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Academy agrees updated fluoride guidelines
The European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry’s Board and Council have unanimously approved proposed guidelines on the use of fluoride in toothpaste for children. This approval followed a six-month discussion period in an effort to achieve the highest level of consensus. The consensus reached was that fluoride levels in toothpastes targeted at children aged six months […]
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European Commission agree to investigate health risks of fluoridated water
The European Commission has just opened a public consultation process to investigate the health risks of adding fluoride to public water supplies. The Irish health authorities, through the local councils, have added hydrofluorosilicic acid to public water supplies since 1960. However, unlike sodium and calcium fluoride used in toothpaste, Hydrofluorosilicic acid is an industrial waste […]
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ANH Open Letter to the European Food Safety Authority
Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle Executive Director European Food Safety Authority Largo N. Palli 5/A I-43100 Parma Italy 3 February 2009 Dear Ms Geslain-Lanéelle RE TRANSPARENT SCIENTIFIC DISCUSSION ABOUT EFSA’S OPINION ON THE USE OF SODIUM MONOFLUOROPHOSPHATE IN FOOD SUPPLEMENTS We are writing this as an open letter to help ensure that interested parties and stakeholders are kept […]
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Fluoride: Now it can be added to our food
Fluoride can now be added to foods manufactured and supplied in Europe. It’s been classified as a safe supplement, according to Europe’s highest authority on food standards. The decision means that food manufacturers can include sodium monofluorophosphate, the common form of fluoride found in toothpaste and mouth washes, to their products. The decision, by the […]
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HFO-1234yf: New Refrigerant Takes Heat
TO RALLY public opinion against fluorine-based refrigerants, a German environmental group has recorded a car crash and staged a series of tests purporting to prove that a newly developed automotive refrigerant is both flammable and lethal. Much to the consternation of the refrigerant’s makers – Honeywell Speciality Materials, DuPont, and Arkema – the crash and […]
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Antitrust: Commission fines aluminium fluoride producers € 4.97 million for price fixing cartel
The European Commission has imposed fines of €4 970 000 on aluminium fluoride producers for colluding to fix prices in violation of the ban on cartels and restrictive business practices in the EC Treaty (Article 81) and the EEA Agreement (Article 53). Aluminium fluoride is a chemical used to lower the smelting temperature of aluminium. […]
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Aluminium found effective for treating natural waters
The use of aluminium oxide is an effective and safe method for the removal of fluoride from natural mineral waters, an EU scientific body has concluded. The evaluation of various methods to remove fluoride from such products paves the way for regulator approval of the process. This would provide companies with an EU-wide approved process […]
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EU Proposes Curbs on Substance Levels in Mineral Water
BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- Natural mineral water could be damaging to health, and water companies may need to invest to remove harmful substances from their products, the European Union Commission said Thursday. The Commission proposed maximum levels on 15 substances – including fluoride, nickel and lead – that occur in mineral water. It said most of […]
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