Senators Mike Fesi of Houma and Patrick McMath of Covington will be introducing a bill this session that would ban fluoride in drinking water. McMath points to a study that found that fluoride concentration that exceeds 1.5 milligrams per liter can cause health issues.
Cut 8 (10) “…measures during childhood.”
One of the reports McMath was alluding to was one done last August by the National Toxicology Program. Felicia Rabito, a professor of epidemiology at Tulane University, says that report is problematic in its methodology.
Cut 10 (12) “…the methodologic flaws.”
Rabito says even if the report is accepted as fact, it’s irrelevant because it cites a fluoride concentration level that’s more than twice the EPA recommended level.
A hearing is happening in federal court aimed at delaying the execution of Jessie Hoffman. The Promise of Justice Initiative is trying to prove that using nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution amounts to cruel and unusual punishment, in violation of the 8th Amendment. Hoffman is scheduled to be executed March 18th. As such, Loyola University New Orleans law professor Dane Ciolino says he expects Chief Judge Shelly Dick to issue a ruling very quickly.
Cut 6 (09) “…the Fifth Circuit.”
A vegan ice cream shop in Portland, Oregon, owned by an LSU grad from Lafayette is recognized as the best vegan Ice cream shop in the United States by Veg News. Kate Williams says her ice cream is made in-house using coconut milk. The big question is how does it taste?