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  • Plasma and water fluoride levels and hyperuricemia among adolescents: A cross-sectional study of a nationally representative sample of the United States for 2013–2016.

    Highlights Relatively low levels of fluoride exposure in US adolescents but with wide ranges. Dose-dependent increase in prevalence of hyperuricemia with increasing fluoride levels. Significant associations between plasma and water fluoride and hyperuricemia. A positive relationship between water and plasma fluoride concentrations. Potential role of chronic fluoride exposure in increased prevalence of hyperuricemia. Abstract Exposure […]

  • Ski Wax Chemicals Can Build Up in Blood

    The extra speed provided by ski wax comes at a cost–perfluorochemicals BERKELEY, Calif. –A storm has dropped a big snow on Lake Tahoe resorts, and there’s a flurry of activity at the California Ski Company as hordes of skiers and snowboarders prepare to hit the slopes. In a cluttered workroom at the back of the […]

  • Effects of Fluoride on Thyroid & Body

    You likely know that mercury, lead, and other heavy metals are not great for the body and can cause a host of issues. But whether or not fluoride is safe (or effective) is more controversial. Is Fluoride Beneficial? In the early part of the twentieth century, it was discovered that small communities who had higher […]

  • Top U.S. Toxicologist Was Barred From Saying PFAS Cause Disease in Humans. She’s Saying It Now.

    Linda Birnbaum, former head of National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, says she was barred from saying PFAS is a cause of human disease. Linda Birnbaum, director of the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program, during the Senate Environment and Public Works hearing on chromium-6 and perchlorate and other chemicals that […]

  • California Bill To Ban Toxic PFAS From Firefighting Foam Heads to Governor

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – On Sunday, the California legislature approved a measure to address the growing contamination crisis of toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS. The bill would ban the chemicals in PFAS-based firefighting foams, like aqueous film-forming foam, or AFFF – one of the most significant sources of PFAS water contamination. The bill now goes […]

  • Toxic Secrets: Professor ‘bragged about burying bad science’ on 3M chemicals

    As a leading international authority on toxic chemicals, Professor John P. Giesy is in the top percentile of active authors in the world. His resume is littered with accolades, from being named in the Who’s Who of the World to receiving the Einstein Professor Award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Professor Giesy was credited with […]

  • Laramie and the Fluorspar Mines of North Park: The LHP&P Railroad helped move the ore

    Driving from Laramie to Walden, Colorado in the 1980s and 1990s, travelers passed a stockpile of white material filling long trenches perpendicular to Highway 125 just a few miles north of Cowdrey. This material was fluorspar, the industrial name given to the mineral fluorite, a mixture of calcium and fluorine. Then, in the summer of […]

  • Emissions from incineration of fluoropolymer materials – A literature survey.

    The Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (SFT) commissioned a literature survey on incineration of fluoropolymer materials, overviewing the available literature on formation of greenhouse gases until August 2008. The survey provides the foundation on which decisions for the future needs for further investigations will be made. Suggestions for sampling were also part of the study. *Read […]

  • NY receiving comments on weak regulations for PFOA-PFOS up to March 9.

    Act Now to Protect NY’s Tap Water From Dangerous Chemicals New York State seems reluctant to ban chemicals linked to serious health problems, including cancer. The Department of Health is ready pass regulations that allow chemical concentration levels in drinking water five times higher than scientists deem safe. Even after these regulations—which would still be […]

  • Common fungi can breathe life back into land rendered barren near mining sites

    Vadodara: Massive stretches of land near mining sites that have been rendered barren due to toxic and heavy metals can potentially turned lush green and fertile. In a major breakthrough using a commonly found fungi, MS University scientists are confident that such land can be actually turned fertile. The experiment was carried out to reclaim […]