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  • Ski Wax Chemicals Can Build Up in Blood

    The extra speed provided by ski wax comes at a cost–perfluorochemicals BERKELEY, Calif. –A storm has dropped a big snow on Lake Tahoe resorts, and there’s a flurry of activity at the California Ski Company as hordes of skiers and snowboarders prepare to hit the slopes. In a cluttered workroom at the back of the […]

  • What’s The Deal With Fluoro Wax?

    About a year ago, racers and parents across the country noticed something peculiar about the shelves at their local ski shops. The coveted and pricey bars of fluorocarbon wax that racers had used for that extra bit of speed on race day for decades had become near-impossible to find from coast to coast, as well […]

  • Scientists call for independent probe of Canadian professor’s research linking fluoride to lower IQ

    Note from Fluoride Action Network– Whatever happened to the Canadian media? In the past they had the ability to write about controversy with integrity. Apparently no more. While we have no expectations from the National Post and the Calgary newspapers, which disgrace themselves whenever fluoride is the subject, our expectations of the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting […]

  • Phasing out is not enough — the problem with fluorinated chemicals in wildlife

    During a time of cultural and political polarization, a class of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, may be one of the few commonalities shared by all Americans. These human-created industrial chemicals are found in the blood of 99 percent of U.S. adults, as well as babies in the womb and children. But […]

  • Sources of PFAS Incinerated at Cohoes, NY Revealed

    The DOD shipped nearly 2 million pounds from 25 states;  Private entities also delivered materials to be burned Norlite’s incineration facility has burned 2 million pounds of materials containing PFAS. Photo – Paul Buckowski – Albany Times Union   The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) has released information on the sources of […]

  • Study: Sugar Rules The World And Ruins Teeth

    The Candylicious store in the Dubai Mall in the United Arab Emirates. –John Stanmeyer for NPR About 95% of 12-year-olds in the Philippines have tooth decay or cavities. And cavities affect 7 in 10 children in India, one-third of Tanzania teens and nearly 1 in every 3 Brazilians. These and other startling oral health statistics […]

  • Letter from “International Group of Fluoridation Experts”

    International Group of Fluoridation Experts <interntl.fluoridationexperts@gmail.com> September 21, 2020 Mr. Paul Tsaparis Chair, York University Board of Governors 1050 Kaneff Tower, Keele Street Toronto, ON Canada M3J 1P3 c/o Pascal Robichaud Secretary, Executive Committee pascalr@yorku.ca   Dear Mr. Tsaparis and Members of the Board of York University, Toronto, Canada, As governors of York University, you […]

  • A trial for improving thyroid gland dysfunction in rats by using a marine organism extract.

    References ABDUL RAHMAN, M.M. and FETOUH, F.A., 2013. Effect of sodium fluoride on the thyroid follicular cells and the amelioration by calcium supplementation in albino rats: A light and an electron microscopic study. The Journal of American Science, vol. 9, no. 10, pp. 107-114. [ Links ] BANCHROFT, J.D., STEVENS, A.A. and TURNER, D.R., 1996. Theory and […]

  • Smile Spokane information on City Council’s website: Part 1.

    Note from Fluoride Action Network: SmileSpokane, the force behind the huge campaign to fluoridate Spokane, has two resources on fluoridation listed on the City Council of Spokane’s website under Items of Interest. The following is a propaganda piece listed on the website as City Council Information on Fluoride (PDF 974 KB). The pdf is dated […]

  • Dentists under pressure to drill ‘healthy teeth’ for profit, former insiders allege

    Read full article with graphics here Johannah Lancaster took her 3-year-old son to Dental Express for his first checkup, expecting a routine cleaning. She never imagined the treatment plan the Niles, Ohio, dentist would come up with after he peeked into Gregory’s mouth for what seemed like only two or three minutes. Michael Griesmer said the preschooler needed root canals – seven of them. Stunned, Lancaster asked why he had not even taken […]