Brian Brown

"What has been rejected in Europe cannot simply be moved elsewhere and repackaged as progress." The Miteni plant in Trissino, Vicenza, produced fluorinated chemicals used in sectors such as agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, textiles, firefighting foams, fluorinated waxes, and ski waxes. The company was found to have contaminated groundwater and drinking water across parts of Vicenza, Verona, and Padua. In June 2025, 11 of 15 former Miteni managers were convicted in the first instance for serious environmental offences, including intentional water poisoning and deliberate environmental disaster. Prison sentences reportedly ranged up to 17 years and 6 months. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Yet another fluorinated drug - favipiravir.

Court overturns landmark fluoride ruling, sides with EPA. A federal appeals court said the judge erred procedurally by relying on later evidence when ruling that fluoride poses an unreasonable risk to children’s brain development. eenews.net/articles/court…

But sure. #ArtificialTurf is getting recycled. 🙄

9 out of 12 pesticide-related residues reported on Driscoll’s conventional strawberries were fluorinated compounds: Flonicamid, Fludioxonil, Flupyradifurone, Fluxapyroxad, Indoxacarb, Novaluron, Tetraconazole, TFNG, and Quinoxyfen. Several of these residues also exceeded limits set in other countries.

UK: High levels of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found off coast of southern England. Study finds levels of toxic PFAS in Solent at 13 times safe limits in some places, with much coming from treated sewage. theguardian.com/environment/20…

The EPA has put cancer warnings on 1.4% — 69 of 4,919 — of pesticide labels for products that contain an active ingredient that the agency itself has designated “probable” or “likely” to cause cancer, the analyses found.

@terencemoo81299 @FluoridePoison @NHSChildsmile @JohnSwinney @neilcgray @Ivan_McKee @AnasSarwar @PaulJSweeney Their website still shows the false information on fluoride varnish. Why is it still up if they've known this info to be untrue since August 2025?

@BrianBrownFoot @FluoridePoison The Scottish Government's @NHSChildsmile programme should give parents full information on fluoride's potential toxicity. It should also give them the option of fluoride-free toothpaste for the supervised brushing. @JohnSwinney @neilcgray @Ivan_McKee @AnasSarwar @PaulJSweeney

@terencemoo81299 @FluoridePoison The Childsmile scam uses supervised toothbrushing with 1,450 ppm fluoride toothpaste in a "spit-don't rinse" program. Yet, since the program began, not a single study has investigated these children’s health, let alone dental fluorosis incidence. poisonfluoride.com/phpBB3/viewtop…

@Nathan_Donley Bruce Lanphear makes some good points, but I wish he would follow his own advice more often. Unfortunately, much of his Substack reads like AI slop.

I’ll leave you with Bruce’s words “Words matter. Epidemiologists help shape not only scientific understanding, but political will, regulatory action, and public perception. We should choose our words carefully. But we should also occasionally choose them bravely”

This piece by Bruce Lanphear touches on one of the most important issues affecting public health today Epidemiologists are still playing by rules industry abandoned long ago The result is the public perception that chemical exposures don’t matter blanphear.substack.com/p/the-burden-o…

The recent U.S. FDA characterization of baby formula as “safe” is entirely misleading. In the FDA dataset, about two-thirds of the infant formulas tested had detectable PFAS. The highest levels were found in soy-based formula samples, especially powder soy-based formulas. These detections were mainly driven by PFBA, with some soy powder samples containing around 30-34 ppt. @bennettpeer @Nathan_Donley theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…

@Acyn What a pathetic stance. Shameful.

AOC: I personally do not trust somebody like Marjorie Taylor Greene—a proven bigot and anti-semite—on the issues of what is good for Gazans and Israelis. I don’t think it benefits our movement to align with white nationalists.

Would you serve your kids lunch with a side of microplastics and PFAS? Because that's what's happening in schools every day. A new op-ed from @enckj, USEFULL, and Ahimsa makes the case for reusables—and the NY bill that can fund it. lohud.com/story/opinion/…

🍓🍏🍊🍇 A new report by @EFSA_EU reveals that 41.6% of fruit & vegetables sold in the EU contain #pesticide residues, with 25.5% containing more than one residue. Read more: pan-europe.info/press-releases…

UPDATE: Crocker Riverside Elementary School will not have artificial turf. 👏 👏 👏 Sacramento City USD officials announced they would be reversing course, after several parents raised concerns ranging from environmental impact to health effects. abridged.org/news/crocker-r…

Study reveals potential link between ‘PFAS’ & childhood leukemia. ocregister.com/2026/05/01/uc-…

INDIA: "Regulation of fluoride levels in packaged foods and beverages is essential. Mandatory labeling of fluoride content should be implemented to aid informed decision-making. In low-fluoride environments, carefully calibrated supplementation may be warranted, while communities exposed to high dietary fluoride require monitoring to safeguard against fluorosis." In Vitro Quantification of Fluoride Levels in Commonly Consumed Foods and Beverages in Tirupati, India cureus.com/articles/48308…

Since the late 1930s, it has been known that cadmium produces mottled teeth (dental fluorosis), just like fluoride. france24.com/en/france/2026…

24/4/26. EU. Largest-ever ban on toxic chemicals in Europe hit by ‘extremely frustrating’ delays. Green groups say European Commission is ‘chief roadblock’ to its own plans, as report finds poor progress 4 years on theguardian.com/environment/20…