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  • Doctors deserve to know the research behind the risks

    Given the gravity of the current situation regarding increasing cancer incidence and the prevalence of chronic disease in the Republic, I wish to respond in some detail to the letter of Dr Susan O’Reilly in IMT (February 14, 2014), in response to Dr Philip Michael’s letter dated January 24, 2014. Dr O’Reilly states that Dr […]

  • NH: Water contamination shuts down well at Pease

    Very little known about human health effects, state official says PORTSMOUTH — City officials shut down a well that serves Pease International Tradeport after tests found a contaminant in the water, according to state, city and Pease Development Authority officials. PDA Executive Director David Mullen said the well was shut down in “an abundance of […]

  • The Fluoride Debate: One More Time

    THE 40-YEAR-OLD CONTROVERSY over the use of fluoride in drinking water threatens to erupt from dormancy this month as the government gets ready to make public new data on fluoride’s cancer-causing potential. Since the 1940s, sodium fluoride has been added to toothpaste and public water systems to prevent tooth decay. Opponents have resisted the practice […]

  • USA: More About Fluoride.

    This excerpt was provided free by Science Direct; the full article requires payment. … The  supporting  cancer  hazard  evidence  was  an animal  study  sponsored  by  the  government’s  National Toxicology  Program  (Lancet,  Feb  3,  p  282).  Since  then,  the Public  Health  Service  has  responded  to  this  and  similar news  stories  by  reaffirming  its  confidence  in  the  […]

  • Fluorinated Ozone-Depleting Gases Tracked by TRI

    The Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) list of 24 compounds below contains 16 hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), 7 chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and 1 halide. All these compounds on the TRI list have ozone depleting potentials. Combined they release millions of pounds of fluoride each year into the environment. Enviropedia gives this definition for HCFCs with the caveat that many […]

  • November 6: Public Meeting on the draft NTP Systematic Review of Fluoride Exposure and Neurodevelopmental and Cognitive Health Effects

    8:30 AM – 6:30 AM (EST) Meeting ONE-DAY EVENT | November 6, 2019 Peer Review of the NTP Monograph on Systematic Review of Fluoride Exposure and Neurodevelopmental and Cognitive Health Effects- In Person Meeting 1 Location: Keck Center 500 5th St NW, Washington, DC 20001 Event Type : Meeting The open session meeting will take […]

  • Healdsburg Water Fluoridation Moratorium Initiative

    Signatures are being gathered to put a Water Fluoridation Moratorium Initiative on the Healdsburg ballot for November 2016. The Initiative calls for a moratorium on water fluoridation until the manufacturer of Healdsburg’s fluoridating chemical provides specified information about the chemical, including verification of its safety for ingestion by all consumers, regardless of an individual consumer’s […]

  • The Horrible Chemicals That Make Your Winter Gear Waterproof

    They don’t break down … ever Ever since our early ancestors left the fertile sauna of Africa and headed North, we humans have been searching for ways to fend off sleet and snow and rain and cold. The Inuit once relied on seal and whale intestines to get the job done. Nowadays, we rely on […]

  • PFOA testing to begin in Chittenden County

    The state will start preliminary testing for perfluorooctanoic acid, commonly known as PFOA, in 11 locations around the state, the Shumlin administration announced today. Testing will start around industrial sites where PFOA may have been used in the production of Teflon, wire coatings and fire-fighting foam. Testing sites in Chittenden County include areas around GlobalFoundries, formerly IBM, in Essex, […]

  • PFOA Testing Expanded To Include 11 More Sites, Many In Chittenden County

    Gov. Peter Shumlin has announced that the state will test additional manufacturing sites around Vermont for PFOA, a suspected carcinogen that’s been found in North Bennington and Pownal. The Department of Environmental Conservation says it’s tracked down 11 other locations that might have used the chemical, including eight in Chittenden County. Among them is the […]