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  • Ruling in fluoride election lawsuit marks latest defeat for prominent Texas vote-fraud activist.

    FREDERICKSBURG — Laura Pressley and three other people huddled inside a Fredericksburg courtroom Monday, bowing their heads, closing their eyes, holding hands and beginning to pray in hushed voices. “In Jesus’ name, Amen,” the group whispered, just moments before the trial was set to begin in their lawsuit contesting the results of a 3-year-old city […]

  • Fluoridation Review #27

    Concern For Fluoride’s Neurotoxicity Sparks Opposition From New Zealand Council A district council that has been ordered to fluoridate its water supply by the New Zealand government is resisting the move, citing the USA’s National Toxicology Program (NTP) report that prenatal exposure to fluoride, at a level previously said to be safe, increases the risk […]

  • Dallas Officials To Reconsider Fluoridation

    Some members of the Dallas City Council are set to consider whether the City of Dallas should keep putting fluoride in the municipal water system. The issue was recently raised at a Quality of Life, Arts, & Culture Committee meeting on October 16, as previously covered by The Dallas Express. Experts presented council members with the […]

  • Does your water have fluoride? Why some cities are moving towards removing it

    AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Dental Association is raising awareness about water fluoridation after a recent decision by the Brushy Creek Municipal Utility District in Williamson County to stop adding fluoride to its drinking water. “It kind of makes us all stand on edge because we know the benefit it provides and the protection it provides,” […]

  • To Fluoride or not? Opponents present to city council after calls to ‘hear both sides’

    Fluoride has been in Dallas’s water since 1966, following the trend of most U.S. cities who add the mineral to water sources to help fight tooth decay in the population. Opponents of fluoride presented to the city’s Quality of Life, Arts and Culture Committee Tuesday morning, after an October presentation on the benefits of the mineral […]

  • NIDCR Grants to U.S. Academic Institutions in 2016

    NIDCR Grants to U.S. Academic Institutions, FY 2016 If you would like to learn more about the type of research that was funded to these institutions and schools, please see NIH RePorter. Rank Institution FY 2016 Amount 1 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO 14,986,124 2 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM 13,387,916 3 UNIV OF NORTH […]

  • NIDCR Grants to U.S. Academic Institutions in 2018

    NIDCR Grants to U.S. Academic Institutions, FY 2018 If you would like to learn more about the type of research that was funded to these institutions and schools, please see NIH RePorter. Rank Institution FY 2018 Amount 1 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO 20,660,851 2 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR 20,355,363 3 UNIVERSITY OF […]

  • Volcanic Ash Threatens Pompeii’s Buried Murals

    Tests on excavated paintings revealed corrosive salts coming from surrounding volcanic material Frescoes such as this one, excavated from the buried city of Pompeii, can be severely damaged if they are not preserved carefully. Credit: Marco Cantile Getty Images Smothered under volcanic ash and rocks from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the ancient city of […]

  • Virginia 2020 Fluoridation Status Report

    Return to FAN’s State info From the CDC‘s 2020 Fluoridation Status Reports All Water Systems in 2020 199 Public Water Systems with fluoride levels over 0.71 ppm. • 17 public water systems over 4.0 ppm • 32 systems 3.0 ppm to 3.99 ppm • 53 systems 2.0 ppm to 2.99 ppm • 70 systems 1.0 […]

  • Iran vows revenge for ‘Israeli’ attack on Natanz nuclear site

    “Enriched uranium is produced by feeding uranium hexafluoride gas into centrifuges to separate out the most suitable isotope for nuclear fission, called U-235.” The Iranian foreign minister has said his country will “take revenge” for an attack on an underground nuclear site, for which it has blamed Israel. Iranian officials said the Natanz uranium enrichment […]