Fluoride Exposure and Human Health Risks: A Fact Sheet from the IAOMT
International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicity Although fluoride exists naturally in the environment, human exposure to fluoride has drastically increased since the 1940s. Since that time, an array of products containing fluoride and its compounds have been introduced to the average consumer, especially due to fluoride’s alleged role in cavities prevention. … The impact […]
Neurobehavioural Effects of Developmental Toxicity
Philippe Grandjean and Philip J. Landrigan Neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia, and other cognitive impairments, affect millions of children worldwide, and some diagnoses seem to be increasing in frequency. Industrial chemicals that injure the developing brain are among the known causes for this rise in prevalence. In 2006, we did a systematic […]
The Science and Ethics of Water Fluoridation
Howard Cohen and David Locker It is our contention that water fluoridation, by the very nature of the way it is administered, engenders a number of moral dilemmas that do not admit to any easy solution. In this paper, we attempt to elucidate the particular problems posed by this public health initiative, according to the […]
Experts Blame Feds for Pharma Corruption
Lauren Vogel There are many shades of pharma corruption, according to the World Health Organization, from exaggerating or hiding safety and effectiveness data to seeking shortcuts in regulation and bribingprescribers.… Corruption is “endemic” because it’s profitable, and companies that “refuse to play the game”lose their market share, he [Marc-André Gagnon] explained. “Don’t blame the companies,” […]
Your Prescription Drugs Are About to Become Less Safe if Health Canada Has Its Way
Joel Lexchin In a little-noticed announcement in October 2017, Health Canada signalled its intention to raise the fees that drug makers will have to pay when they want to get a new medication on the market. These user fees currently fund about 50 per cent of Health Canada’s operating budget for regulating prescription drugs. Health […]
Is “Long Covid” Mostly a Mental Disease?
el gato malo surprising basically no one who has actually been paying attention, this french study seems to demonstrate that “long covid” is not, in fact, predominantly caused by covid. … the results are not kind to the case for long covid being a mostly real medical syndrome. it’s overwhelmingly clear from this data that […]
The Declining Standards of FDA Drug Approvals
Maryanne Demasi The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a legal obligation to protect the public and ensure that the benefits of medicines outweigh the harms before being marketed to people. But the agency’s increasing reliance on pharmaceutical industry money has seen the FDA’s evidentiary standards for drug approvals significantly decline. … Industry fees […]
Cardiovascular Manifestation of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Adolescents
Suyanee Mansanguan et al. This study focuses on cardiovascular manifestation, particularly myocarditis and pericarditis events, after BNT162b2 mRNA COVID‐19 vaccine injection in Thai adolescents … We enrolled 314 participants; of these, 13 participants were lost to follow‐up, leaving 301 participants for analysis. The most common cardiovascular signs and symptoms were tachycardia (7.64%), shortness of breath […]
