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Wichita: Health aspects of fluoridated water debated at Sedgwick County meeting
The fluoride fight spilled over into the Sedgwick County Commission chambers Wednesday with about 20 people debating the benefits and risks of putting the cavity-fighting chemical in Wichita’s city drinking water. The commission has no authority over the decision whether to fluoridate the water, which will be decided by voters in a ballot initiative Nov. […]
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Vote on fluoride in Cassadaga set for today
Excerpt: The village board is scheduled to vote on the fluoridation of water at tonight’s board meeting which will be held at 7 p.m. in the village offices. The issue has sparked controversy in this community and in neighboring Lily Dale which currently depends on Cassadaga for its water… Some of the pro-fluoride people have […]
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Greenland Minerals and Energy achieves full ownership of Kvanefjeld
Greenland Minerals and Energy’s (ASX: GGG) flagship project is Kvanefjeld, a multi-element deposit located near the southwest tip of Greenland. Kvanefjeld is rapidly growing into one of the world’s largest undeveloped deposits of rare earth elements, uranium and naturally occurring sodium fluoride. Greenland Minerals and Energy (ASX: GGG) now holds a 100% of its Kvanefjeld […]
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Drinking problem: The case against water fluoridation
Here at MU, our water is fluoridated. Alarming as it should be, this fact is unsurprising when we consider that in the U.S., nearly 75 percent of Americans have access to fluoridated water supplies. Indeed, the acceptance of water fluoridation is rampant and apparently salubrious, supported by more than 100 national and international health groups […]
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Expert to speak on water fluoridation in Wichita
A former director of the Division of Oral Health at the Centers for Disease Control will lead a discussion in Wichita on Tuesday about the fluoridation of water. The public is invited to attend the discussion by Bill Maas, from 6 to 7 p.m. at Via Christi Family Medicine/Specialty Clinics, 707 N. Emporia (use south […]
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Crescent City. BALLOT ENCORE: FLUORIDE’S BACK
Questions about drinking water fluoridation run deep, through 50-plus years of controversy about a mainstream norm for many American taps, including 4,200 served by Crescent City’s Municipal Water Works. Now a measure to stop fluoridation is on the city-wide ballot for the second time in two years. In 2010, 555 out of 973 city voters […]
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Decaying lives in a flow of unfit water
KV Nagaraju, a PUC student from Kothanur village in Bagepally taluk, has no luxury even to smile while chatting with his classmates at the college. The reason: Nagaraju doesn’t want his friends to notice his teeth damaged due to fluoride that is rampant in drinking water. … With most of the irrigation tanks dried up, […]
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Hobson: Very high fluoride levels in village water
Hobson considers city water connection Around the corner from his Upper Hobson home, John Thrower pointed to an unintended artificial spring bubbling up through the dirt. “This is a good day,” Thrower said. “It’s usually bubbling a lot more than that.” The water is escaping ceaselessly from a corroded pipe inches beneath the ground, one […]
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Bundaberg: Council continues fight against fluoride
BUNDABERG Regional Council will have another go at getting the State Government to reverse its decision on the forced fluoridation of water. The council thought it had gained an exemption after talks with Premier Campbell Newman and Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney. But last month Health Minister Lawrence Springborg confirmed the Bundaberg council would have to […]
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Pinellas County: Candidates discuss business, jobs
Excerpt: Candidates for several state and county officials at an Oct. 11 political forum discussed ways government can help businesses grow during the economic slowdown, among other issues… District 3 County Commissioner Nancy Bostock, a Clearwater Republican, said that when “somebody throws out that the commission raised your EMS taxes 46 percent, that it true, […]
United States, Florida