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  • Toxic Secrets: Professor ‘bragged about burying bad science’ on 3M chemicals

    As a leading international authority on toxic chemicals, Professor John P. Giesy is in the top percentile of active authors in the world. His resume is littered with accolades, from being named in the Who’s Who of the World to receiving the Einstein Professor Award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Professor Giesy was credited with […]

  • Smile Spokane information on City Council’s website: Part 1.

    Note from Fluoride Action Network: SmileSpokane, the force behind the huge campaign to fluoridate Spokane, has two resources on fluoridation listed on the City Council of Spokane’s website under Items of Interest. The following is a propaganda piece listed on the website as City Council Information on Fluoride (PDF 974 KB). The pdf is dated […]

  • DOD is spending millions, getting rid of toxic foam by burning it near where people live

    Best to read this good article, with video clips, online at https://wjla.com/news/spotlight-on-america/dod-is-spending-millions-getting-rid-of-toxic-foam-by-burning-it-near-where-people-live COHOES, N.Y. (SBG) — The military stopped using firefighting foam that contains toxic PFAS chemicals because of documented health risks. To get rid of its massive stockpile, Spotlight on America discovered the Department of Defense is spending millions of taxpayer dollars, burning the […]

  • Ski Wax Chemicals Can Build Up in Blood

    The extra speed provided by ski wax comes at a cost–perfluorochemicals BERKELEY, Calif. –A storm has dropped a big snow on Lake Tahoe resorts, and there’s a flurry of activity at the California Ski Company as hordes of skiers and snowboarders prepare to hit the slopes. In a cluttered workroom at the back of the […]

  • The National Toxicology Program

    See Updates here Overview: The National Toxicology Program (NTP), established in 1978, is the research arm of U.S. regulatory agencies and is best known for its Reports on Carcinogens. The NTP comes under the aegis of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), an agency that has been able to perform good science amidst […]

  • NTP 1990 Cancer Study: Osteosarcoma

    J. William Hirzy, PhD, a senior risk assessor at the U.S Environmental Protection Agency, gave a presentation that outlined the role of Congress and the background of this time period at the Second Citizens’ Conference on Fluoride in 2006. He noted, … In 1952 and again in 1957 Congress convened hearings on the rapidly developing […]

  • Assessment of groundwater quality and associated health risk in the arid environment, Western Saudi Arabia.

    Abstract Groundwater quality and associated health risk in the arid environment, Rabigh basin, Western Saudi Arabia, was assessed using an integrated approach namely groundwater suitability zone (GWSZ) maps, drinking water quality index (DWQI), irrigation water quality (IWQ) parameters, irrigation water quality index (IWQI), chronic daily index (CDI), and hazard quotient (HQ). Groundwater samples were collected […]

  • Land-use change caused by anthropogenic activities increase fluoride and arsenic pollution in groundwater and human health risk.

    Abstract Highlights Groundwater fluoride and arsenic under human lands were highly polluted. The distribution of high fluoride and arsenic in groundwater expanded. The exposure of fluoride and arsenic increased between two land-use periods. Anthropogenic activities could place human at a higher health risk. Policy-makers should take measures to reduce groundwater pollution. Groundwater pollution is becoming […]

  • Citizens group says test shows PFAS in PHS athletic field

    PORTSMOUTH — Local citizen’s group Non Toxic Portsmouth has reported, through independent testing, that Portsmouth High School’s artificial turf field contains potentially harmful chemicals known as poly and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS). However, city leaders and their consultants have refuted the science behind the report. In a June 1 letter to the City Council, the […]

  • Big Companies in Legal Scrapes Turn to Science for- Hire Giant Exponent

    Note from Fluoride Action Network: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hired Exponent to provide the experts in an ongoing federal lawsuit (Food & Water vs EPA) to defend the use of adding fluoride to drinking water in spite of the fact that fluoride has been found to be neurotoxic to the fetus and bottle-fed […]