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Is Fluoride Added to Your Water? Get It Out!
New York – June 15 — Water suppliers nationwide are required to supply consumers with annual Water Quality Reports or Consumer Confidence Reports at least once a year at around this time. “Consumers should take this yearly opportunity to check their water fluoride levels,” says attorney Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to […]
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Anger over Andy Burnham’s fluoride link
ANTI-FLUORIDE campaigners in Hampshire have reacted with anger at the news the country’s new Health boss held a leading role in the group that promotes fluoridation nationally. Andy Burnham,who was last week handed the Cabinet post of health secretary, resigned his role as vice-president of the British Fluoridation Society (BFS) on Friday. He insisted he […]
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Anti-fluoride rally says decay is in truth, not tooth
A PROTEST rally by Geelong anti-fluoride groups is just the beginning, according to its organiser who says they will continue to fight to the very end. Barwon Association for Freedom from Fluoridation‘s David McRae led a 200-strong group of protesters through the streets of Geelong on Saturday, continuing its ongoing fight against the Brumby Government. […]
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Two years after fluoride lawsuit, Watsonville water still fluoride free
WATSONVILLE – Two years after a California appellate court ordered Watsonville to fluoridate, negotiations for fluoridation terms continue, and so does the investigation of fluoride safety. But vindication for one side of the debate inches closer. Late last month, the state Carcinogen Identification Committee, which reviews chemicals to determine toxicity, placed fluoride in the top […]
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Paducah plant gets $40 million in funds for cleanup
PADUCAH, Ky. — The cleanup and tear down of contaminated buildings at a nuclear enrichment plant in Paducah is getting a $40 million boost from federal stimulus money. Ted Theopolos, spokesman for the Lexington-based Department of Energy project office that oversees the plant, said the funds will go toward hiring more than 50 people over […]
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Fluoride in pet food: The link to osteosarcoma
TERRE HAUTE — The most common type of bone cancer in dogs, cats and humans is osteosarcoma. Osteosarcoma is more common in the larger breeds of dogs such as Rottweilers, greyhounds, golden retrievers, etc. Eighty-five percent of all major bone tumors in dogs and 70 percent in cats are osteosarcoma. Approximately 5 percent of all […]
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Speed up water fluoridation for children’s sake, minister urges
Andy Burnham, the new Health Secretary, yesterday urged health service managers to press ahead with the controversial fluoridation of water supplies. Speaking at the NHS Confederation annual conference, Mr Burnham, an enthusiast for fluoridation, said: “I feel we’ve been too timid at times on the public health agenda. So let’s press ahead with water fluoridation, […]
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Fluoridation: Case study
When health chiefs in Southampton decided to demand the fluoridation of water supplies last year, they argued that it was the only way to reduce tooth decay, which leaves four in every ten children in the city with a filling by the time that they start school. Despite a three-month public consultation, which found 78 […]
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Speed up water fluoridation for children’s sake, minister urges
Andy Burnham, the new Health Secretary, yesterday urged health service managers to press ahead with the controversial fluoridation of water supplies. Speaking at the NHS Confederation annual conference, Mr Burnham, an enthusiast for fluoridation, said: “I feel we’ve been too timid at times on the public health agenda. So let’s press ahead with water fluoridation, […]
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Tennessee: NRC postpones Nuclear Fuel Services meeting
KNOXVILLE — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said today it needs more time to complete an inspection of the Nuclear Fuel Services plant in Erwin, Tenn., and has postponed a public meeting scheduled Wednesday to discuss results of the inspection. The inspection is related to authorization of a new commercial development line for uranium hexafluoride conversion, […]
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