Spring Hill, Tennessee's council voted unanimously to stop fluoridating its water, following Philomath, Oregon. The newsletter also describes three pending lawsuits, including a Washington suit arguing the fluoride chemicals meet the definition of prescription drugs.
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Chemical hazards: fluoride, pesticides, BPA and other contaminants.
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The Daily Activity Every Middle Aged Woman Should Beware of
The Fluoride Action Network, writing for Mercola, cites a 2006 National Research Council report calling fluoride an endocrine disruptor affecting thyroid, parathyroid, pineal, adrenal, pancreas and pituitary. European doctors once prescribed 2 to 3 mg to damp overactive thyroids.
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Why You Need to Avoid These 'Healthy' Fruits and Nuts
The Fluoride Action Network traces Dow's fumigant ProFume, 99.8 percent sulfuryl fluoride, from its 1959 registration against termites to EPA approval for food use in 2004. Dow sought to fumigate California raisins and walnuts as methyl bromide was phased out under the Montreal Protocol.
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The Healthy Drink that May Destroy Your Sleep
Mercola describes the pineal gland's role in making melatonin and argues that suppressing it puts people at risk for conditions including insomnia, hormone imbalance and Alzheimer's. He points to sodium fluoride in drinking water as a source of pineal calcification.
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Fluoride Awareness Week – Enough is Enough - Fluoride Must Be Removed from all US Drinking Water Supplies
The New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation backs Fluoride Awareness Week, arguing that fluoride does not reduce tooth decay, wastes tax money and harms health. It cites claims that over 40% of American 12-15 year olds show visible signs of overexposure.
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The Bone Destroying Daily Drink Fooling Millions of Americans
Two North American studies examined low-level fluoride intake and bone. The piece calls them short of conclusive but says they offer some of the strongest evidence yet that fluoride alters bone tissue quality, and it lists skeletal fluorosis symptoms such as joint and bone pain.
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Water fluoridation linked to osteosarcoma (PR)
The Fluoride Action Network argues that Chester Douglass's Journal of Dental Research paper cannot refute Bassin's 2006 finding of a 500% to 600% higher osteosarcoma risk in boys exposed at ages 6 to 8, because bone fluoride levels say nothing about timing.
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Proven Unsafe But FDA-Approved: Are YOU Still Consuming This Man-Made Poison?
Mercola revisits safety questions about aspartame, citing Ralph Walton's 1996 survey in which all 74 industry-funded studies found no adverse effects while 84 of 92 independently funded ones did. Dr. John Olney says it has not been demonstrated to be safe.
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Nanoparticles like zinc oxide trigger inflammation
Zinc oxide nanoparticles showed dose-dependent toxicity in mouse and human cell lines and raised reactive oxygen species fourfold. Dendritic cells exposed to them produced more of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and TNF-a, suggesting the particles may induce inflammation.
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These Documents Virtually Force You to Destroy Your Health
Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act show dental staff in the CDC’s Oral Health Division have controlled the agency’s water fluoridation position since the 1970s, with no input from CDC toxicologists, minority health professionals or diabetes experts.
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Is your teapot safe to use?
Belgian researchers simulated brewing in metallic teapots and found most leached lead and nickel at levels they judged to pose a serious poisoning risk. The study, in Food Additives and Contaminants, followed a case of lead poisoning in a family that used such teapots.
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Has this Chemical Destroyed the Meaning of Organic?
Mercola reports on perchlorate, a rocket fuel ingredient and endocrine disruptor. In one North American study, 16% of conventionally produced and 32% of organically produced leafy vegetable samples had quantifiable levels, with organic exposure about twice as high.
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Chicken, Steak Top List of Five Most Dangerous Foods to Grill (PR)
Cancer Project dietitians rank grilled skinless chicken breast highest in heterocyclic amines at 14,000 nanograms per 100 grams, ahead of grilled steak, barbecued pork, salmon and hamburger. They note HCAs form even in chicken patties grilled three minutes a side.
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Europe Calls This One of the Top 6 Chemical Threats to Humans...
The EU is phasing out DEHP and two other phthalates under REACH over reproductive toxicity, with sales and use ending in three to five years unless manufacturers obtain authorization. DEHP leaches out of PVC into blood and other fatty solutions; animal studies link it to organ damage.
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Dairy Farmers Fight Radiation with Boron
Organic dairy farmers in Hawaii write in an open letter that they are feeding sodium borate to their cows and goats, arguing boron can capture radioactivity in milk and vegetables. Mercola notes that milk from grass-fed cows often shows radiation contamination first.
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Pesticides plague produce posing problems for parents
EWG's seventh Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce puts apples atop the Dirty Dozen, displacing celery, after USDA testing found pesticides on 98 percent of more than 700 samples. Newly tested cilantro carried 33 unapproved pesticides on 44 percent of its samples.
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Carcinogenic arsenic found in chickens
Alpharma, a Pfizer subsidiary, agreed to stop selling the poultry drug roxarsone after an FDA study found inorganic arsenic, a known carcinogen, in the livers of 100 broiler chickens fed it. Roxarsone had been approved since 1944 to curb parasites and promote growth.
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Fresh and Frozen Seafood: Selecting and Serving it Safely - FDA
FDA advises buying only fish kept refrigerated or on thick, unmelting ice, and checking that the counter looks and smells clean. Fresh fish smells mild, not fishy or ammonia-like, with clear, slightly bulging eyes, firm shiny flesh and bright red gills free of slime.
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