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• Singrauli: NGT seeks comments on pollution by industries

  New Delhi (PTI) – The National Green Tribunal has sought comments from various stakeholders on the pollution caused by industrial and mining activity in Singrauli and Sonebhadra districts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed various parties in the case to file a written note, not […]

• Oak Bluffs board of health hosts heated fluoride debate

  Following a tempestuous public meeting last Thursday night at the Oak Bluffs Public Library, the board of health took no action on the question of whether to continue the practice of adding fluoride to the town water supply, as it has since 1991. The board agreed to take the issue under advisement and consider the […]

• Ocilla: City voters choose to eliminate fluoride. Referendum passes with 69% of votes.

  Janet McMahan is one happy woman following the results of the vote taken last Tuesday on the Ocilla Referendum to take artificial fluoride out of the city water. She has been on a mission for a number of years and her true grit has finally paid off. 69% voted yes in the election, resulting in […]

• Most Americans drink fluoridated water. Is that a good thing?

  Research raises new questions about whether fluoridation’s benefits outweigh its risks. If you’re like many Americans, you drink fluoridated water without questioning its safety or efficacy. For decades municipalities have been adding fluoride to water supplies to reduce the incidence of tooth decay at the advice of numerous highly credentialed entities, including the World Health […]

• IBM researchers create new family of fluoropolymers

  IBM researchers have found a new family of fluoropolymers that one day could by used in advanced electronics and medical devices. Fluoropolymers today find wide use in industrial and consumer applications that capitalize on their low coefficient of friction and resistance to water, chemicals and heat. New fluoropolymers discovered by IBM researchers contain a sulfur […]

• Conference Video Presentation: Fluoride & Hypothyroidism

  Our second presentation from September’s 6th Citizens’ Conference on Fluoride features Stephen Peckham–Director, Centre for Health Services Studies, and Professor of Health Policy at the University of Kent–providing a detailed overview of his recent observational study that found an association between fluoridated water and underactive thyroid, or hypothyroidism. Stay tuned, we will continue to release high-quality videos of […]

• Would a supervolcano eruption knock us out?

  Throughout our planet’s history, massive volcanic eruptions have devastated life. Could one bring an end to human civilisation? In the Bay of Naples, Europe’s most notorious giant is showing signs of reawakening from its long slumber. Campi Flegrei, a name that aptly translates as “burning fields”, is a supervolcano. It consists of a vast and […]

• Chilean Fluoridation Review: Ineffective & Harmful, End Fluoridation

  Latest Fluoride-Free Victories Battlefield, Missouri (June 21)– The water district board voted unanimously to end fluoridation for the town of 6,000 due to corrosion caused by the chemical, and because of the availability of safer and more effective alternatives to reduce decay.  The dental lobby and regional health officials who have received grants to promote the […]

• Ebensburg Municipal Authority votes to keep fluoride in water

  EBENSBURG – Water from Ebensburg will continue to include fluoride – for now. After hearing pleas from three area dentists, a state oral health advocate and a concerned resident, Ebensburg Municipal Authority Members voted unanimously Monday to rescind last month’s action to remove the fluoride. The fluoride was never removed, authority Chairman Gerald McMullen said, […]

• Insight into mechanisms of fluoride removal from contaminated groundwater using lanthanum-modified bone waste

  Abstract The current worldwide issue of fluoride contamination in groundwater has resulted in an increased demand for efficient adsorbents. Meanwhile discard and landfill of bone waste has led to environmental pollution. In order to achieve bone waste recycling and enhance the efficiency of fluoride removal, a lanthanum-modified bone waste (LBW) composite was synthesized and tested […]