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  • NYC. Peter Vallone, Fluoride-Hating Councilman, Wants Your Teeth to Rot

    A city councilman from Queens apparently wants your your teeth to rot and fall out. The Daily News says Councilman Peter Vallone is planning to introduce a bill that would end New York’s 45-year practice of adding fluoride to its tap water, citing safety concerns and comparing the mineral to prescription anti-depressants. Via the News: […]

  • Watertown City Council Ponders Benefits, Risks Of Fluoride

    Every time you turn on the faucet and every time you pour a glass of water in Watertown, it’s there: fluoride. It’s intended to improve the dental health of the public, but a group of citizens have been rallying to stop the city from adding the chemical, saying it’s actually hurting people. Anti-fluoride speaker and […]

  • Bottled water stokes fluoride, cavity debate

    On the long list of cavity culprits, soda pop and sugary fruit juices rank high. Now public health officials are pointing the finger at bottled water. By itself, water does not cause cavities. But a recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says bottled water has become so prevalent in children’s […]

  • Watertown: Fluoride concerns voiced by activist

    The man who successfully lobbied to remove fluoridation in the village of Canton 12 years ago offered a simple challenge — debate him and his anti-fluoride views. After speaking before the City Council on Monday night, Paul H. Connett, a professor emeritus of chemistry at St. Lawrence University and the head of Fluoride Action Network, […]

  • Westinghouse questioned about missing fuel (UF6)

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission questioned Westinghouse Electric Co. officials Wednesday about nuclear material missing from its fuel-making plant in Columbia, S.C. An NRC enforcement meeting in Atlanta addressed the loss of 4.5 ounces of powdered uranium hexafluoride, also known as UF6. Westinghouse workers discovered on Feb. 11 that three five-gallon cans containing 16 sample vials […]

  • NRC downplays threat from nuclear material missing in South Carolina

    This Wednesday, July 9, staff with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a meeting in Atlanta with officials from the Westinghouse Nuclear Fuels Plant in Columbia, S.C. to discuss nuclear materials that went missing back in February. The meeting will be open to the public for observation. On Feb. 11, personnel at the Westinghouse plant […]

  • Dose dependence of prenatal fluoride exposure associations with cognitive performance at school age in three prospective studies.

    Fluoride exposure from the Odense Child Cohort (OCC) While the addition of fluoride to drinking water is not legal in Denmark, elevated fluoride concentrations up to 1.5 mg/l naturally occur in groundwater in parts of the country,13 and some types of tea, especially black tea, constitute an additional source of exposure.14 In Odense municipality, the […]

  • Nationally known anti-fluoridation expert to speak at Watertown City Council meeting

    The man who lobbied to remove fluoridation in the village of Canton 12 years ago will urge city of Watertown officials to do the same. Paul H. Connett, a professor emeritus of chemistry at St. Lawrence University and the head of Fluoride Action Network, will speak at Monday night’s Watertown City Council meeting about why […]

  • Neutralizing Fluorocarbons

    Fluorocarbons–common chemicals in which carbon is bound to fluorine–are potent greenhouse gases, and some form toxic compounds that can accumulate in the environment. But neutralizing fluorocarbons has required a process whose high temperature drives up its cost, limiting its adoption. Researchers at Brandeis University report in Science today that they have found a catalyst that […]

  • Portland. The Fluoride Debate: A Closer Look At The Science

    Editor’s Note: Thursday, OPB aired the following story about fluoride science.  The story misstated where the American Cancer Society stands on water fluoridation. According to a Cancer Society spokesperson, the group has taken no position on water fluoridation. OPB regrets the error.  The story also contained information about a study that summarized the findings of 27 […]