […]
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Fluoride in pregnant women shows water is the primary source
A new study suggests fluoride levels in the urine of pregnant women are twice as high for those living in Canadian cities which add fluoride to the water. This matter is of concern since a Mexican study found an association between prenatal exposure to fluoride and a lower IQ in children. Some women had twice […]
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Fluoride volatility experiments on irradiated thoria fuel at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
Highlights The fluoride volatility technique was successfully applied to irradiated thoria fuel. Uranium was removed from irradiated thoria fuel, with longer fluorination times resulting in greater uranium removal for tests up to 24?h. Some fission products with volatile fluorides were also removed. Abstract Fluoride volatility experiments were completed on irradiated thoria fuel in a hot […]
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Fluoride is not only pointless, it’s a health risk
There are concerns about fluoride’s effect on IQ. And the cost of fluoridation far exceeds its claimed benefit The fluoridation debate is still very much alive in Calgary, where pro-fluoridation advocates have had a field day, citing claims that seemingly support their position. Many of those claims are either misleading or completely incorrect. A recent […]
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Researchers urge caution over study linking fluoride exposure in pregnancy to lower IQs in children
Anti-fluoridation activists call it ‘the biggest moment in the history of this whole debate.’ It’s the response health policy experts — and some of the authors themselves — feared Already there are people who claim fluoridated water is doing bad things to us. Now comes a new study suggesting a link between fluoride exposure in […]
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Science, polarized thinking and health policy: a bad mix
Timothy Caulfield is a Canada Research Chair in health law and policy at the University of Alberta and host of the TV documentary series, A User’s Guide to Cheating Death. Increasingly, it feels like there is no middle ground. There is no space for a reasoned discussion. No matter what the topic, you need to […]
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