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  • Broflanilide; Pesticide Tolerances

    Note from Fluoride Action Network Molecular structure of Broflanilide, an organofluorine insecticide Formula: C25H14BrF11N2O2 Read this Final Rule online at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-12-17/html/2020-27906.htm [Federal Register Volume 85, Number 243 (Thursday, December 17, 2020)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 81799-81805] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2020-27906] ======================================================================= ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY […]

  • Piney Point: Florida reservoir collapse: What is phosphogypsum and is it radioactive?

    Manatee County officials along Florida’s Gulf Coast have ordered more than 300 people to flee from their homes should the reservoir breach. The collapse of the Piney Point reservoir threatens a full-blown environmental disaster at a former phosphate mining facility. The National Guard has been deployed to help coordinate the emergency response after one of […]

  • Spatial distribution and potential health risk of fluoride in drinking groundwater sources of Huaibei, Anhui Province

    Abstract Fluoride enrichment in drinking groundwater at Huaibei leads to potential health risk to the residents. A total of 49 groundwater samples from groundwater sources were collected to evaluate the potential health risk of fluoride ingestion through drinking water for children and adults in Huaibei. Results shown that the average concentration of fluoride in centralized […]

  • Lithium-ion Battery Recycling: 10 Arguments Against the SungEel Proposal for Endicott NY

    Note: This series concerns a proposal to use incineration to recycle lithium-ion batteries. It was proposed for Endicott in Broome County NY. The proposal resulted in the formation of the group NoBurnBroome on April 15, 2020, to oppose the proposal, which it successfully accomplished in February 2021. The Fluoride Action Network was interested in this […]

  • Lithium-ion Battery Recycling: Timeline of No Burn Broome’s campaign

    Note: This series concerns a proposal to use incineration to recycle lithium-ion batteries. It was proposed for Endicott in Broome County NY. The proposal resulted in the formation of the group NoBurnBroome on April 15, 2020, to oppose the proposal, which it successfully accomplished in February 2021. The Fluoride Action Network was interested in this […]

  • Proposition 65: Legal and Technical Implications of Listing PFOA as a Carcinogen

    On March 19, 2021, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) released a Notice of Intent (NOI) to list perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) as a carcinogen under Proposition 65 via the Authoritative Bodies mechanism.[i] PFOA belongs to a broad class of chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are fluorinated man-made chemicals. Proposition […]

  • Sensitive assessment of groundwater-associated, multi-exposure health hazards in a fluoride-enriched region of West Bengal, India

    Abstract Ninety groundwater samples were collected from Khayrasole and Rajnagar blocks of Birbhum district, West Bengal, India, during pre-monsoon and post-monsoon in 2016 to assess the hazards of fluoride in groundwater. Fluoride concentration fluctuated from 0.3 to 17.6 mg/L, with 70% of samples reported beyond the modified regional optimal fluoride level (0.7 mg/L) with a […]

  • Health risk assessment of nitrate and fluoride in bottled water: a case study of Iran

    Abstract Bottled water use has become widespread in recent years. Many Iranian cities are located in regions with a hot and semi-hot climate, and the quality of drinking water is low in most of these areas. Nitrate and fluoride are chemical constituents of drinking water with significant health concerns since they can be harmful in […]

  • NTP and NASEM: February 9, 2021, a date that won’t be forgotten.

    The NTP has a long and complex involvement with fluoride that began in the late 1970s. At that time the U.S. Congress requested that they perform a study to determine if fluoride was a carcinogen. The NTP contracted out two animal studies with the results published in 1990. The findings created an enormous stir as […]

  • NTP 2020-2021: The NASEM Peer Reviewers

    The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) committee to Peer-Review the draft NTP Systematic Reviews of Fluoride’s Neurotoxicity: First draft NTP report and NASEM’s peer-review Second draft NTP report and NASEM’s peer-review David A. Savitz, Chair Germaine M. Buck Louis Kevin Crofton Akhgar Ghassabian Judith B. Klotz Juleen Lam Pamela J. Lein Michael […]