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  • Fluoride distribution in underground water of district Mahendergarh, Haryana, India

    Full Report Abstract High fluoride concentration in groundwater occurs in majority of the dry and semidry regions of the Indian subcontinent. Mahendergarh district of Haryana state has been identified as Red Alert zone of high fluoride by Geological Survey of India (GSI). Most of the residents of Mahendergarh district are using ground water for drinking […]

  • Higher levels of fluoride in urine linked to lower IQ scores in children

    For years, many communities have added fluoride to drinking water to help reduce cavities. But a new study that has found a link between fluoride levels in pregnant women and lower intelligence in their children may provide further ammunition for those who are calling that practice into question. In the first study of its kind, […]

  • Why is Coleman so afraid of latest science on fluoridation

    Why is Coleman so afraid of the latest science on fluoridation? National Health spokesperson, Jonathan Coleman, is castigating the Government for allowing the latest science on fluoridation to be aired. “This is now going to unfairly colour the debate and raise questions in people’s minds, especially MPs who are going to vote on these Bills” […]

  • Researchers urge caution over study linking fluoride exposure in pregnancy to lower IQs in children

    Anti-fluoridation activists call it ‘the biggest moment in the history of this whole debate.’ It’s the response health policy experts — and some of the authors themselves — feared Already there are people who claim fluoridated water is doing bad things to us. Now comes a new study suggesting a link between fluoride exposure in […]

  • Fluoride Trial Judge Mulls ‘Mixed’ IQ Evidence In Closings

    LAW360. A California federal judge questioned the EPA and environmental groups on studies linking fluoride exposure to lower IQs during bench trial closing arguments Tuesday, observing that there’s a clear dose-response relationship… Original article online at: https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/1804610

  • High prevalence of dental fluorosis among adolescents is a growing concern: a school based cross-sectional study from Southern India.

    Background Fluorosis, caused by ingestion of excessive amount of fluoride through food or water, is a major public health problem in India. This study was undertaken to quantify the dental fluorosis burden among school going adolescents and to find factors associated with dental fluorosis in Kolar taluka, Karnataka, India. Methods A total of 1026 high […]

  • Fluoridation foe taking battle to Arkansas Supreme Court

    The Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority, the sole holdout in the state still refusing to fluoridate its drinking water, plans to appeal a March 7 Circuit Court ruling that OMRPWA cannot refuse to fluoridate based on being a wholesale water supplier with 18 towns, none of which has 5,000 customers. The Arkansas Department of […]

  • Simple Test For Fluoride Can Help Prevent Crippling Bone Disease

    A simple test to detect fluoride in drinking water quickly could prevent skeletal fluorosis, a crippling bone disease, according to a team of researchers from the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies and the Water Innovation and Research Centre (WIRC) at the University of Bath, UK. The study is published in the journal Chemical Communications. Fluoride is […]

  • Request to Michelle Dickinson to debate Fluoride

    OPEN LETTER Dear Michelle, Your incredulous reaction to Prof Paul Connett’s appearance at Parliament on the 30th January Newshub piece is in stark contrast to your response to being asked to participate in a debate against Prof Connett in April 2017. You said, “As you know I do a lot of media, so would be […]

  • Fluoride Has Its Day In Court

    If you go to any search engine and search “water fluoridation” you will invariably be met with results that are decidedly pro-fluoridation with statements like “fluoride prevents tooth decay” or “fluoride prevents tooth loss in 40%-70% of adults”. You will have to scroll through several pages of search results, something most people do not bother with, to find any dissenting voices […]