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  • EPA Seeks to Discredit Testimony of Expert Witness Who Says Studies Prove Fluoride Is a Neurotoxin.

    THE DEFENDER: The third day of the landmark fluoride trial included tense exchanges between scientists and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as the agency sought to discredit statements made by a key witness for the plaintiffs and the plaintiffs called one of the EPA’s own experts to testify. The third day of the landmark […]

  • Fluoride, the Only Drug Intentionally Added to Your Tap Water

    Following the recent water crisis in Flint, it’s no wonder that the U.S. public has begun to question exactly how safe our drinking water actually is. What was once taken for granted — the idea of safe, pure, drinkable water for everyone — is now in serious question. In addition to the continuing problems with […]

  • Warning Issued to Parents: Protect Your Child’s Brain and Teeth from this Dangerous Chemical Exposure

    CHAMPIONSGATE, Fla., May 11, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) is unifying two events in May, Mother’s Day (May 13) and Fluoride Awareness Week (May 20-27), to issue a warning to parents about a health risk that is often overlooked.  More specifically, the non-profit organization, which consists of a global network […]

  • Mandatory Nationwide Fluoridation by Stealth

    The Government is planning to implement mandatory fluoridation to the whole of New Zealand. Currently, only around 50% of households are on fluoridated water, with only 23 out of 67 local councils still fluoridating, while voicing their growing concerns about fluoridation risks and dangers. In response to more and more councillors and mayors deciding against […]

  • The Lawsuit That Could End Water Fluoridation in the US

    Story at-a-glance Fluoride Action Network (FAN) is among a coalition of environmental, medical and health groups suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban artificial water fluoridation FAN has recently won two major legal victories, defeating efforts by the EPA to dismiss the case and limit the evidence that can be considered Fluoride is […]

  • Rutland: Charter puts fluoride in question

    During the past year’s discussion, it has frequently been stated that the authority to fluoridate the city water supply resides solely with the commissioner of public works, according to the city charter. On Monday night, I sought to challenge that authority and warn the city of impending liability from the fluoridation program, but the city […]

  • Taking on DuPont: Illnesses, deaths blamed on pollution from W. Va. plant

    Jobs vs. health Chapter 1 PARKERSBURG, W. Va. – No one in the Mid-Ohio Valley ever wanted to sue DuPont. The company employs thousands in the region and supports charities and community organizations. In some families, multiple generations owe their livelihood to the Delaware-based chemical giant. But as livestock started dying and thousands of residents contracted unexplained illnesses, evidence pointed to pollution […]

  • In Delaware, C8 contamination blamed on firefighting foam

    Delaware has some of the nation’s highest concentrations of the toxic chemical C8 in its water supplies, in some cases exceeding levels found near Parkersburg, West Virginia. But DuPont isn’t the likely culprit here. Environmental studies and experts, including Delaware’s Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances, Artesian Water and New Castle County officials, almost unanimously say the cause […]

  • Peshtigo native fights for water safety in federal lawsuit.

    PESHTIGO – January 25, marks the 79th anniversary of water fluoridation, a practice now facing unprecedented scrutiny as Brenda Staudenmaier, a Peshtigo native, takes on a groundbreaking federal lawsuit. Staudenmaier’s dedication to raising awareness about the health risks to the brain, associated with fluoride chemicals in public drinking water has gained momentum, culminating in a […]

  • Fluoridation on trial: Coverage lacking

    Largely unseen, a lawsuit that aims to outlaw public water fluoridation is moving forward in the federal District Court of Northern California. In earthquake-prone California, this suit could eventually shake a pillar of U.S. public health policy. Hundreds of studies showing fluoride’s detrimental effects on the human brain constitute the heart of the lawsuit. They […]