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Southampton: Appeal over fluoride decision
THE controversial decision to fluoridate Hampshire tap water will go back to the High Court later this year. A date in June has been set for an application by Southampton mum Gerri Milner to appeal against part of the ruling that South Central Strategic Health Authority was right to approve the scheme. Since winning the […]
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Stanthorpe and Warwick: Fluoride set to flow soon
THE countdown is on until April 18 when fluoride will be added to town water supplies in Stanthorpe and Warwick. A council spokeswoman confirmed this week that the installation is progressing and testing and commissioning will commence shortly “Fluoride will be added to the water supply from April 18 and they are still on track […]
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Sulfuryl Fluoride Comment Period Extended to July 5, 2011
On April 6, EPA published a Federal Register Notice extending the comment period of the proposed phaseout of sulfuryl fluoride by 90 days to July 5, 2011. The Federal Register Notice also clarifies that rice is included among the commodities that will be affected by the recent EPA proposal. For more information, visit http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/sulfuryl-fluoride/ EFFECTIVE […]
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Hastings: Campaigner weighs into fluoride feud
A debate over fluoride was heard at Hastings District Council yesterday with Mayor Lawrence Yule indicating councillors may reconsider holding a public referendum. Anti-fluoride activists and Hawke’s Bay District Health Board representatives presented both sides of the debate on adding fluoride to the district’s water supply. The water supply in Hastings currently has fluoride added. […]
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Anti-fluoride activist sees ‘religious crusade’
Health officials backing fluoridation have squared off against a visiting professor who compared their message to “a religious crusade”. More than 60 people gathered at the Hastings District Council chambers yesterday for a workshop in response to a petition received by the council last month in which 250 people requested that the council reconsider its […]
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Fluoride in water crippling Jagalur villagers
JAGALUR (Davangere dist): Jagalur has turned a hot bed of political activity with the assembly segment set to go for by-polls shortly. Campaigning has gathered momentum and party leaders making a beeline to the taluk in a bid to woo voters. However, polls or no polls, villagers of the taluk continue to suffer from ailments […]
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Sacramento: First 5 may cut fluoridation funds
The First 5 Sacramento Commission on Monday began what is expected to become a wrenching process of cutting $48.5 million from local early-childhood programs. The cuts have been necessitated by reductions from the state, where members of both legislative houses have agreed to take $950 million from First 5 agencies in counties across California. Tobacco […]
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Fairbanks: Fluoride task force tallies comments at meeting tonight in Fairbanks
The Fluoride Task Force will meet tonight to tally public comments on its draft report published last month. Comments were taken during the past few weeks online and at two public meetings. The report recommended the city stop fluoridating its water supply. The main reasons were that city water already contains naturally occurring fluoride and […]
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Hastings: To fluoridate … or not?
That’s the question before the Hastings Council, which Tuesday hosted a packed-chamber smack-down between American anti-fluoride campaigner, Paul Connett, and three representatives on behalf of the Hawke’s Bay DHB — Dr Robin Wyman of the NZ Fluoride Information Service, Michael Beasley from the National Poisons Centre, and Dr David Marshall, HBDHB’s principal dental officer. Connett, […]
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Toronto: Fluoride, or how I learned to stop worrying and drink the water
Fluoridation has been drawing cranks out of the woodwork for decades. In Cold War days, right-wingers raged against the growing practice of putting fluoride in the drinking water to prevent tooth decay. Their fervour was lampooned in the 1964 Stanley Kubrick film Dr. Strangelove, in which rogue general Jack Ripper sends his bombers to nuke […]
Canada, Ontario