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Dallas City Council approves water fluoridation deal
With little dissent, the Dallas City Council on Wednesday voted to approve a $1 million contract to fluoridate Dallas’ water supply for the next three years. Only Sheffie Kadane and Adam Medrano voted against the $1,060,800 contract with Mosaic Crop Nutrition to add the cavity-fighting chemical to the city’s drinking water. The vote follows months […]
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Martinsville: City will continue fluoridating water
Martinsville will continue adding fluoride to its drinking water — its practice for many years. After hearing from a local dentist and studying information about fluoride in public water supplies, Martinsville City Council on Tuesday took no action on a city resident’s recent request that the city stop fluoridating its water. In some circles, there […]
United States, Virginia -
Fluorosis research centre gets the cold shoulder
Though the Central government has sanctioned Rs. 10 crore to begin the proposed Regional Fluoride Mitigation and Research Centre (RFMRC) in the district, the State government has not taken any initiative to start the institute. Since the Union Ministry for Drinking Water and Sanitation has handed over the execution of the project to the National […]
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Patnaik calls for speedy execution of water projects
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has directed both urban and rural development departments to expedite execution of drinking water supply projects in Nuapada district where hundreds of villagers have been crippled by consuming fluoride contaminated drinking water. Addressing a public meet at Nuapada, about 500 km from here on Tuesday, Mr. Patnaik said he was aware […]
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Sea Mar settles lawsuit for $3.5 million
Sea Mar Community Health Centers has paid $3.35 million to the Washington state Attorney General’s office to settle an issue of improper dental billing The Sea Mar health centers are located all across the state, including one local clinic in Marysville which does provide dental services. The Attorney General’s office alleged that Sea Mar has […]
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Hastings non-fluoridated water station is a hit with the locals
Hastings first purpose built, non-fluoridated drinking fountain/bottle filling station is proving a hit with the locals. The facility was installed at the Eastbourne St bore on the intersection of Warren and Eastbourne Streets, last year. A referendum in October 2013 resulted in 63 per cent of those who took part, voting to keep fluoride in […]
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Galway the latest council to call for fluoride ban – despite what the science says
Galway city council has passed a motion calling on the government to ban the practice of fluoridation in Irish drinking water. The motion was passed at the council’s meeting yesterday, gaining support across the political spectrum. Dublin City and Cork County councils have already passed motions calling for an end to the practice. The Galway […]
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Terrace council hears pitch for fluoride-free future
The following are several of the items that were addressed at the regular Terrace council meeting last night: * With Prince George voting by referendum last year to stop adding fluoride to the municipal drinking supply, local Terrace resident Barry Prince decided to request again that Terrace council join him in forming a petition to […]
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Fayette County Commission: Let us vote on fluoride in our water
As reported in The Citizen in mid-December, the Fayette County Commission by a unanimous vote adopted a resolution that asked Fayette’s legislative delegation to advocate for amending state law from the 1980s that requires a petition signed by 10 percent of the voters from the previous election to trigger a local referendum on water fluoridation. […]
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Galway Council pass motion opposing compulsory water fluoridation
Galway Councillors at today’s (Monday 26th January) meeting just a few hours ago passed a motion of opposition to compulsory water fluoridation in Ireland. The motion, tabled by Cllr Jim Cuddy (NP) and seconded by Cllr Sean Canney (NP), “That this Council records its opposition to the current policy of water fluoridation in Ireland, based […]
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