http://www.wddty.com/environment en-gb http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 20 The UK government has been accused of massaging research findings in order to present a positive picture on the safety and benefits of fluoride in our tap water. http://www.wddty.com/fluoride-in-our-water-governments-push-it-despite-lack-of-evidence.html http://www.wddty.com/fluoride-in-our-water-governments-push-it-despite-lack-of-evidence.html Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:33:00 GMT Health Watch out for that ‘healthy’ bottled water you’re drinking – it might contain fluoride. America, the world’s largest market, is now allowing ‘natural’ bottled water to be fluoridated. http://www.wddty.com/bottled-water-now-they-can-put-fluoride-in-it.html http://www.wddty.com/bottled-water-now-they-can-put-fluoride-in-it.html Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:59:00 GMT Health Most dry cleaners use a nasty, noxious chemical called Perc (perchloroethylene) in order to clean your clothes. If you’re not sure yours does, just stand in the shop for a few minutes and inhale – if it’s a horrid, toxic and mind-numbing smell, that’s perc. http://www.wddty.com/dry-cleaning-is-cancer-a-perc-of-the-job.html http://www.wddty.com/dry-cleaning-is-cancer-a-perc-of-the-job.html Thu, 5 Jul 2007 11:48:00 GMT Health How much would you demand to be paid before knowingly swallowing a pesticide as part of a scientific experiment? The current rate that’s being mooted is $1,000, which represents a serious pay hike on the $15 per hour that was paid to 127 young people back in 2004 who were placed in a special chamber and exposed to vapours of chloropicrin, which is used in tear gas. http://www.wddty.com/pesticides-how-much-to-be-a-medical-guinea-pig.html http://www.wddty.com/pesticides-how-much-to-be-a-medical-guinea-pig.html Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:32:00 GMT Health Around 3 million tests were carried out on animals in the UK alone in 2005 in the name of medical research – and a new study suggests that most of it was needless suffering. http://www.wddty.com/animal-testing-a-terrible-suffering-and-it-tells-us-almost-nothing.html http://www.wddty.com/animal-testing-a-terrible-suffering-and-it-tells-us-almost-nothing.html Thu, 1 Feb 2007 02:51:00 GMT Health Millions of Americans are regularly drinking water and eating foods and drink that have been contaminated by rocket fuel. It's coming from the country's 12,000 military bases, where fuel seepage is going unchecked, and has done so for years. http://www.wddty.com/pollution-american-water-supply-and-food-contaminated-by-rocket-fuel.html http://www.wddty.com/pollution-american-water-supply-and-food-contaminated-by-rocket-fuel.html Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:13:00 GMT Health Is our polluted environment giving our children cancer? Cancer among children throughout Europe has been increasing by 1 per cent every year for the last 20 years – and toxic agents in our environment are the most likely cause. http://www.wddty.com/childhood-cancer-it-increases-every-year-and-pollution-could-be-to-blame.html http://www.wddty.com/childhood-cancer-it-increases-every-year-and-pollution-could-be-to-blame.html Thu, 7 Sep 2006 03:40:00 GMT Health Disastrous mismanagement of our soil and intensive farming methods have created such poor food quality that high-dose supplements are not a luxury, but the bread and butter of robust good health. http://www.wddty.com/soil-quality-worsens-as-chemicals-increase.html http://www.wddty.com/soil-quality-worsens-as-chemicals-increase.html Sun, 1 Dec 2002 12:00:00 GMT Health Nearly all toothpastes sold in the US and UK contain fluoride - typically 1000-1500 parts per million. Commonly used mouth rinses contain 230-900 ppm. http://www.wddty.com/drowning-in-fluoride.html http://www.wddty.com/drowning-in-fluoride.html Tue, 1 Oct 2002 12:00:00 GMT Health In the Chinese study of 907 children from four areas in Guizhou Province, the degree of exposure to fluoride was clearly linked to IQ test scores: http://www.wddty.com/the-chinese-evidence-at-a-glance.html http://www.wddty.com/the-chinese-evidence-at-a-glance.html Tue, 1 Oct 2002 12:00:00 GMT Health Silicofluorides (SilicoFs) added to drinking water may even promote cocaine use and violent crime. SilicoFs are waste products from phosphate fertiliser and glass manufacturing. http://www.wddty.com/a-cause-of-violence-and-addiction.html http://www.wddty.com/a-cause-of-violence-and-addiction.html Tue, 1 Oct 2002 12:00:00 GMT Health New studies from China show that an excessive intake of fluoride can accumulate in the brain, permanently reducing a child’s intelligence. http://www.wddty.com/fluoride-lowering-iq-s.html http://www.wddty.com/fluoride-lowering-iq-s.html Tue, 1 Oct 2002 12:00:00 GMT Health Even if your drinking water isn’t fluoridated (and much of the UK’s isn’t), fluoride resides in all sorts of unlikely places. Indeed, the concentration in outer enamel of the teeth http://www.wddty.com/where-else-is-fluoride-found.html http://www.wddty.com/where-else-is-fluoride-found.html Tue, 1 Oct 2002 12:00:00 GMT Health Until last Monday, 12 March, Wynn Gittens was a hardworking dairy herd farmer, farming 200 cattle and 1350 sheep at Ucheldre Farm, Brooks, near Welsh pool, Wales. But in the space of a single day, ... http://www.wddty.com/a-farmer-s-perspective.html http://www.wddty.com/a-farmer-s-perspective.html Sun, 1 Apr 2001 12:00:00 GMT Health Albert Howard, an Honorary Fellow of the Imperial College of Science, was formerly the Director of the Institute of Plant Industry and Agricultural Adviser to States in Central India and Rajputana ... http://www.wddty.com/a-disease-of-intensive-farming.html http://www.wddty.com/a-disease-of-intensive-farming.html Sun, 1 Apr 2001 12:00:00 GMT Health The Systematic Review of Water Fluoridation commissioned last summer by the Department of Health has reported at last (BMJ, 6 October 2000 and NHS CRD Report No 18). It had been hugely misrepresen ... http://www.wddty.com/fluorosis-and-faint-praise.html http://www.wddty.com/fluorosis-and-faint-praise.html Wed, 1 Nov 2000 12:00:00 GMT Health In our survey, labelling information was not consistent. Some companies listed the amount of fluoride in ppm and some in percentages, some in both and some not at all. The British Dental Associati ... http://www.wddty.com/deciphering-the-label.html http://www.wddty.com/deciphering-the-label.html Sat, 1 Jul 2000 12:00:00 GMT Health While it has long been believed that fluoride has a half life of 3.5 hours (time to clear it from the body), experience of victims of fluoride poisoning suggests that the chemical's half life is m ... http://www.wddty.com/fluoride-accumulates-over-time.html http://www.wddty.com/fluoride-accumulates-over-time.html Sat, 1 Jul 2000 12:00:00 GMT Health