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• New Study Finds Alarming Fluoride Levels in Chicken

  A three-year research study that began in 2016, has discovered high levels of fluoride in chicken found in the Rift Valley, the Daily Nation reported on Wednesday, September 11. The study dubbed the Flowered Project, set out to find a solution to fluoride contamination in water, soils and food in the Rift Valley countries, namely Kenya, […]

• Canadian Mother-Offspring IQ Study: The Epoch Times

  New Study Suggests Fluoride Lowers Children’s IQ By Jefferey Jaxen Fears of fluoride in drinking water can no longer be dismissed as a crank conspiracy theory The research continues to accumulate: Fluoride exposure harms the brain and reduces IQ. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers community water fluoridation one of the ten greatest public health […]

• Canadian Mother-Offspring IQ Study: Pocono Record.

  Is fluoride in water toxic to babies’ brains? A rigorous study raises alarms. By Marie McCullough, The Philadelphia Inquirer A new study that suggests fluoride is harmful to developing brains is likely to fan the smoldering debate over the safety of adding the tooth-protecting mineral to public drinking water. The study by Canadian researchers, published […]

• Denmark first to ban PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ from food packaging

  COPENHAGEN – Denmark will be the first country to ban PFAS chemicals, which have been linked to cancer, elevated cholesterol and decreased fertility, from food packaging, starting next year. PFAS substances, sometimes called “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down in the environment, are used to repel grease and water in packaging for fatty and […]

• AP Explains: Iran reopens uranium plant in its latest gamble

  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – says it has restarted production at a “major” uranium facility involved in its nuclear program, though it still pledges to follow the terms of the country’s landmark atomic deal now under threat after President Donald Trump pulled America out of the accord. Iranian comments about the Isfahan plant, which produces material […]

• Siemens revamps German substation – replacing SF6 with ‘clean air’

  German transmission system operator TransnetBW has commissioned Siemens to retrofit a large substation as part of up grid upgrades needed to integrate more wind. Siemens will supply the new switchgear for the 380 kV Daxlanden substation in Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg. The commissioning of the turnkey solution at Daxlanden – one of the largest substations in Germany […]

• Poor groundwater quality and high potential health risks in the Datong Basin, northern China: research from published data

  Abstract Datong Basin in China is a typical arid-semiarid inland basin, with high levels and wide distributions of arsenic (As), fluoride (F–), and iodine (I). To better understand the presence of low-quality groundwater in Datong Basin and assess the health risks for local residents, groundwater samples were collected from the shallow aquifer and in medium-deep […]

• Developmental fluoride neurotoxicity: an updated review.

  Background After the discovery of fluoride as a caries-preventing agent in the mid-twentieth century, fluoridation of community water has become a widespread intervention, sometimes hailed as a mainstay of modern public health. However, this practice results in elevated fluoride intake and has become controversial for two reasons. First, topical fluoride application in the oral cavity […]

• Science for You: About that water fluoridation debate …

  Note from Fluoride Action Network, There are serious errors in the following article, particularly: Statement: Evidence from European countries that use fluoridated water shows that it results in big declines in tooth decay. Reality: How can one get “big declines” when less than 3% of European countries fluoridate their drinking water? Also, these non-fluoridating countries […]

• Decline in Dental Fluorosis Severity during Adolescence: A Cohort Study.

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