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  • 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 […]

  • FDA’s Contradictory Explanations

    As documented elsewhere in this section, the FDA has never approved prescription fluoride drugs (“supplements”)  as safe or effective and has, in fact, rejected the fluoride drugs that  it was asked to consider. When asked to explain why it continues to allow prescription fluoride supplements to remain on the market, the FDA has provided a series of contradictory explanations, […]

  • Cryolite

    (Sodium Aluminum Fluoride) A little background The cryolite residue of toxicological concern is fluoride. Even though cryolite has been used as an insecticide in the US since the 1950s, the quality of data and public information that has been reported by the US EPA has been very poor, with the exception of its 2011 review. […]

  • FAN’s submissions/govt reports

    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 […]

  • Respiratory Risks from Occupational Fluoride Exposure

    Starting in the 1930s, scientists have observed that workers exposed to airborne fluorides suffer from an elevated rate of respiratory disorders. For over 50 years, however, US government and industry scientists made repeated assurances that the allowable level of fluoride dusts and gases in industrial workplaces would not cause any ill effect to respiratory function. […]

  • Communities that Have Rejected Fluoridation Since 2010

    Most developed nations, including the vast majority of western Europe, do not fluoridate their drinking water. Cities that do not fluoridate their water include: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Basel, Berlin, Copenhagen, Florence, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow, Helsinki, London, Montreal, Oslo, Paris, Rome, Stockholm, Tokyo, Vancouver, Venice, Vienna, and Zurich. Since health authorities in North America have refused to let go […]

  • Letter: Fluoride in the water. Response by Chairman, Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health

    A chara, – For clarification, the terms of reference of Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health (IEBFH) remain as those given to it by the Minister for Health (Letters, July 31st-August 8th). These are to oversee the implementation of the recommendations of the Forum on Fluoridation, to advise the Minister and evaluate ongoing research […]

  • Does fluoride in drinking water hurt your brain?

    Back in 2011, the EPA reversed course and lowered the recommended maximum amount of fluoride in drinking water due to data that the levels then being allowed put kids at risk of dental fluorosis–streaking and pitting of teeth due to excessive fluoride, which also puts tooth enamel at risk. This conclusion was a discordant note […]

  • Letter: End illicit medical assault on people of Ireland

    The Dept of Health?s uncertainty about allowing prescription of clinically trialled cannabis-based medicinal products with acceptable side effect profile (Florian Scheibein IMN 16/7/2012) and recommended for approval by the European Medicines Agency for MS treatment, is at total variance with the Department?s absolute certainty in treating everyone via their tap water with a uniform dose […]

  • Letter by Declan Waugh. Fluoride in water supply is exposing our citizens to unnecessary hazards

    Dear Editor, After completing an exhaustive independent environment risk assessment and due diligence on water fluoridation in Ireland (http://www.enviro.ie/risk.html), I agree entirely with the views expressed by Dr Neville Wilson in his letter of June 15, 2012. All medicines must undergo medical trials before they can be given to patients. Legal precedence exists in Europe, […]