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Fluorourocil: Catheter studies raise acid alert
Chemotherapy treatments routinely deliver drugs via catheters, yet in 25% of these catheters there are complications that are generally not well understood. For the first time researchers have studied the behaviour of a common chemotherapy drug on silver, which is often used to coat catheters and other apparatus used in chemotherapy drug delivery. The studies […]
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Doctor says fluoride’s benefits may be overstated – Says studies show risks
Doctors and dentists used to believe that ingested fluoride was incorporated into developing teeth, but new research shows the chemical’s decay-fighting properties are provided only by surface contact with teeth, a doctor said Wednesday. Dr. Donald Currie, director of pediatric rehabilitation at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, told a gathering […]
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Fluoride Could be Contributing to Early Puberty, Studies Show
The medical and public health community is shocked by the news that young American girls are reaching puberty at ages as young as 7 years (1). However, according to Paul Connett, PhD, Director of the Fluoride Action Network, “If fluoride’s dangers had not been taken off the scientific radar screen by the US Public Health […]
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Studies show no advantage to low-fluoride toothpaste
March 30, 2012 (Tampa, Florida) — Low-fluoride toothpastes do not reduce the risk for fluorosis but increase the risk for caries in very young children, according to a meta-analysis presented here at the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) 2012 Annual Meeting. “There is no evidence to support the use of low-fluoride toothpaste in preschoolers,” […]
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Role of fluoride in formation of urinary calculi: studies in rats
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Fluoride Induced Neurobehavioral Impairments in Experimental Animals: a Brief Review.
References García MG, Borgnino L (2015) Fluoride in the context of the environment. In: Fluorine: Chemistry, Analysis, Function and Effects, 2015, pp. 3–21. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781782628507-00003 Seixas NS, Cohen M, Zevenbergen B et al (2010) Urinary fluoride as an exposure index in aluminum smelting. AIHAJ 61(1):89–94. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298660008984520 Article Google Scholar Choubisa SL, Choubisa D (2016) Status of industrial […]
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Level of fluoride and arsenic in household shallow well water in Wamiao and Xinhuai villages in Jiangsu Province, China
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Impact of Pharmacological Interventions in Expectant Mothers Resulting in Altered Mutans Streptococci Levels in their Children.
… The efficacy of postnatal interventions in expectant mothers for preventing dental caries and MS transmission in their children has been thoroughly studied18; however, data regarding the efficacy of prenatal interventions remain unclear. Therefore, the purpose of this paper was to provide a systematic review of the current literature assessing the efficacy of maternal administration […]
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Renal osteodystrophy in patients on long-term hemodialysis with fluoridated water
In our hemodialysis center, opened in April 1964, fluoridated dialysis began with the fluoridation of the city water supply in November 1965. Our subsequent therapeutic failure was completely unexpected and a possible explanation was suggested by the observation of Taves et al. that the serum fluoride levels in patients chronically hemodialyzed with fluoridated water are […]
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Exposure to environmental neurotoxic substances and neurodevelopment in children from Latin America and the Caribbean.
Introduction Environmental neurotoxicants are pollutants that can negatively affect many cellular metabolic-processes through different pathways: neuroendocrine/thyroid hormone disruption (Pb, methyl-Hg, organochlorines, and polychlorinated biphenyls-PCB), oxidative stress (Pb, methyl-Hg, organochlorines, and chlorpyrifos), dopamine dysfunction (Pb, methyl-Hg, As, chlorpyrifos, pyrethroids, and organochlorines) (Heyer and Meredith, 2017; Rock and Patisaul, 2018). Pistollato et al. (2020) studied neurotoxic substances […]