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• Fluoride In Drinking Water: Boon Or Bane?

  The medical community and consumers have been sharing conflicting opinions on the health effects of fluoride. Some people question its use in drinking water, while others promote the mineral’s health benefits. Fluoride naturally occurs in soil, water and food. But the industry has been using the mineral’s synthetic form in water and dental products, such […]

• Manawatu farmer says foam blood tests crucial

  A Manawatu farmer says his community wants easier access to a blood test for toxic chemicals from firefighting foam, but the Health Ministry is telling them not to bother. The chemicals in the foam have been linked overseas to increased health risks. However, the Ministry of Health says there are no acute health risks to […]

• Chemicals that tainted Bucks, Montco drinking water found in lettuce, beef, even chocolate cake

  Ground turkey, chocolate cake, kale — laced with a serving of toxic chemicals. People across the country, including in Bucks and Montgomery Counties, are already grappling with the effects of drinking potentially harmful chemicals known as PFAS. Newly revealed research by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows Americans are eating the substances, too. Tests […]

• Protected: DRAFT: NTP 2019. Human Studies

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• Chemicals in biodegradable food containers can leach into compost

  Long-lasting PFAS compounds could end up in plants that are later eaten by people Composting biodegradable food containers cuts the amount of trash that gets sent to a landfill. But the practice may serve up some unintended consequences for human health. That’s because the items often contain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, to help […]

• 3M taking steps to remove toxic chemicals, but some want more action

  Extensive ongoing efforts by 3M Co. to deal with chemicals once disposed of in Decatur and Lawrence County included the erection of a privacy fence last week around property it purchased recently that is contaminated by its own chemical waste. Lawrence County resident Beth McCarley said hiding the remediation efforts west of Trinity behind a fence […]

• Should You Be Concerned About PFAS Chemicals?

  These ‘forever chemicals’ are in our water supply—and in the body of nearly every American A group of substances known as PFAS chemicals are behind a variety of everyday conveniences that make our lives a little bit easier. They line pizza boxes and fast-food packaging so grease doesn’t seep through, form the nonstick coating on […]

• Nonstick Frying Pans Can Cause Penis Size To Shrink, Study Claims

  Since its invention 80 years ago, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) has been the best friend of moms, wives and chefs worldwide. All of us know this tongue-twisting compound by its more famous brand name, Teflon. PTFE is a kind of perfluorinated compound (PFC). Teflon, however, has its drawbacks and one of the most unusual and probably the […]

• Alabama utility, 3M reach settlement over chemical contamination suit

  An Alabama utility has reached a settlement with Minnesota-based 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) over chemical contamination in the Tennessee River. The West Morgan-East Limestone Water and Sewer Authority had sued multinational conglomerate 3M in a lawsuit that focused on PFOA and PFOS found in sludge the company had dumped on 287 acres of its riverfront […]

• Fluoride exposure arrests the acrosome formation during spermatogenesis via down-regulated Zpbp1, Spaca1 and Dpy19l2 expression in rat testes.