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U.S. Signers (South Carolina to Utah)
The following professionals have signed the Professionals’ Statement Calling for an End to Fluoridation. Due to the number, the U.S. signers have been divided by their state of residence. — Original signers to the Statement do not have an asterisk preceding their name. — See below for International and other U.S. signers. – Professionals can […]
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White House Honors Georgia Faith Leader for Climate “Champions of Change”
ATLANTA – On Monday, July 20th, the White House will recognize Reverend Gerald Durley of Atlanta, Ga., as a “Champion of Change” for his efforts in protecting our environment and communities from the effects of climate change. The Champion of Change event will feature remarks by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and Senior Advisor […]
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Report reveals Feds didn’t protect communities of color from fluoridation: FAN calls for 5-step alternative
The Fluoride Action Network (FAN) has delivered a 100-page report to the Environmental Justice Interagency Working Group entitled “Water Fluoridation and Environmental Justice” outlining the dangers posed by this practice to poor families and communities of color. Since 1962 officials at the U.S. Public Health Service have known that Blacks are disproportionately harmed by fluoride with […]
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Prominent MD joins chorus demanding Feds investigate fluoridation
Prominent physician, Mark Hyman, MD, author of 9 New York Times best-selling books and a Huffington Post medical editor warns that swallowing fluoride poses risks to the brain and thyroid, and that communities of color and underserved communities are disproportionately harmed. Dr. Hyman supports, “federal investigative hearings looking into why our cities and towns are allowed […]
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Report: Coal’s Poisonous Legacy. Groundwater Contaminated by Coal Ash Across the U.S.
A review from the Fluoride Network This new report by The Environmental Integrity Project, Coal’s Poisonous Legacy. Groundwater Contaminated by Coal Ash Across the U.S., is a much needed update on the issue. Throughout the report, the health-based threshold that was used for fluoride was 4 mg/L. For “unsafe groundwater caused by coal ash” 7% […]
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“Impurifying our precious bodily fluids”
In the 1964 movie Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, General Jack D. Ripper launches a nuclear strike against the Soviet Union to stop the Communist infiltration that he fears will “sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.” In the 1960s, moviegoers instantly recognized that Ripper’s […]
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Two Groups Asking TVA To Rethink Using Aquifer Water For Gas Plant
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (localmemphis.com) – Groups concerned about the safety of Memphis’ drinking water are asking the Tennessee Valley Authority to rethink how it operates its new Allen Gas Plant. The Southern Environmental Law Center sent a letter to the Tennessee Valley Authority Wednesday on behalf of two Memphis-based groups; Protect Our Aquifer and the Sierra Club. […]
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Superior refinery: Smoke plume from burning asphalt likely was toxic
At the height of the Husky Energy oil refinery fire Thursday, as a massive plume of smoke billowed into the sky for miles, Superior Mayor Jim Paine was asked by reporters if the air was safe for people. Yes, the mayor said, later repeating his claim. While Paine may have been right that the air […]
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The New Statement: Signers
Signers to The New Statement as of November 20, 2018: Laraine Abbey-Katzev, RN, CNS, Boca Raton, FL Kenji Akiniwa, BDS, Machida Tokyo, Japan Rhydonia Holt Anderson, Educational Specialist in Counseling, Retired Family & Consumer Sciences educator, Licensed Professional Counselor/Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Forrest City, AR Eve-Marie Arcand, DDS, Canton de Melbourne, Quebec, Canada Alarik […]
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The U.S. Military Plans to Keep Incinerating Toxic Firefighting Foam, Despite Health Risks
The U.S. military is moving ahead with plans to collect and destroy unused firefighting foam that contains the hazardous chemicals PFOS and PFOA. But in trying to solve one environmental problem related to these persistent chemicals, which have caused massive drinking water contamination, the Defense Department may be creating another. More than 3 million gallons of […]