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Mississippi Public Service Commissioner De’Keither Stamps announced the introduction of a resolution recommending that local ...

Last year, when Utah lawmakers passed the nation’s first statewide ban on community water fluoridation, they included a ...

European regulators are weighing high-dose fluoride data, whereas safety bodies report that routine dietary and toothpaste ...

Researchers have discovered a low-energy way to recycle Teflon® by using mechanical motion and sodium metal. The process turns the notoriously durable plastic into sodium fluoride that can be reused ...

Rather than banning the products entirely, the FDA is now requiring manufacturers to update their labeling to limit their use to children aged 3 and older who are at high risk for tooth decay. The ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has put four companies on notice for marketing “unapproved fluoride-containing ingestible drugs” for use by children under the age of 3 or children at low or ...

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is one of those chemical innovations that has gone from wonder material to societal scourge. Better known by its brand name, Teflon, PTFE is remarkably unreactive and ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The common coating known as Teflon can keep food from sticking to ...

New research demonstrates a simple, eco-friendly method to break down Teflon—one of the world's most durable plastics—into useful chemical building blocks. Scientists from Newcastle University and the ...