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  • Interview with EPA’s Dr. William Hirzy About Fluoride & Cancer

    The following is an excerpt of Michael Connett’s interview with Dr. J. William Hirzy, Senior Vice President of EPA’s Headquarters Union in Washington DC. The interview took place on July 3, 2000, a couple days after Hirzy testified before the US Senate calling for an independent review of the tumor slides from the National Toxicology Program’s bioassay for fluoride. […]

  • Fluoride & Liver Cancers in NTP Bioassay

    On October 28, 1988, Battelle Columbus Laboratories submitted its Final Report to the NTP concerning the results of the Mouse study. The principal finding of Battelle’s report was that a dose-dependent increase of a rare liver cancer (hepatocholangiocarcinoma) had occurred in the fluoride-treated male and female mice.

  • Interview with EPA’s Dr. William Marcus on NTP’s Fluoride/Cancer Study

    The following is an interview with Dr. William Marcus, Senior Science Advisor in EPA’s Office of Drinking Water, concerning the National Toxicology Program’s animal study on fluoride & cancer.

  • Fluoride & Osteosarcoma: A Timeline

    Several human epidemiological studies have found an association between fluoride in drinking water and the occurrence of osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in young males. These studies are consistent with the National Toxicology Program’s (NTP) cancer bioassay which found that fluoride-treated male rats had an dose-dependent increase in osteosarcoma. Although a number of studies have failed to detect an association between fluoride and osteosarcoma, none of these studies have measured the risk of fluoride at specific windows in time, which based on recent results, is the critical question with respect to fluoride and osteosarcoma.

  • Fluoride/Osteosarcoma Link Is Biologically Plausible

    The “biological plausiblility” of a fluoride-osteosarcoma link is widely acknowledged in the scientific literature. The biological plausibility centers around three facts: 1) Bone is the principal site of fluoride accumulation, particularly during the growth spurts of childhood; 2) Fluoride is a mutagen when present at sufficient concentrations, and 3) Fluoride can stimulate the proliferation of osteoblasts (bone-forming cells).

  • An Examination of Statements by US Public Health Officials on Fluoride Toxicity: Part 2

    In this bulletin, we address a statement about the alleged dose that causes skeletal fluorosis made by Colorado’s Dental Director, Dr. Diane Brunson.

  • Milwaukee: Alderman Bohl proposes legislation to stop Milwaukee’s fluoridation program

    New research shows that ingesting fluoride delivers health risks without benefit of less tooth decay which makes water fluoridation obsolete, unhealthy and a waste of money, and that is why I introduced legislation today calling for the end of Milwaukee’s water fluoridation program. Fluoride chemicals have been added to Milwaukee’s water supply since 1953 when […]

  • Mother’s milk a major source of PFCs to infants

    Excerpt: … The breastfeeding lobby is sometimes reluctant to highlight breast-milk contamination because they don’t want women to have another excuse not to breastfeed. But despite the reassuring arguments to keep breastfeeding, I find myself unsettled. The amount of chemicals infants suckle through milk is not insignificant. Recent studies show that lactating mothers offload about […]

  • Sulfuryl Fluoride – FAN’s Comments to EPA, March 18, 2002

    Sulfuryl Fluoride March 18, 2002, comments submitted to EPA on Dow AgroSciences petition to establish Fluoride and Sulfuryl fluoride tolerances for a large number (40) of raw and processed foods. (Federal Register, February 15, 2002) -See list of tolerances below – US EPA Docket control number PF-1068 Submitted by Paul Connett, Professor of Chemistry, St. […]

  • Sulfuryl Fluoride – FAN’s first Objection & Request for Hearing, April 8, 2002

    Written Objections and Request for Hearing in the matter of: Sulfuryl fluoride; Temporary Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule. Docket control number OPP-301166A Submitted by Ellen and Paul Connett 82 Judson Street, Canton New York 13617 Tel: 315-379-9200. Fax: 315-379-0448 Email: wastenot@northnet.org April 8, 2002 Note: Some of the online links cited in the original submission are […]