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2000 Letters Go To EPA

Bulletin #637
July 28, 2006
Dear All,

Congratulations to Terry Grumbles from Austin, Texas, for sending the 2000th ONLINE letter to EPA Administrater Stephen Johnson. This milestone was passed at 2:41 pm (EST) today.

That’s the good news; the bad news is that the flow of letters has slowed dramatically since yesterday and we eagerly need people with access […]

Excellent Article From Toronto

Bulletin #634
July 27, 2006
Dear All,

On the eve of the FAN conference (details http://www.FluorideAction.net) there is an excellent article on water fluoridation from Toronto, which mentions the conference and quotes four people who will be attending (myself, Hardy Limeback, Bill Hirzy and Aliss Terprstra). The article appeared in the paper NOW, which is one of Toronto’s […]

Ralph Nader Edorses FAN Conference

Bulletin #631
July 25, 2006
Dear All,

Today has been a real red letter day for FAN. First, we had a good write-up on the FAN conference in our biggest local newspaper (see FAN bulletin #628). Second, we saw a great increase in the number and quality of letters going to Stephen Johnson on sulfuryl fluoride (see FAN […]

Countdown To August 4: Report 4

Bulletin #629
July 25, 2006
Dear All,

On Friday we got 42 letters, on Saturday 49, on Sunday 60, and yesterday we got 145!

As of 10 am Tuesday July 25,  315 letters (see Online letter at http://actionstudio.org/?go=2367) have been sent into EPA Adminstrator Stephen Johnson in support of FAN’s petition to “stay” the EPA Pesticide division’s approval of […]

Countdown To August 4: Report 2

Bulletin #626
July 23, 2006
Dear All,

As of 10:00 am Sunday July 23, 98 ONLINE letters have been sent to EPA Adminstrator Stephen Johnson (see letter below and for the URL for easy to send instructions, go to  http://actionstudio.org/?go=2367).

This has quadrupled our total from Friday (22). While these are still very early returns (being the weekend and […]

Calling All Nodes

Bulletin #623
July 23, 2006
Dear All,

Before I discuss what I mean by “being a node”, with 8 days to go to the FAN conference, here is a short update.  We now have over 70 peopel attending and our state total is now up to 22 (Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawai, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, New […]

FAN In The News

Bulletin #621
July 18, 2006
Dear All,

From the US Geology Survey to Inside EPA,  the activities of EWG, Beyond Pesticides, FAN and the EPA Unions, on both water fluoridation and sulfuryl fluoride, are being noticed. See the two stories below.

Paul Connett
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US Geology Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries,

January 2006. (p 65)

http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/fluorspar/fluormcs06.pdf

Fluorspar

“There continues to be concern among environmental groups and […]

Iodine Deficiency And Fluoride

Bulletin #618
July 17, 2006
Dear All,

One of the very disturbing pieces of information that has emerged from Chinese studies is that even marginal iodine deficiency can exacerbate fluoride’s toxic effects on the thyroid gland and the developing brain.  According to the National Research Council (NRC, March 22, 2006) “the effects of fluoride on thyroid function… might […]

VICTORY: Boulder Gets To Vote For Clean Water

Bulletin #615
July 13, 2006
Dear All,

Congratulations to Randall Weiner and his team (Boulder Clean Water Advocates) for getting enough signatures to put their Clean Water Initiative on the November ballot (see story below). If this measure passes it would prevent the use of industrial grade hexafluorosilicic acid as a fluoridating agent in Boulder. Collecting these signatures […]

Tell EPA: “Enough Is Enough”

Bulletin #612
July 12, 2006
Dear All,
As we mentioned in Bulletin #607, the motion filed by FAN, EWG and Beyond Pesticides to stay the EPA Pesticide Division’s approval of Dow AgroSciences proposal to use sulfuryl fluoride as a fumigant on hundreds of foodstuffs in warehouses and processing plants has been listed in the Federal Register. The public […]

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2000 Letters Go To EPA

Bulletin #637
July 28, 2006
Dear All,

Congratulations to Terry Grumbles from Austin, Texas, for sending the 2000th ONLINE letter to EPA Administrater Stephen Johnson. This milestone was passed at 2:41 pm (EST) today.

That’s the good news; the bad news is that the flow of letters has slowed dramatically since yesterday and we eagerly need people with access […]

Conference News And EPA Letters-Report 6

Bulletin #635
July 27, 2006
Dear All,

Two of FAN’s major events are converging: the FAN conference (July 28- August 1, Canton, NY) begins tomorrow and the deadline for letters to Stephen Johnson (August 4) is rapidly approaching.

THE FAN CONFERENCE

Today some of our eary birds have already set off for Canton for the beginning of the conference on […]

Ralph Nader’s Statement (Again)

Bulletin #633
July 26, 2006
Dear All,

In my haste (and excitement) to distribute Ralph Nader’s statement encouraging both citizens and scientists to attend the FAN Conference, I made a few typos in transcribing the fax we received.

I have reproduced a version below which should be typo free. I am sure a lot of people would like to […]

August 4 Countdown: Report 5 - Staggering Activity

Bulletin #632
July 26, 2006
Dear All,

On Friday we got 42 letters, on Saturday 49, on Sunday 60, on Monday we got 145 and yesterday we got a staggering 451! And we seem set for another big total today.

As of 10:18 am (EST) Wednesday July 25, 1009 letters (see Online letter at http://actionstudio.org/?go=2367) have been sent into EPA […]

Ralph Nader Edorses FAN Conference

Bulletin #631
July 25, 2006
Dear All,

Today has been a real red letter day for FAN. First, we had a good write-up on the FAN conference in our biggest local newspaper (see FAN bulletin #628). Second, we saw a great increase in the number and quality of letters going to Stephen Johnson on sulfuryl fluoride (see FAN […]

Countdown To August 4: Report 4

Bulletin #629
July 25, 2006
Dear All,

On Friday we got 42 letters, on Saturday 49, on Sunday 60, and yesterday we got 145!

As of 10 am Tuesday July 25,  315 letters (see Online letter at http://actionstudio.org/?go=2367) have been sent into EPA Adminstrator Stephen Johnson in support of FAN’s petition to “stay” the EPA Pesticide division’s approval of […]

Countdown To August 4: Report 2

Bulletin #626
July 23, 2006
Dear All,

As of 10:00 am Sunday July 23, 98 ONLINE letters have been sent to EPA Adminstrator Stephen Johnson (see letter below and for the URL for easy to send instructions, go to  http://actionstudio.org/?go=2367).

This has quadrupled our total from Friday (22). While these are still very early returns (being the weekend and […]

Calling All Nodes

Bulletin #623
July 23, 2006
Dear All,

Before I discuss what I mean by “being a node”, with 8 days to go to the FAN conference, here is a short update.  We now have over 70 peopel attending and our state total is now up to 22 (Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawai, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, New […]

FAN In The News

Bulletin #621
July 18, 2006
Dear All,

From the US Geology Survey to Inside EPA,  the activities of EWG, Beyond Pesticides, FAN and the EPA Unions, on both water fluoridation and sulfuryl fluoride, are being noticed. See the two stories below.

Paul Connett
———————————————————————–

US Geology Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries,

January 2006. (p 65)

http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/fluorspar/fluormcs06.pdf

Fluorspar

“There continues to be concern among environmental groups and […]

Iodine Deficiency And Fluoride

Bulletin #618
July 17, 2006
Dear All,

One of the very disturbing pieces of information that has emerged from Chinese studies is that even marginal iodine deficiency can exacerbate fluoride’s toxic effects on the thyroid gland and the developing brain.  According to the National Research Council (NRC, March 22, 2006) “the effects of fluoride on thyroid function… might […]

VICTORY: Boulder Gets To Vote For Clean Water

Bulletin #615
July 13, 2006
Dear All,

Congratulations to Randall Weiner and his team (Boulder Clean Water Advocates) for getting enough signatures to put their Clean Water Initiative on the November ballot (see story below). If this measure passes it would prevent the use of industrial grade hexafluorosilicic acid as a fluoridating agent in Boulder. Collecting these signatures […]