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Increased health threats from land use change caused by anthropogenic activity in an endemic fluorosis and arsenicosis area
Highlights Human activity causes a threat on children’s health. Land use change caused by human activity increased fluoride and arsenic concentrations in groundwater. Groundwater under industrial land suffered more serious pollution, especially at the junction of urban and suburban areas. Reasonable land use instruments, groundwater protection policies and regular monitoring are necessary. Abstract Urbanization is […]
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Spatial distribution and health risk assessment of fluoride contamination in groundwater of Telangana: A state-of-the-art
Abstract The groundwater of Telangana province is well known for its very high fluoride concentration. The main aim of this review is to assess the fluoride contamination, understand the spatial distribution pattern and also evaluate the potential human health risk for adults and children in the Telangana. Fluoride contamination in groundwater is the principal threat […]
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Arguments Over Appointees to Municipal Boards and Removing Fluoride from the City’s Water Among Topics Discussed
12/6/21 Caucus Excerpt: Milady Tejeda spoke up and asked Petrick if he would like to speak about R-657-12/21 – Prohibiting the use of fluoride in the city drinking water. Tejeda questioned how people would feel about this. Councilman B.J. Torres spoke up, “Fluoride might be a carcinogenic in the long run, and it’s been known […]
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering on Fluoridation in the House of Lords.
A response in the House of Lords on the government’s new Health and Social Care Bill, which includes mandatory water fluoridation. The Bill streamlines the process for the introduction, variation and termination of water fluoridation schemes in England by transferring the responsibilities for doing so, including consultation responsibilities, from local authorities to the Secretary of […]
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The occurrence of geogenic fluoride in shallow aquifers of Kenya Rift Valley and its implications in groundwater management
Highlights High-F– groundwater widely occurs in shallow aquifers of Kenyan Rift Valley. High-F– groundwater are Na-rich and Ca-poor with high pH and HCO3– concentrations. Dissolution of hyper-alkaline volcanic rocks, cation exchange and competitive anions contribute F–. Children suffer from high chronic health threats by groundwater fluoride ingestion. Abstract Widespread concerns about high-fluoride groundwater and their […]
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Fluoride Alters Signaling Pathways Associated with the Initiation of Dentin Mineralization in Enamel Fluorosis Susceptible Mice.
References 1. Fejerskov O, Larsen MJ, Josephsen K, Thylstrup A (1979) Effect of long-term administration of fluoride on plasma fluoride and calcium in relation to forming enamel and dentin in rats. Scand J Dent Res 87(2):98–104 CAS PubMed Google Scholar 2. Vieira A, Hancock R, Dumitriu M, Schwartz M, Limeback H, Grynpas M (2005) How […]
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Fluoride: Commie Plot or Capitalist Ploy
Note: The artwork for this article can be seen in the original. With the price of a subscription to CovertAction, all back issues are available. See subscription information. Cows crawled around the pasture on their bellies, inching along like giant snails. So crippled by bone disease they could not stand up, this was the only […]
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Groundwater fluoride contamination in Ghana and the associated human health risks: Any sustainable mitigation measures to curtail the long term hazards?
Abstract This study reviewed groundwater fluoride and the associated human health risks in Ghana. The physical and chemical properties of fluorine that make it soluble in the soil and aquifer materials were carefully reviewed. The pathways through which fluoride gets into groundwater were also reviewed. Fluoride concentrations in groundwater can be as high as 67 mg/L. […]
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Fluoride contamination, spatial variation, and health risk assessment of groundwater using GIS: a high-density survey sampling in Weifang City, North China
Abstract The present study, with the aid of GIS, utilizes high-density groundwater (GW) sampling data (1398 samples) to analyze the spatial variation characteristics of GW fluoride in Weifang City (WFC), and evaluate the health risks associated with drinking water routes. The concentration of fluoride in the GW of WFC is observed to be between 0.08 […]
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Paradigms and Public Health Policy Versus Evidence.
Editor’s Note: The article below is the last scientific paper written by Dr Richard G Foulkes before his death on 3 September 2007. Originally it was submitted to the British Columbia Medical Journal in response to an opinion piece titled “Fear of fluoride—more bark than bite?” published in the September 2006 issue of that journal. […]