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  • Perfluorinated Chemicals

    What do we know about perfluorinated chemicals? We know that their breakdown into the environment has to be measured in geologic time frames, that some have been classified as carcinogens, and that they are now found in human blood and wildlife across the globe. These chemicals were made for decades by large corporations such as […]

  • Luke (1997): The Effect of Fluoride on the Physiology of the Pineal Gland (Excerpts)

    “The results suggest that fluoride is associated with low circulating levels of melatonin and this leads to an accelerated sexual maturation in female gerbils. The results strengthen the hypothesis that the pineal has a role in pubertal development.”

  • Oregon

    WATER FLUORIDATION STATUS: PERCENT OF PEOPLE SERVED BY PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS THAT ARE FLUORIDATED: 2018:  26.3% – ranked #49 among the states (100% fluoridated is ranked #1) 2016:  22.6% 2014:  22.6% 2012:  22.6% 2006:  27.4% 2000:  22.7% 1992:  24.8% To see if your town is fluoridated, click here. To learn when your town was fluoridated, and which […]

  • Fluoride Linked to Bone Cancer in Fed Study

    Fluoride appears to have caused bone cancer in rodents in a recently completed National Toxicology Progran (NTP) study, and the chemical is now at risk of being classified a carcinogen, according to internal documents and statements obtained from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

  • Don’t Drink the Water? Brush your teeth, but the fluoride from your tap may not do much good — and may cause cancer

    Government researchers have new evidence that casts doubt on the benefits of fluoridation and suggests that it is not without risk. The most incendiary results come from the National Toxicology Program (NTP), which in 1977 was ordered by Congress to determine whether fluoride causes cancer. This week NTP plans to release data showing that lab rats given fluoridated water had a higher rate of a rare bone cancer called osteosarcoma.

  • Caries Preventative Already Has One Rap Against It

    The NTP’s findings will make it difficult for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) not to classify fluoride a carcinogen, thereby terminating 40 years of public-water fluoridation in the United States.

  • Rat Study Reignites Dispute On Fluoride

    A long-smoldering dispute over the safety of fluoridating public water supplies has flared anew, forcing the nation’s top health officials to reevaluate the risks and benefits of using fluorides to reduce tooth decay. The latest review was triggered by a Congressionally mandated study that recently reported evidence that high doses of fluoride may cause cancer […]

  • Weak Link on Fluoride and Cancer Is Backed

    A panel of scientific experts today endorsed the findings of a Federal investigation showing that a compound widely used to fluoridate public water supplies may cause bone cancer in male rats.

  • ACSH Considers Legal Action Against Attempts to Reclassify Fluoride

    The American Council on Science and Health said last week that it will seek to restrain any federal agency from banning or seeking to reclassify fluoride from a non-carcinogen to a probable carcinogen.

  • The Risks of Fluoride: The Long Awaited Verdict

    If it were any other chemical, the news that fluoride may cause cancer would probably have been greeted with little more than mutters about the latest cancer causing substances of the week. But fluoride is no ordinary chemical.