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Bega Valley: Fluoridation vote deferred as opponents make fresh plea
Council has chosen to defer the vote on whether to fluoridate its water supplies after hearing passionate presentations supported by community members in the gallery at the council meeting Wednesday. All presentations referenced the possibility of council referring the decision to NSW Health with speakers reminding council that it should be councillors’ own decision. It […]
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ALBUQUERQUE: Vote to add fluoride to metro’s drinking water scheduled for today
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The city’s water authority is scheduled to decide if fluoride will be added to drinking water in Albuquerque. Last month the Water Authority’s Governing Board delayed the vote to September 20. Fluoride operations were halted in 2011, but there has been a national push from those who believe it will benefit the […]
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Moncton votes to keep fluoride out of water
Eight months of lengthy discussions came to an end on Monday night when Moncton city council voted to stick to the status quo of not adding fluoride to the municipality’s water. In 2011, after a contentious debate, Moncton council voted to suspend adding fluoride to the city’s water for five years. At the time, council asked the […]
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Scientists Develop Solar Cells Out Of Fluorine
SEOUL — A group of South Korean scientists have developed highly stable and cheap solar cells made out of fluorine, a state-run institute said Tuesday. The team led by Kim Jin-young from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) developed the edged selectively fluorinefunctionalized graphene nanoplatelets with structure of perovskite solarcells that can achieve a stability of 82 percent. A perovskite solar cell is a type of cell which includes a perovskite structured compound, considered a next-generation technology […]
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Higher levels of fluoride in urine associated with lower intelligence in children
Fluoride in the urine of pregnant women shows a correlation with lower measures of intelligence in their children, according to University of Toronto researchers who conducted the first study of its kind and size to examine fluoride exposure and multiple states of neurodevelopment. “Our study shows that the growing fetal nervous system may be adversely […]
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Children’s IQ Could Be Lowered By Mothers Drinking Tap Water While Pregnant
Adding fluoride to public drinking water for dental purposes has been controversial since the practice first began in 1945, and the latest findings are sure to stir that pot yet again. A new study suggests that prenatal exposure to this chemical may affect cognitive abilities and that children born to mothers exposed to high amounts of fluoride […]
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Owen Sound: Group Wants Another Referendum on Fluoride
A petition circulating to add a question to the 2018 municipal election ballot about removing fluoride from Owen Sound’s water supply is garnering momentum. Oliver Hartan, spokesperson for Fluoridation Free Owen Sound (FFOS), says the group already has more than 1,000 signatures supporting its appeal to the city to pose the question on the 2018 […]
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Hixson Utility District admits putting fertilizer, aluminum factory ‘discharge’ into tap
In this graphic, Hixson Utility District makes a worrisome admission about an intentional contaminant it puts into drinking water — one it is being asked to remove. Fluoride is approved by the federal government. (Images Hixsonutility.com) Hixson Utility District faces renewed questions about its use of a contaminant, hydrofluorosilicic acid, which it puts deliberately as […]
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FAN’s Sixth International Conference on Fluoride: “When Policy is King, Science becomes a Slave.”
This coming weekend (Sept 16, 17) the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) will bring together citizens and scientists from around the world, to the Regency Hyatt hotel in Crystal City, VA, to educate the public, the media and decision-makers about the dangers of swallowing fluoride. According to Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, Paul Connett, “the purpose of […]
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Riverview calls on Ottawa to study fluoride in drinking water
Riverview town council is following Dieppe’s lead, and calling on the federal government to do a comprehensive study on water fluoridation. Both Riverview and Dieppe purchase their water from the City of Moncton, which removed fluoride five years ago. It’s been a controversial decision, and dentists in the area are now calling for a return […]
Canada, New Brunswick