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  • Nalgonda: A run to raise awareness

    Nalgonda: On the occasion of World Water Day, 5K Run for Fluoride Mitigation was conducted by District Fluoride Monitoring Centre in Nalgonda, highlighting the need to address the fluoride menace. More than 1,000 students from 20 colleges participated in the Run, which took place from Marriguda bypass road to NG College in Nalgonda. District Collector […]

  • Two water providers in court over fluoride

    Two water providers in north Arkansas are fighting the state’s fluoride mandate. Neither entity provides water to retail customers, so they aren’t “water systems” as defined by Act 197 of 2011, according to circuit court filings in Madison and Boone counties. The Arkansas Department of Health disagrees. R. Christopher Lawson, a Fayetteville lawyer, represents the […]

  • From football to fluoride, Texas local governments too smug — and far from candid, critics tell Texas senators

    AUSTIN — Led by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s Senate, Texas lawmakers continue to put local governments and school districts under a microscope. The read out: Many of the Legislature’s most conservative members don’t like what they see. On Monday, a Senate panel heard accusations that city governments abusively have tried to squelch ballot initiatives and […]

  • Science and Alternative Facts: About fluoridation, false dilemmas and fake news

    Undeterred by mounting evidence proving the dangers of fluoride, power, prestige, and paychecks continue to motivate fluoridationists. Despite the fact that the prestigious international 2015 Cochrane panel, like the 2000 York panel, found the fluoridation literature to be of abysmally poor quality, at high risk of bias, and with no evidence of safety… Despite the […]

  • The Challenge of Governance and Politicisation of Fluoride Issue in Bega Shire

    The Challenge of Governance The Bega Valley Shire Residents & Ratepayers Association (BVSRRA) became aware that representatives of NSW Health would be holding a private meeting with Bega Valley Shire Councillors & officials on May 3rd,2017 to present their case in favour of fluoridating the shire’s fresh drinking water supplies.John Richardson Secretary/Treasurer of the Bega […]

  • Fluoride Critics Eye Court Challenge To EPA’s Denial Of TSCA Ban Petition

    Groups opposed to fluoridating drinking water are planning to sue EPA over its denial of their petition asking it to use Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) authority to prohibit fluoridation, which will pose a test of the agency’s novel rationale for rejecting the request as falling short of what is required under the recently revised […]

  • Bega council’s water fluoridation referral raises ire

    Council looks likely to wash its hands of the water fluoridation debate when it meets this week. As per recommendations in Wednesday’s meeting agenda, it is believed councillors will refer the decision on whether to fluoridate Bega Valley water supplies to NSW Health. However, by doing so council will, in effect, be giving the go […]

  • Edgartown voters have less than 90 days to petition against fluoride

    The Edgartown board of health voted to act on a statue that will add fluoride to the water system by mid-January, unless 10 percent of voters petition to put the issue before voters at town meeting. During Tuesday’s board of health meeting, water commission superintendent Bill Chapman and board of selectmen chairman Arthur Smadbeck advised […]

  • EPA Rejects Fluoride Ban But Details New TSCA Path To Revive Request

    EPA is rejecting health groups’ petition seeking a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ban on drinking water fluoridation after finding it lacked adequate evidence of neurological risks to justify a ban, but the agency is also offering guidance on how to craft petitions to win reviews of potential bans under last year’s revised TSCA. In […]

  • EPA Final Rule: Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and Phosphate Fertilizer Production Risk and Technology Review Reconsideration

    The following are excerpts from this long Final Rule which can be viewed either in the Original Text or PDF. SUMMARY: This action finalizes amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and Phosphate Fertilizer Production source categories. These final amendments are in response to two petitions […]