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Nuapada: No respite from fluoride yet
Safe potable water is a luxury in Nuapada district where content of fluoride in water is very high. Despite several schemes with outlay running into crores of rupees have been lined up to mitigate water scarcity in the State, residents of Boden and Komna blocks of the district have to walk miles together in search […]
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Simcoe, Courtland & Delhi: Fluoride query motion shot down
The fluoride question will not be on the ballot in this fall’s municipal election. Simcoe Coun. Peter Black’s idea to let the public decide whether to continue putting the substance into the drinking water of Courtland, Delhi, and Simcoe came to halt Tuesday night when no one would second his motion. Elected officials turned down […]
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Doctors urged to oppose fluoride in water
The Irish Medical Organisation is being urged to take a stand against the practice of adding fluoride to public drinking water. Elizabeth Cullen of the Irish Doctor’s Environmental Association, will make her “commonsense” proposal on ending water fluoridation at the IMO’s annual conference in Maynooth, Co Kildare, on Friday. Dr Cullen’s motion urges the IMO […]
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GM outlines Kempsey Shire Council’s priorities
CHANGES to Kempsey Shire Council’s operations in the new financial year will include a focus on cutting red tape, a review of its recreation assets and progress on water fluoridation. The council will also undertake major projects already flagged, such as the $2 million beautification of Kempsey’s CBD; the $2 million project to create an […]
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Albuquerque: Board to weigh measure Wednesday to fluoridate drinking water
Water board members on Wednesday will consider an ordinance to require fluoridation of Albuquerque’s drinking water. Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority will take up the issue at 5 p.m. at the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Government Center, One Civic Plaza, basement chamber. Albuquerque began fluoridation after a 57 percent majority of city voters supported the practice in […]
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Boyne City Commission to discuss fluoride in the water; Gazette investigation reveals county H20 ranges from no fluoride to too much
Broach the subject of “fluoridated water” and prepare yourself for a veritable tsunami of information, disinformation, science, pseudoscience, myth and conspiracy theories that just may rival the JFK assassination. Nonetheless, the issue of fluoridated water recently arose during a Boyne City Commission meeting when one public official suggested immediately discontinuing the city’s practice of adding […]
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Simcoe. Fluoride query on ballot will be costly: report
Asking residents of Delhi, Courtland, and Simcoe if they want fluoride to remain in their drinking water will be an expensive and time-consuming task, a report to council warns. Simcoe Coun. Peter Black is proposing the question be put on this fall’s municipal election ballot. But the logistics of carrying out the vote is complex, […]
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Greenwich shuts down contaminated well, vows to fix immediately
GREENWICH TWP. — The township has shut down one of its public drinking wells after finding positive results for perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), specifically perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA). Greenwich is the fifth Gloucester County municipality to stop using at least one water source due to PFNA contamination. It follows West Deptford, Paulsboro, East Greenwich and Woodbury. As […]
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Prince George: Dentist distances himself from fluoride lawsuit
A Prince George dentist is surprised and angered his name is being used in support of a class action lawsuit alleging the city’s fluoridated water is the cause of a degenerative tooth disease. In his most recent filing at the Prince George courthouse, Kevin Millership says two people are seeking to be plaintiffs in the […]
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St. Joseph: Group raises fluoride concerns
A group of locals concerned about the use of fluoride in the public water supply met to learn more about the issue at East Hills Library on Thursday night. The discussion was led by Richard Taylor, an area clinical psychologist affiliated with the Fluoride Action Network. The group opposes the addition of fluoride in drinking […]
United States, Missouri