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• Drinking water in Lithuania is one of the best in Europe

  Lithuania’s drinkable tap water is one of the best in Europe, however, water originating from smaller sources sometimes contains a surplus of fluorine and iron, reported the daily newspaper ‘Lietuvos Rytas’ on Monday. Although noted for its high standards of drinkable water, in some Lithuanian regions there is considerable room for improvement – said Vilija […]

• Northern Ireland teenagers’ tooth decay levels among worst in Europe

  Northern Ireland teenagers have some of the highest levels of tooth decay in Europe, a study funded by Queen’s University has found. Teenagers, particularly in deprived areas, were twice as likely to have permanent damage as those elsewhere. The report said teenagers in affluent areas were having braces fitted and aesthetic treatments. The British Dental […]

• Europeans vote 7 to 1 to phase out amalgam

  Dental amalgams, known to many of us by the deceptive term “silver fillings,” are 43 to 54% mercury.  The mercury from amalgam causes far-reaching problems… read more Like the United States, the European Union (EU) signed the new mercury treaty, the Minamata Convention on Mercury.  But unlike the United States, the EU government asked the […]

• 3M to increase fluoroelastomer capacity

  3M Paris – 3M is set to bring significant new fluoroelastomer capacity on stream in response to increasing global-market demand, according to Laurent Sportouch, the company’s key account manager Elastomers France. “3M is building more FKM polymerisation capacity to align with growing global demand,” he said in a presentation at a recent French rubber industry […]

• R-1234yf. Antitrust: Commission sends Statement of Objections to Honeywell and DuPont regarding cooperation on new refrigerant used in car air conditioning systems

  The European Commission has informed Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell) and E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) of its preliminary view that the cooperation they entered into in 2010, based on several agreements on the production of a new refrigerant for use in car air-conditioning systems (R-1234yf), may have limited its availability and technical […]

• EU: Sulfuryl fluoride. Technical report on the outcome of the consultation on the risk assessment

  Title of report: Technical report on the outcome of the consultation with Member States, the applicant and EFSA on the pesticide risk assessment for sulfuryl fluoride in light of confirmatory data. Unlike the U.S., where sulfuryl fluoride fumigation is used directly on all post-harvest food stored in warehouses and mills, it was approved for use […]

• Sulfuryl fluoride: Global warming potential higher than estimated

  The Biocidal Products Committee (BPC) is part of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). BPC opinion pursuant to Article 75 (1)(g) on sulfuryl fluoride in PTs 8 and 18. The request concerns the monitoring data from remote tropospheric air, which the authorisation holder submitted to the European Commission to comply with the decisions on the approval […]

• Risk to bees from fipronil: call for data

  Fipronil molecular formula: C12-H4-Cl2-F6-N4-O-S The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is calling on national authorities, research bodies, industry and other interested organisations to submit new information related to the risk to bees from the insecticide fipronil. The call for data was requested by the European Commission, which in 2013 imposed restrictions on the use of […]

• Report. Extreme Geohazards: Reducing the Disaster Risk and Increasing Resilience

  the only use of FLUORIDE and fluorosis in this report is the following excerpt: The eruption of Laki in Iceland in 1783 caused about 9,350 deaths in Iceland. Although there was  little direct impact, the eight-month emission of sulfuric aerosols resulted in a large distribution of  the ash cloud (Figure 14) causing one of the […]

• Scientific Opinion on the substantiation of health claims related to sugar-free chewing gum with fluoride

  Following a request from the European Commission, the Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies was asked to provide a scientific opinion on a list of health claims pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. This opinion addresses the scientific substantiation of a health claim in relation to sugar-free chewing gum with fluoride […]