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  • FAN’s submission to UK: “Have your say on extending water fluoridation schemes”

    Submission to the Department of Health & Social Care consultation for community water fluoridation (CWF) June 3, 2022 From the Fluoride Action Network https://fluoridealert.org/ Submitted by Ellen Connett <ellen@fluoridealert.org> on behalf of the Fluoride Action Network Reference: Have your say on extending water fluoridation schemes, May 13, 2022, British Dental Journal Fluoride and the BRAIN […]

  • The Fluorspar Industry in the Soviet Bloc. A 1952 Economic Intelligence report.

    Economic Intelligence Report CIA/RR4 Central Intelligence Research and Reports Sanitized Copy for Release May 20, 1952 Report online at http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/uploads/cia-report.fluorspar-in-soviet-bloc.may20.1952.ocr_.pdf I. Introduction 1. General Description 2. Uses and Specifications — a. Metallurgical Grade — b. Ceramic Grade — c. Acid Grade [Note: detailed descriptions of the location of mines in each of these countries] II. […]

  • Fast, efficient fluorine-based desalination membrane to purify saltwater

    Clean water scarcity is a major issue in today’s world, and the problem is only going to worsen with a changing climate. Desalinating brackish water or seawater is an established method to produce drinkable water, but it comes with huge energy costs. There’s no shortage of creative devices in the works, either using heat to […]

  • Residents, attorneys react to PFOA suit settlement

    Exhaust from the stacks of the former ChemFab Corp. plant in North Bennington were identified by state environmental officials as the source of PFOA contamination of hundreds of wells in the surrounding area. BENNINGTON — A $34.15 million settlement agreement won final court approval Monday, ending a class-action suit filed in 2016 over widespread chemical […]

  • Chemours’ plan for cutting greenhouse gas emissions could produce hazardous air pollutants

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The chemical giant Chemours, moving to cut emissions of a climate super-pollutant from its Rubbertown facility, has asked city officials to issue a permit for new abatement equipment that could release chloroform and other hazardous air pollutants. The company plans to capture the climate super-pollutant hydrofluorocarbon-23 (HFC-23) and transport the gas to a Chemours […]

  • 70th Human Study Links Fluoride to Babies’ Neurological Damage, Funded by NIH

    NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Fluoride from foods and beverages consumed during pregnancy is associated with lower cognitive neurodevelopment in boy babies, even when fluoride is ingested at recommended levels, report researchers Cantoral et al. in Neurotoxicology (online August 2021) and funded by the US National Institutes of Health, reports New York State Coalition […]

  • Environmental Fluoride 1977 by Rose & Marier

    The Associate Committee on Scientific Criteria for Environmental Quality was established by the National Research Council of Canada in response to a mandate provided by the Federal Government to develop scientific guidelines for defining the quality of the environment. The concern of the NRC Associate Committee is strictly with scientific criteria. Pollution standards and objectives […]

  • EPA-approved fracking chemicals include substances known as ‘forever chemicals’

    In this March 12, 2020, file photo, the sun shines through clouds above a shale gas drilling site in St. Mary’s, Pa. (Keith Srakocic / AP Photo) Companies that drill for natural gas in Pennsylvania have used EPA-approved PFAS or pre-cursors to PFAS in fracking operations in other states, according to a report by Physicians […]

  • Geographical mapping of fluoride levels in drinking water sources in Nigeria

    Abstract Background Knowledge of fluoride levels in drinking water is of importance in dental public health, yet this information is lacking, at national level, in Nigeria. Objective To map out fluoride levels in drinking water sources in Nigeria. Materials and Methods Fluoride levels in drinking water sources from 109 randomly selected Local Government Areas (LGAs) […]

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

    The widespread environmental contaminants known as PFAS cause multiple health problems in people, according to Linda Birnbaum, who retired as director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program earlier this month. The statement may come as little surprise to those following the medical literature on the industrial chemicals that have been […]