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Glaxo chief: Our drugs do not work on most patients
A senior executive with Britain’s biggest drugs company has admitted that most prescription medicines do not work on most people who take them. Allen Roses, worldwide vice-president of genetics at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), said fewer than half of the patients prescribed some of the most expensive drugs actually derived any benefit from them. It is an […]
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Removal of fluoride from fluoride contaminated industrial waste water by electrolysis.
Abstract Wastewater containing fluoride are generally treated with lime or calcium salt supplemented with aluminium salts. Wastewater generated from different industries does not always behave in the same way due to the presence of interfering contaminants. A number of techniques have been developed and studied for the removal of excessive fluoride. Most of these are […]
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Fluoride Linked to Low IQ, Studies Show
Children’s intelligence declines as their natural drinking water fluoride levels increase, concluded a Chinese study in the May 2003 journal, “Fluoride.” Children scored inferior IQ’s even when fluoride levels were similar to that added to U.S. water supplies to prevent tooth decay (1). “As the fluoride levels in drinking water increased, the IQ fell and […]
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Basel, Switzerland, Halts decades of Water Fluoridation
New York — April 30, 2003 –Over forty years of water fluoridation failed to reduce tooth decay in Basel, Switzerland, where children’s cavity rates increased from 1996 – 2001, according to a Swiss Government Report(1). Basel, the only Swiss city adding fluoride to water supplies, halted fluoridation(1a) on April 9, 2003, on the advice of […]
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New Studies Find Fluoridation Ineffective
A number of new studies have cast yet further doubt on the benefits of water fluoridation. 1) A study from the journal Caries Research (Seppa et al, 2002) reports no differences in dental decay when comparing the dental records of a fluoridated and unfluoridated town in Finland. As the study notes “even a longitudinal approach […]
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Time, and the great healer
In the summer of 1948, a little boy lay very still in his cot on the paediatric ward at Clatterbridge general hospital in Cheshire. His name was Peter. Not yet two, he had contracted tuberculous meningitis, a particularly vicious form of the disease. Penicillin, the world’s first antibiotic, was then just starting to save lives, […]
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Osteoarthritis Linked to Fluoride
NEW YORK – Naturally fluoridated water is linked to knee osteoarthritis at levels lower than expected (1) and in amounts many Americans consume daily, according to a study published in “Rheumatology International.” At high doses, fluoride, a well-known tooth and bone seeking element, undeniably damages bones and reportedly can cause arthritis(2a,b). However, this study, “Endemic […]
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Discolored Teeth Linked to Bone Fractures in Naturally Fluoridated Area
New York – Dental fluorosis may be a red flag for future bone fractures, according to a study(1) by Alarcon-Herrera, et al., in the Journal, “Fluoride,” (Vol. 34, No. 2) reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation. Fluoride, added to over 62% of U.S. water supplies, is purported to topically prevent tooth decay. […]
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Belgium, France, Ireland Cut Fluoride Use – Health Concerns Cited – British Scientists Request Health Studies
Because of health concerns, Belgium banned the sale of fluoride supplements to prevent tooth decay, France removed sodium fluoride from the market for the treatment of osteoporosis and Ireland plans to lower water fluoride levels. And, because poor quality research has been carried out on fluoride and health, British scientists called, on Thursday (September 5, […]
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Caution: Fluoride Can Be Hazardous to Your Health, Researchers Report
NEW YORK, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ — Research from India shows that fluoride can make people sick; but improved diet and complete fluoride withdrawal can relieve symptoms, according to the May-June, 2002, “Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry,”(a) reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF). Fluoride’s harmful health effects, except to teeth, are rarely studied […]
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