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Fluoride program rollout left to decay in Queensland
A FORMER One Nation MP has almost single-handedly halted the fluoridation of Queensland’s water supply, convincing the Newman government to let rural councils opt out of the public health program. This week’s state budget cut $14 million that had been set aside by the former Labor government to complete the rollout of water fluoridation in […]
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Ormond Beach commissioners starting budget approval
Excerpt: Near the end of the meeting, Commissioner Troy Kent raised the question about the fluoridation of city water. He expressed concern about the actual chemical make-up of the product the city was buying in comparison with what is delivered “on the truck.” Mayor Kelly responded that there would be a workshop to cover those […]
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DuBois: Residents question whether there should be fluoride in water
Residents in DuBois are raising questions as to whether or not fluoride should continue to be in the city’s water. DuBois city manager, Herm Suplizio said that fluoride has been in the water since 1964. Suplizio said recently, residents have been addressing city officials expressing concerns stating fluoride is not healthy to have in the […]
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CDC awards contract to Hager Sharp to promote fluoridation
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded two contracts to DC-based Hager Sharp. The two multi-year contracts worth an estimated $6.2 million include support for the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (DHDSP) and the Division of Oral Health (DOH), both based in Atlanta. The two contracts awarded to the agency include a […]
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More Studies Link Fluoride to Brain Damage
Legislators Are Mislead About Gravity and Extent of Fluoride Brain Risk. Newly discovered and translated published studies reveal fluoride is linked to lower IQ, even at levels added to US water supplies, reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). Further, fluoridation promoters misrepresented newly published Harvard fluoride/IQ research. Thirty-four studies now link fluoride to reduced IQ […]
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Charters Towers: Mayor open to continued fluoridation talks
The Charters Towers Mayor says he is happy to continue the debate on whether or not to fluoridate the town’s drinking water if he feels the community is interested. The Queensland Government announced in Tuesday’s state budget that it would no longer make a fluoridation program mandatory. Frank Beveridge says while adding fluoride to local […]
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Cranbrook: Fluoride in water questioned
Cranbrook is taking a second look at the fluoride it adds to the water system after a group appealed to council Monday night. Brian Kostiuk and Brad Brehm presented to city council on September 10 their concerns about fluoride in Cranbrook’s drinking water. “What we are questioning here today is the effectiveness of adding fluoride […]
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Hingham Board of Health to hold fluoride discussion
The Hingham Board of Health will host a fluoride discussion with Aquarion Vice President of Operations John Walsh and the Hull and Cohasset boards of health Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. Hingham Executive Health Officer Bruce Capman said the agenda item is in response to the January 2011 U.S. Department of Health and Human […]
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Harvard study: Fluoridated water lowers children’s IQ
Researchers at Harvard University recently published the results of a long-term analysis that links fluoridated water to lower IQ scores in children. The alarming findings were released in Environmental Health Perspectives, a publication of the National Institute of Health. Professor Philippe Grandjean and research scientist Anna L. Choi of Harvard University partnered with medical […]
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Fluorination via porphyrin
The proposed mechanism relies on the oxomanganese to selectively cleave C-H bonds © Science/AAAS Despite fluorine’s popularity with medicinal chemists, reliable activation of aliphatic C–H bonds for fluorination has remained tantalisingly out of reach. Now, a manganese porphyrin has been used to selectively fluorinate sp3 carbon–hydrogen bonds using silver fluoride as a source of fluorine. […]
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