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NYS DOH Fluoridation Grants for 2015-2016: Announcement
Fluoridation Funding Opportunities Announcement from the New York State Department of Health The New York State Department of Health has released two funding opportunities to support counties, cities, towns, or villages (municipalities), which own their public water system, for costs related to the construction, installation, repair, replacement, or upgrade of fluoride equipment in drinking water […]
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‘Sometimes it is half the mouth being taken out’ – Darlington consultant says children as young as 4 having rotten teeth removed
A HOSPITAL consultant says it is a disgrace that the NHS is footing the bill to remove rotten teeth from children aged as young as four. Dr John Furness, a consultant paediatrician based at Darlington Memorial Hospital, said weekly ‘extraction’ clinics were taking place at locations including Bishop Auckland and North Tees, Stockton, where youngsters […]
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Aquakraft’s ‘Swachhagraha’ movement ensures clean drinking water, safe sanitation
Sometime in 2002, a close friend of mine, Dr Vulimiri Jagdish, former Senior Public Health Specialist from the World Bank, introduced me to Dr Timothy Badger from Boston, USA, who had patents in water filtration technologies. Dr Badger was very passionate about doing work in India and wanted a partner. It was then that I […]
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Water to be provided to Fluoride-hit areas soon
HYDERABAD: Amid talk of possible bypoll to Nalgonda Lok Sabha segment as the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is said to be considering this bypoll option to test waters to know about his government’s popularity among people, the state government has decided to expedite Mission Bhagiratha works to provide potable water to the fluoride-hit Devarakonda […]
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High fluoride levels in pregnancy may lower offspring IQ
Drinking water and brushing our teeth are daily activities that we tend to do without thinking. But for expectant mothers, these seemingly harmless actions could have unintended consequences for offspring. A new study suggests that children exposed to high levels of fluoride in utero may be less intelligent than those exposed to lower levels. Principal investigator […]
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Port Angeles: Water fluoridation foes file complaint with state
PORT ANGELES — A complaint to the state Public Disclosure Commission by Sequim-based Protect the Peninsula’s Future challenges Clallam County Health and Human Services over its participation in creating an oral health brochure produced by the Arcora Foundation, formerly the Washington Dental Service Foundation. The environmental group claims the county agency and Arcora violated PDC […]
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Potsdam: Local dentists express support for water fluoridation
POTSDAM — The village’s proposal to end fluoridation has drawn criticism from local and non-local dentists. “The most vulnerable are the ones that benefit the most from fluoridation,” said Lee H. Akin, a surgeon at North Country Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Potsdam. He also serves as the president of the local dental society, which […]
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ADA Untroubled By Yet Another Study Pointing To Fluoride’s Negative Health Impacts
For decades, many groups have fought against the inclusion of fluoride in publicly supplied water, arguing that the risks of mass fluoride consumption outweigh the purported benefits. Now, a new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives has added to the scientific literature that suggests that fluoride negatively impacts human intelligence, especially in children and infants. […]
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New Study Confirms Fluoride Harms Fetal Brain; Lowers IQ
The results of the first ever U.S. government funded study of fluoride and IQ have just been published. A team of researchers found a statistically significant association between fluoride exposure in women during pregnancy and a lowering of IQ in their children, reports the Fluoride Action Network. The study was published in Environmental Health Perspectives […]
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Suit Over Rejected Fluoride Petition Could Test EPA’s Stance On TSCA ‘Uses’
EPA is poised to respond to environmentalists’ suit challenging the agency’s rejection of their petition seeking to ban the practice of fluoridating water under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), but the case could test EPA’s stance on which chemical uses it must consider in its risk analyses as it has taken a different position […]
United States, National USA