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  • PFBS: New stain repellent chemical doubling in blood every 6 years

    Glynn, A, U Berger, A Bignert, S Ullah, M Aune, S Lignell and PO Darnerud. 2012. Perfluorinated alkyl acids in blood serum from primiparous women in Sweden: Serial sampling during pregnancy and nursing, and temporal trends 1996-2010. Environmental Science and Technology http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es301168c. As the phased-out stain repellent PFOS steadily decreases in people, its replacement is […]

  • Fluorspar for investors

    Since 2001 Industrial Minerals’ annual Fluorspar Conference has been touring the globe, bringing together producers and consumers of this widely used but apparently obscure commodity. What might distinguish this year’s Vancouver event, however, was the October 22 pre-conference workshop, which attracted over 200 potential investors. As the keynote speakers explained, fluorspar now tops the list […]

  • Ken Chernin Shares Extraordinary Stories of Tungsten and Fluorspar

    Tungsten and fluorspar may sound like dry subjects, but Jennings Capital Analyst Ken Chernin makes them positively magical. In this Critical Metals Report exclusive, Chernin transports us from Morocco to the dazzling Newfoundland coast, to “Tungsten Town” in Northern Canada. Along the way, we’ll meet visionary leaders who work miracles with project logistics, winning fiercely […]

  • Opinion: Fluoride Propaganda by First Five of Sacramento

    Image by: First Five are you getting fluoride? In a recent “Oral Health Begins At Birth” ad, First Five of Sacramento used disinformation to promote water fluoridation. The eight page ad was seen in the mid-August 2012 Sacramento News & Review. First Five was born out of Prop 10, using tax on tobacco to fund […]

  • Tertiary Minerals’ Cheetham hails ‘significant milestone’ at Lassedalen fluorspar project

    Shares in Tertiary Minerals (LON:TYM) today rallied strongly as it unveiled the findings of a positive scoping study on the Lassedalen fluorspar project in Norway. The study found that Lassedalen is economically viable. This means that Tertiary now has two significant mine development projects in its pipeline. This has been well received by investors. And […]

  • Attorney questions why C8 remains unregulated

    OHIO VALLEY — Despite lawsuits and health studies, the controversial manufacturing substance C8 remains unregulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Cincinnati attorney Rob Bilott is urging the agency to take swift action in light of recent findings from the C8 Science Panel. Eleven years ago, C8, also known as PFOA or perfluorooctanoic acid, was […]

  • FAN 2.0 Has Arrived!

    It is with great excitement that we announce the launch of our new website, the largest, most ambitious, most revolutionary project in our organization’s 12-year history. The website is the product of a mini-Manhattan Project: a network of web programmers, graphic designers, professional translators, FAN researchers, and FAN volunteers, working on the unabashedly immodest goal of […]

  • Overdosed on Fluoride: The Dental Fluorosis Problem

    When fluoride was first added to water in the 1940s as a means of preventing tooth decay, not a single dental product contained fluoride: no fluoride toothpastes, no fluoride mouthrinses, no fluoride varnishes, and no fluoride gels. In the past 60 years, as one fluoride product after another entered the market, exposure to fluoride increased considerably, […]

  • practice 3: class action 2

    The PFOA chemical at the heart of this Class Action lawsuit is Ammonium Perfluorooctanoate, commonly referred to as C8, C-8, or APFO. At this time in history, it is considered to be the PFOA derivative of greatest concern and with the most wide-spread use. CAS No: 3825-26-1 Molecular Formula: C8-H-F15-O2.H3-N Molecular structure: Systematic Names: Ammonium pentadecafluorooctanoate Octanoic acid, […]

  • Class Action – Part 2

    The PFOA chemical at the heart of this Class Action lawsuit is Ammonium Perfluorooctanoate, commonly referred to as C8, C-8, or APFO. At this time in history, it is considered to be the PFOA derivative of greatest concern and with the most wide-spread use. CAS No: 3825-26-1 Molecular Formula: C8-H-F15-O2.H3-N Molecular structure: Systematic Names: Ammonium pentadecafluorooctanoate Octanoic acid, […]