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  • NTP 1990 – 2021: Submissions to NTP and/or NAS

    Year Submissions to NTP and/or NAS on Fluoride’s Neurotoxicity ALSO LOOK AT https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/whatwestudy/assessments/noncancer/completed/fluoride/index.html#background 2020 October 19, 2020. Submission from Chris Neurath on behalf of FAN to the National Academies Committee to Review the Revised National Toxicology Program’s Monograph on Systematic Review of Fluoride Exposure and Neurodevelopmental and Cognitive Health Effects. LINK: http://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/uploads/ntp.neurath.submission-to-nas-on-revised-ntp-monograph.10-19-20.pdf 2020 October 19, […]

  • Lithium-ion Battery Recycling: The proposal in Endicott, NY, 2020-2021

    This is a photo of where an incinerator to recycle lithium-ion batteries in Endicott NY was proposed. Does this community like an industrial area to you? Status of the Project: successfully defeated on February 1, 2021, mainly due to the hard work of the residents of Endicott, Broome County, NY. Note: This series concerns a […]

  • Lithium-ion Battery Recycling: Background on IBM’s pollution in 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: Local News Articles from NY state

    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 […]

  • Fluoride and nitrate in groundwater of rural habitations of semiarid region of northern Rajasthan, India:

    A hydrogeochemical, multivariate statistical, and human health risk assessment perspective Abstract In arid and semiarid regions, groundwater is required for the drinking, agriculture, and industrial activities due to scarcity of surface water. Groundwater contaminated with high concentrations of fluoride and nitrate can severely affect human health in these regions. Twenty-eight groundwater samples from rural habitations […]

  • California Proposes Designating PFOA as a Carcinogen under Proposition 65

    Designation of PFOA as a Carcinogen Will Increase Litigation Risks and Expand Proposition 65 Labeling Obligations On March 19, 2021, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced that it intends to list perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) as a chemical known to the State to cause cancer under California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement […]

  • Notice Of Intent To List Chemical By The Authoritative Bodies Mechanism: Perfluorooctanoic Acid

    Public Comments Date: Friday, March 19, 2021 to Monday, May 3, 2021 The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) intends to list perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) (CAS RN 335-67-1) as known to the state to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65[1]).  This […]

  • Piney Point: Imminent Failure of Phosphogypsum Stack in Tampa Bay Exposes Phosphate Industry Risks.

    Catastrophic Wastewater Release Highlights Need for Federal Action ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Manatee County officials have issued evacuation orders for the area surrounding Florida’s Piney Point in anticipation of the imminent catastrophic collapse of a phosphogypsum stack retention pond holding up to 700 million gallons of wastewater. It has been reported that 22,000 gallons a minute […]

  • 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 […]