The Snippets and Funnies Page
We've placed interesting and sometimes heartening information on this page which is difficult to insert in the NEWS page.
An illustration of how things can get out of hand:
Dillbert by Scott Adams
Research on the effect of fluoride in the stomach
The research cited below confirms the research of Dr A K Susheela (India) who, several years ago, downloaded photographs into the public domain of the erosion of microvilli in the stomach lining when exposed to fluoride.
Self-recovery study of the adverse effects of fluoride on small intestine: Involvement of pyroptosis induced inflammation.
Li M; Wang J; Wu P; Manthari RK; Zhao Y; Li W; Wang J. Sci Total Environ. 2020; 742:140533 https://reference.medscape.com/medline/abstract/32721723 (ISSN: 1879-1026).
"Abstract
Increasing investigations suggest that fluoride (F) exposure was associated with gastrointestinal diseases, but related literatures were still largely insufficient and the underlying mechanisms have not been fully elucidated.
Moreover, previous study in our lab reported F toxicity has the reversible tendency, but it still needs to be further explored. To address this issue, we established a 90 days F exposure and 15 days & 30 days self-recovery mice model, including control and three F groups (25, 50 and 100 mg/L sodium fluoride (NaF)) in each period.
The results revealed that after 90 days F exposure, histological structure and ultrastructure of small intestine were markedly disrupted; the value of villus height to crypt depth, and expressions of tight junctions related mRNA and proteins were significantly decreased; intestinal permeability, pro-inflammatory cytokines and pyroptosis related mRNA and proteins were notably increased in duodenum, jejunum and ileum.
However, intriguingly, after 30 days recovery period, indices in F groups almost all have recovered towards normalcy.
Collectively, this study demonstrated that F exposure could impair the structure and epithelial barrier function of small intestine, leading to the intestinal inflammation, and pyroptosis may contribute to this damage.
Furthermore, F toxicity on small intestine is reversible, and could be restored when off the F exposure environment for a certain period of time.
Additionally, among the three regions of small intestine, duodenum seems more vulnerable to F exposure than jejunum and ileum."
Advice from Martin Lewis on how to reduce your water bill.
https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/money-saving-expert-martin-lewis-8032074
... and for the statistically inquisitive ...
http://gridley.ca.us/public/uploads/pdfs/2-18-20-minutes.pdf
Last night I had a marvellous dream ...
Oh well - I guess that what happens in California is unlikely to happen here in the UK while the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities at the DHSC has WF as part of its mission statement. Still, we can but dream.
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Hull (UK) 2019
Onepartpermillion.org.uk was a website which was devised by a pro-fluoridation dentist, Simon Hearnshaw, using a grant from the British Fluoridation Society. Unfortunately, by the time it had vanished, it was somewhat out of date by 3 years. In relation to the unsuccessful attempt to fluoridate Hull, the website was still telling visitors in 2022 that ...
... three years after Hull City Council turned down the WF proposal to the Secretary of State in July 2019.
Hullites can relax: the pro-fluoridation site has closed down! (February 2023) This is heart-warming news indeed.