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The impact of tap water fluoridation on human health
Abstract: The purpose of this review is to describe the osteological, neurological, endocrine and dermatological effects of fluoride ingestion. Additional aims are to evaluate whether the Chilean tap water fluoridation program has had any impact on dental health, and analyze the basis for the Chilean elementary school milk fluoridation program, which is targeted at children […]
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What Does Chile’s Latest Volcano Eruption Mean for Recreation?
The eruption of Chile’s 6,500-foot Calbuco volcano on April 22 blacked out the sun and rained down 20 inches of ash—enough to collapse the roofs of homes in the nearby town of Ensenada. The ash cloud, carried by winds out of the southwest, darkened the skies above Buenos Aires, almost 1,000 miles away. In the immediate […]
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Recomiendan a padres deben evitar el exceso de flúor en sus hijos
Nadie desconoce la importancia del flúor para reducir la degeneración dental, pero su exceso puede producir más de una complicación, especialmente en los niños. “El exceso de flúor provoca una condición crónica llamada Fluorosis dental o Hipo mineralización. Es una condición que aparece como el resultado de la ingesta de demasiado fluoruro durante el período […]
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Salmon farmers threaten to leave if aluminum smelter is built
Salmon farmers in the Aysen province of southern Chile threatened to pull out of the area if the Alumysa aluminum smelter project of Canada’s Noranda (NYSE: NRD) goes ahead, Santiago’s La Segunda newspaper reported. The Chilean association of salmon farmers claimed the plant would contaminate the pristine zone’s water with 300,000t/y of fluoride, which would […]
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Noranda leaves its mark on Chile
PUERTO AISEN, Chile – The region of Aisen, a rugged, remote area of Patagonia in southern Chile, is dominated by mountains, forests, fjords, glaciers and waterways. “You’ve got untarnished nature here,” says Yasna Jara, a resident of Puerto Aisen, a city of 18,000 that sits high in the mountains and is shrouded in clouds for […]
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Salmon producers, doctors, environmentalists, criticize Noranda’s proposed Aluminum plant in Chile
The Association of Salmon and Trout Producers said they reject the Region XI Alumysa project because of a number of problems detected in the Environmental Impact Study (EIA) carried out by Environmental Management Consulting for the salmon farmers. Victor Hugo Puchi, president of the association, said the project could devastate the salmon sector in southern […]
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Ecologists and fisheries team up against aluminum plant in Chile
Santiago, Nov 18, 2001 (EFE via COMTEX) — Chilean environmentalists and fish-farming entrepreneurs, who for years have been bitterly at odds, have joined forces to oppose construction of an aluminum plant in the Andean nation’s pristine south. The defacto alliance between the two normally antagonistic sectors came about when the Canadian firm Noranda decided to […]
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Chile: Evaluating a fluorosis hazard after a volcanic eruption
Abstract: The August, 1991 eruption of Mt. Hudson (Chile) deposited ash across southern Argentina and contributed to the deaths of thousands of grazing sheep. Early ash analysis revealed high levels of fluoride, a potential ash constituent toxic to humans and animals. In order to evaluate fluorosis as the cause of sheep deaths and to examine […]
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