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  • Rajarata kidney disease and the role of heavy metals

    Recently this topic has received attention of Island readers and Drs. Upali Pethiyagoda and Nalin de Silva have commented on this problem.  There has been a misinterpretation of what the WHO team leader Dr. Shanthi Menids said about possible causative factors. Her statement  as reported in Daily News is as follows. “According to Dr. Mendis, […]

  • FAN’s Comments to HHS: The Time Has Come to End Fluoridation

    On January 7, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced its recommendation to reduce the level of fluoride added to drinking water based on national survey data showing that 41% of American adolescents (ages 12-15)  now have dental fluorosis (a tooth defect caused by excess fluoride consumption during childhood). On January 13, 2011, […]

  • Health Warning: The Thyroid and Fluoride

    There are four important lines of evidence that indicate fluoride interferes with the thyroid gland. This article briefly summarizes each of these four areas.

  • New Evidence on Fluoride and the Developing Brain

    In 2007, the question of how fluoride affects the developing brain gained renewed attention from researchers around the world. Research teams from Brazil, China, India, Italy, Mexico, and the United States conducted important new analyses, including 3 new studies investigating fluoride’s impact on childhood IQ, and several new animal studies investigating fluoride’s effects on learning, memory, and behavior

  • Water Fluoridation “Obsolete” According to Nobel Prize Scientist

    Water Fluoridation “Obsolete” According to Nobel Prize Scientist Nations who still practice it “should feel ashamed of themselves” On October 4, 2005, two members of the Fluoride Action Network — Michael Connett and Chris Neurath — traveled to Gothenburg, Sweden, to interview Dr. Arvid Carlsson, a famed pharmacologist at Gothenburg University and recent winner of […]

  • The Promotion of Water Fluoridation: An Historical Overview

    …Three historical cases of major technological innovations whose benefits and risks were the subject of heated public controversy are examined, in search of lessons that may suggest a path toward consensus in the biotechnology debate. In each of the cases-water fluoridation, nuclear power and pesticides-proponents of the technology gathered scientific evidence that they believed established […]

  • NRC (2006): Fluoride’s Neurotoxicity and Neurobehavioral Effects

    The NRC’s analysis on fluoride and the brain.

  • References for: Professionals Statement Calling for an End to Water Fluoridation

    To see the Professionals Statement, click here  American Dental Association (ADA). 2006.  Interim Guidance on Fluoride Intake for Infants and  Young Children.  November 8. – Online Armfield JM, Spencer AJ. 2004. Consumption of nonpublic water: implications for children’s caries experience. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 32:283-296. Bassin EB, Wypij D, Davis RB, Mittleman MA. 2006.  Age-specific […]

  • Pesticides: A – B

    The List of Fluorinated and Fluoride Pesticides Beginning with A – B 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 Acetoprole CAS No. 209861-58-5 Acaricide, Insecticide (Pyrazole), Nematicide (Unclassified) As of February 2005: no Tox data available. New […]

  • Pesticides: C

    The List of Fluorinated and Fluoride Pesticides Beginning with C 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 Carbon tetrafluoride CAS No. 75-73-0 Propellant (Halogenated organic) Former US EPA List 3 Inert See effects CNS Heart Lung Tremors […]