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  • NIH Supported Journal Publishes Landmark Study Linking Fluoride to Low IQ

    Increased levels of prenatal fluoride exposure have been linked to lower intelligence in children, according to the results of a new study. In the eye-opening new peer-reviewed study, published on September 19, 2017, in the Journal of Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers found strong evidence of a link between fluoride and lower cognitive function in children. […]

  • Meadville: Both sides must be represented at public events as community considers fluoridation

    One of the purposes of an institutional mission statement should be to guide the organization, spell out its overall goal and provide a path and a guide for decision-making. The Meadville Area Water Authority (MAWA) mission statement is “to provide high quality, safe, dependable water service with sound water management practices at rates that encourage […]

  • Fluoride opponents claim court win on Healdsburg ballot measure language

    In a sharp rebuke to Healdsburg officials and a victory for fluoride opponents, a Sonoma County judge has ordered the city to change its proposed language on a ballot question that asks voters to weigh in on use of the additive in the city’s water supply. Judge William Harrison found the city’s wording “misleading, inaccurate […]

  • Everything you always wanted to know about acidising

    This study was prepared for the Weald Action Group, a strategic umbrella for community groups across the Weald region. The study is based on scientific papers, industry training manuals, promotional literature for new, patented technologies, and discussions with engineers, geologists and scientists. It has been informally ‘peer reviewed’ and declared ‘scientifically literate’. But all comments […]

  • Moncton council to decide on whether to restore water fluoridation

    MONCTON, N.B. — Despite pleas from dentists to restore fluoride to the water supply in Moncton, N.B., at least one city councillor says he’ll vote against it when council meets to make a decision next week. Moncton ended fluoride use in 2011, and local dentist Suzanne Drapeau-McNally says she has seen a dramatic increase in […]

  • CONFER: Eliminate fluoride from water supply

    Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Environmental Protection Agency announced that they were working together to lower the amount of fluoride both suggested and allowed in drinking water. It was their knee-jerk reaction to a rise in the occurrence of dental fluorosis, the discoloration or spotting of teeth that […]

  • LETTER: How fluoride threatens the future of Irish agriculture

    SIR – Currently, the Environmental Pillar, comprising of 26 independent environmental non-governmental organisations in Ireland has an online petition calling on the European Commission to pass a Soil Directive to safeguard Irish and European soils. This petition is welcome as without sustainable agricultural food production civilization as we know it, will perish. However, few people […]

  • It’s in the water: the debate over fluoridation lives on

    Many people take for granted the addition of fluoride into public drinking water systems that aims to prevent tooth decay. It’s a seven-decade old public health effort. But it’s not nearly as universally accepted as one might think. At least seven cities or towns across the country debated it just this summer. For example, Wellington, Fla., decided to add […]

  • Do We Still Need Fluoride in Our Drinking Water?

    Excerpts. Read the full article online at http://learn.eartheasy.com/2017/07/still-need-fluoride-drinking-water/ With mounting evidence that topical fluoride is better for teeth, a case before a California court aims to end water fluoridation across the U.S. … Anti-fluoride activists have been campaigning for years to have fluoridation guidelines re-evaluated. A case currently before a U.S. District Court in California […]

  • 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 […]