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• Hydogen Fluoride – EPA 2000

    HYDROFLUORIC ACID(a) 7664-39-3   Hazard Summary-Created in April 1992; Revised in January 2000 Hydrogen fluoride is used in the production of aluminum and chlorofluorocarbons, and in the glass etching and chemical industries.  Acute (short-term) inhalation exposure to gaseous hydrogen fluoride can cause severe respiratory damage in humans, including severe irritation and pulmonary edema.  Severe […]

• PFASs. Environmental Toxins Discovered in Polar Bear Brains: Chemical Danger for Wildlife

  Polar bears are in trouble–and not just from climate change. Researchers have found that environmental toxins are seeping into the brain tissue of these charismatic mammals, potentially causing unforeseen side effects as they enter the Arctic food chain. PerFluoroAlkyl Substances (PFASs) and precursor compounds have been used a wide variety of commercial and industrial products […]

• Arsenic in Drinking Water: Costly Change Could Lower Levels

  In early August, the Environmental Protection Agency is set to decide on a petition to change the source of fluoride in U.S. drinking water. Currently, the source of fluoride in most public water supplies is fluorosilicic acid, according to government records. The petition calls for the EPA to instead require the use of pharmaceutical-grade sodium […]

• Wichita: 3 issues arise as fluoride vote nears

  As Wichita moves toward a vote Tuesday on whether to fluoridate its drinking water, three issues continue to arise in the public debate: whether commercial-grade fluoride is different than naturally occurring fluoride, whether the fluoride to be added to the water is pharmaceutical grade and whether the warning labels on toothpaste should be read as […]

• Meanwhile, an Update From the Great Big Fluoride Debate

  It’s been an hour and a half after the massively packed city hall hearing on water fluoridation got started, and we’re still barely done with the scheduled part of the hearing—the high-powered and much-decorated parade of panelists and experts personally invited by city officials to testify on the health and economic benefits of fluoride. Not […]

• Pesticides: T – Z

  The List of Fluorinated and Fluoride Pesticides Beginning with T – Z Note: The information on the pesticides was current as of 2007 –  FAN intends to update this throughout 2012-2013 PESTICIDE ADVERSE EFFECTS REGISTERED FOR USE Tau-fluvalinate see also: Fluvalinate CAS No. 102851-06-9 Acaricide, Insecticide (Pyrethroid) PAN BAD ACTOR – Developmental or Reproductive Toxin See […]

• Poisoned Horses: Fluoride debate continues

  Dear Editor, I am Cathy Justus from Pagosa Springs, Colorado.  I have the sad distinction of owning the first horses to ever be diagnosed with “chronic fluoride poisoning” from artificially fluoridated municipal water.  I have this distinction not because it hasn’t been happening for years all over this world, but because vets, like doctors and […]

• FAN Submissions

  SULFURYL FLUORIDE: To U.S. EPA Office of Pesticides   DATE ABOUT SUBMITTED TO SUBMISSION July 30, 2012 Sulfuryl Fluoride Second Request for Comment on Proposed Order Granting Objections to Tolerances and Denying Request for a Stay US EPA Office of Pesticides Comments of Objectors Fluoride Action Network, Environmental Working Group, and Beyond Pesticides on the […]

• Sodium fluoride: FAN Comments on EPA’s Assessment for Wood Treatment Products

  December 10, 2007 SUBMISSION to US EPA Office of Pesticides from Fluoride Action Network 82 Judson Street, Canton, New York 13617 Re:  Comments on Sodium Fluoride Risk Assessment: EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0833 ———————————————————————————————————— • ALTERNATIVES: There are safer, saner and less toxic alternatives to the use of sodium fluoride in treating wood utility poles and railroad ties.  Throughout […]

• Thiessen on proposed 0.7 ppm level of fluoride in drinking water – January 7, 2011

  January 7, 2011 Comments by Kathleen M. Thiessen, Ph.D. SENES Oak Ridge, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN kmt@senes.com (865) 483-6111 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have announced new recommendations regarding water fluoridation, the primary change being from a recommended range of 0.7-1.2 mg/L fluoride in drinking water […]