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School going sisters from Subarnapur write letter to PM Modi, seek his intervention
Amarpali: Two school going daughters of Pranabandhu Sahu of Amarpali village of Bahalpadar panchayat under Biramaharajpur block in Subarnapur district have written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, drawing his attention to the fact that their village has many patients suffering from kidney related diseases due to fluoride-rich drinking water. They have also requested […]
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Penoxsulam; Pesticide Tolerance
Molecular structure of Penoxsulam *Online here [Federal Register Volume 85, Number 46 (Monday, March 9, 2020)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 13548-13552] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2020-04524] ———————————————————————– ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 180 [EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0061; FRL-10004-86] Penoxsulam; Pesticide Tolerance AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: […]
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Hiawassee mayor responds to county’s exclusion from fluoride vote
HIAWASSEE, Ga. – As previously reported by FYN, Towns County voters will not have a say as to whether fluoride is added to the City of Hiawassee’s water supply. The decision will lie solely in the hands of Hiawassee voters due to a lack of signatures collected from citizens to place the issue on the […]
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Experts Question Evidence Linking Fluoride to Lower IQ. Version 2 of 2.
Note from Fluoride Action Network, This version of the article is longer than what was published by Medscape. FAN respectively disagrees with Dr Savitz. Most of the problems that the NAS had with the NTP study dealt with how the animal studies were handled, not with the human studies. Surprisingly, Dr Savitz did not acknowledge […]
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Wisconsin faces wave of anti-fluoridation efforts
ADA, Wisconsin Dental Association collaborating with other organizations to turn the tide The ADA and the Wisconsin Dental Association are partnering up with other fluoridated water proponents to address February anti-fluoridation movements in three Wisconsin municipalities: Lake Delton, Berlin and Hayward. The state association has formed a fluoride response team that monitors situations like those […]
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Experts Question Evidence Linking Fluoride to Lower IQ. Version 1 of 2.
Note from Fluoride Action Network, This is a shorter version of a longer article with the same title. FAN respectively disagrees with Dr Savitz. Most of the problems that the NAS had with the NTP study dealt with how the animal studies were handled, not with the human studies. Surprisingly, Dr Savitz did not acknowledge […]
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Experts Ask Sonbhadra’s Residents to Avoid Drinking Water Due to Fluoride Contamination
The fluoride contamination in the water from the area is close to ten times above permissible limits. Residents suffer from a variety of illnesses as a result. Water with ash from Obra powerplant being drained in Karuna river. PC Saurabh Sharma Fifty-three-year-old Vijay Kumar Sharma has been bed-ridden for five years after his lower […]
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Federal report finding fluoride lowers IQ of children reviewed by National Academy of Sciences
NEW YORK, March 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) just released an assessment of a draft report on fluoride neurotoxicity produced by the National Toxicology Program (NTP). The NAS suggested improvements to strengthen the report and heavily criticized NTP for ignoring evidence from animal studies and for inadequately addressing the human […]
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LETTER: Questioning Democrats on fluoride issue
To the editor: In their first debate on Feb. 18, Congressman Joe Kennedy and Sen. Ed Markey seemed to agree that the number of baby boomers with Alzheimer’s disease will grow to 15 million by 2025. Markey mentioned a bill he sponsored to fund federal research of the disease. The research to date is already […]
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Removal of fluoride from multicomponent water solutions with the use of monovalent selective ion-exchange membranes
Highlights Electrodialysis (ED) is an efficient method of fluoride removal ED allows to reduce F– ion content below the guidelines for drinking water Energy consumption is influenced by current density and total salt concentration F– ion removal efficiency enhance with the increase of ionic strength of a solution Fluoride deposition on/in the membrane matrix is […]
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