Fluoride study raises fresh questions about the safety of water fluoridation
By Chris Reinolds Green Right Now A new cancer study from India suggests that fluoride is a contributing factor to osteosarcoma, or bone cancer – but just how much fluoride intake causes the uncommon...
View ArticleEPA wants to add chemicals to industry disclosure list
From Green Right Now Reports The EPA has proposed adding 16 chemicals that the agency considers eligible to become “reportable chemicals” to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) list — including some...
View Article12 portable water filters/pitchers that can purify your tap water
By Melissa Segrest Green Right Now Ready to banish the plastic water bottle? You can choose to drink water straight from the tap, which the federal government says is largely safe, or you can filter...
View ArticleGovernment plans to reduce ‘safe’ fluoride levels to a safer level
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now After decades of promoting water fluoridation, the U.S. government today announced it wants to lower the amount of fluoride recommended for drinking water....
View ArticleEPA to phase out sulfuryl fluoride — a pesticide contributing to Americans’...
From Green Right Now Reports Just days after the federal government announced it wants to lower the safe limit for fluoride in drinking water, the EPA has put out notice that it will be phasing out a...
View ArticleLeading fluoride opponent Paul Connett says fluoridation makes no sense — at...
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Last week the federal government announced a plan to reduce the safe upper limit for fluoride in drinking water, to help protect children from the disfiguring marks...
View ArticleAnti-fluoridation rally set for NYC; activists argue fluoridation’s unnecessary
From Green Right Now Reports New York City Council member Peter F. Vallone Jr. has called a “Speak Out Against Fluoridation” Rally to be held at 11 a.m. on May 15, on the steps of City Hall. Fluoride...
View ArticleWhy you need to brush up on fluoride
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Fluoride has been controversial for longer than many of us have been alive. Back in the 1940s and 50s, when scientists introduced the idea of adding fluoride to our...
View Article7 ways to avoid fluoride in food and drinks
(This guide to avoiding fluoride at the grocery story was produced by the Fluoride Action Network, which is working to get fluoride out of public water systems. It was first published on the FAN...
View ArticleWhat kind of fluoride is in your water — the kind with arsenic?
From Green Right Now Reports A new study of hydrofluorosilicic acid (HFSA) finds that this compound, which is dumped into city water systems across the country to fluoridate drinking water, contains...
View ArticlePortland residents reject fluoridation, thwarting City Council that had...
From Green Right Now Reports Portland voters have rejected fluoridation of the city’s water, with 60 percent of residents voting against fluoridation in a referendum on Tuesday. Clean Water Portland...
View Article11 chemicals that could be triggering autism, ADHD and other cognitive disorders
GRN REPORTS: Public health experts have identified 11 industrial chemicals as “developmental neurotoxicants” that are likely contributors to the rise of neurological disorders and deficits among young...
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