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Dr. Gerry Curatola on Fluoride
Source: TheDetoxProject Is Your Natural Toothpaste Safe? Dr. Curatola: I like to say that toothpaste was developed by soap companies 100 years ago. Over a hundred years ago, there were tooth powders. Actually, if you look up the history of toothpaste – and I have a son who’s a filmmaker, who’s doing a piece on […]
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Why is US Failing To Inform Pregnant Women to Limit Fluoride Ingestion
NEW YORK, July 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — A recent government-funded study (Bashash et al. 2017) corroborates hundreds of previously published studies showing fluoride damages the brain. These shocking findings cannot be dismissed as “just one study” because they provide compelling evidence that pregnant women’s fluoride intake is linked to lower IQ in their offspring at […]
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Why you may be more likely to get tooth decay in New Jersey
Adding the mineral fluoride to drinking water is hailed as one of the biggest public-health breakthroughs of the past century for its ability to minimize tooth decay — but it’s still not a benefit a lot of people in New Jersey are getting. A new study published last month in the Journal of Dental Research […]
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Fluoridation is Mass Medication, NZ Supreme Court Rules
Below is a press release from Fluoride Free New Zealand on the NZ Supreme Court’s recent ruling on fluoridation of the public water supply: Fluoridation is Mass Medication, New Zealand Supreme Court Rules Water fluoridation is compulsory mass medication, in breach of human rights, the Supreme Court has ruled by a majority vote. It confirmed […]
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Dr. Arvid Carlsson, Nobel Prize Winner and Fluoridation Opponent, has Died at 95
We have very sad news to report. We heard yesterday that Arvid Carlsson has passed away at the age of 95. This Swedish Nobel laureate led the successful fight against fluoridation in his country in the 1970s and kindly offered his support to the Fluoride Action Network in its efforts to bring solid science to […]
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Water SOS to corporates
Patna: Bihar State Pollution Control Board chairman A.K. Ghosh on Tuesday said a corporate-government approach will be more effective in dealing with waterborne diseases here, stressing that it was their social responsibility. Ghosh said companies which manufacture water-purification devices should work for mass water-purification solutions as part of corporate social responsibility, going beyond the limited […]
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Study looks at media coverage of water fluoridation efforts
Last fall, oral health advocates joined a successful push to save a city water fluoridation ordinance in Rugby, N.D. Meanwhile, in Buda, Texas, voters rejected a measure that would have reinstated water fluoridation in their Austin suburb. A misinformation campaign mounted by a local anti-fluoridation group won out over the science, fluoridation supporter Jonathan Kimes, […]
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Science: Electric car batteries souped-up with fluorinated electrolytes for longer-range driving [Report]
The success of electric car batteries depends on the miles that can be driven on a single charge, but the current crop of lithium-ion batteries are reaching their natural limit of how much charge can be packed into any given space, keeping drivers on a short tether. Now, researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD), […]
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Fluoridation is mass medication, NZ Supreme Court rules
Water fluoridation is compulsory mass medication, in breach of human rights, the Supreme Court has ruled by a majority vote. It confirmed that fluoridation is a medical treatment as claimed by opponents for over 60 years. It is not a supplement “just topping up natural levels”, as claimed by the Ministry of Health. The impracticality […]
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Study Will Measure Quality Of Northern Wisconsin Groundwater
First-Ever Private Well Testing Will Measure Fluoride, Metal Levels In 11 Counties A first-of-its-kind groundwater quality study in 11 northern Wisconsin counties will focus on what’s in the drinking water of private wells. The University of Wisconsin-Superior’s Lake Superior Research Institute has received a nearly $56,000 grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to […]