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  • McKinney Council tables vote on water fluoridation issue

    McKINNEY — Residents packed into City Council chambers at McKinney City Hall on Tuesday evening. The crowd was so large, it was standing room only. An aisle separated citizens on both sides of the water fluoridation issue. McKinney conducted a public hearing to help decide whether to ask the North Texas Municipal Water District to […]

  • Fluoride: Why Are We Taking Crazy Unnecessary Risks?

    Irish whistle-blowing scientist, Declan Waugh has just published his second report on the health risks associated with the Republic of Ireland’s mandatory water fluoridation policy. In our second part of a fluoride investiagion, Hot Press takes an exclusive look at a document that eviscerates the official position on an increasingly controversial public policy. In the […]

  • An Open Letter To The Junior Minister for Health

    The drinking water consumed by the Irish population is systematically laced with the known neurotoxin fluoride, a policy numerous eminent specialists believe poses a grave danger to the health of men, women and children. Here, we pose a series of questions to the Minister in charge of fluoridation policy, Alex White. We believe the Irish […]

  • West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka: SLOW POISON

    Arsenic and fluoride contaminated water has condemned millions to live wasted lives in West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Business Line visited several villages in the affected regions for this special report by A. Srinivas. Sixty-nine-year-old Renubala Ari of Deganga village in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district is counting her last days. But it […]

  • Did You Know Your Fluoridated Water Is Full of Cancer-Causing Arsenic?

    According to the Fluoride Action Network, municipalities around the country are adding industrial-grade fluoride to our drinking water instead of pharmaceutical-grade fluoride.  The industrial stuff contains enough arsenic to make us sick, and is costing us billions in extra health costs each year. Industrial-grade fluoride chemicals added to US public water supplies contain arsenic that […]

  • Accurate Method for Detecting Dangerous Levels of Fluoride

    Used in the proper amounts, it can make teeth stronger and aid in the treatment of osteoporosis. When excessive amounts are consumed, however, it can be a killer — a carcinogen that causes bone, lung and bladder cancers. The “it” is fluoride, a common additive in most American communities’ drinking water and an ingredient in […]

  • NAS Fluoride Panelists: Science Is Not on the Side of Fluoridation

    The successful campaign against fluoridation in Portland, Oregon, was based on a growing body of science indicating that fluoride, even at relatively low dosages, can cause serious harm, including thyroid disease, neurological disorders, and bone damage. In response to claims by fluoridation proponents that no valid science supports these concerns, two of the scientists (Dr. Hardy […]

  • PFOS: Checks for Victorian firies over toxic fish

    THE Country Fire Authority (CFA) will conduct health checks on Victorian firefighters who ate fish caught in a contaminated lake at its training college at Fiskville. The CFA said the lake contained residues from firefighting foams previously used in training exercises. Testing of flesh from four fish showed it contained PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonate), a chemical […]

  • Does fluoridated water offer dental benefits or health risks?

    The ongoing debate on fluoridation –the practice of adding fluoride to our tap water to prevent tooth decay– re-ignited as the City of Portland, Oregon,  voted on this measure (the proposal failed by outstanding majority). While most of us take it for granted and it is recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]

  • EPA’s Final Rule: National Emission Standards for Coal Generating Units

    Part II Environmental Protection Agency 40 CFR Parts 60 and 63 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units and Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Electric Utility, Industrial-Commercial-Institutional, and Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units; Final Rule Coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units = EGUs PAGE […]