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Grand Rapids. Study proposes reducing fluoride in city water supply, one of Grand Rapids’ claims to fame
Fluoride in drinking water — credited with dramatically cutting cavities and tooth decay — may now be too much of a good thing. Getting too much of it causes spots on some kids’ teeth. That led the federal government Friday to lower its recommended level of fluoride in the municipal water systems. The U.S. Department […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride: 2011 Predictions for EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
Excerpt: Sulfuryl fluoride is another newly developed fumigant designed as a substitute for ozone-depleting fumigants like methyl bromide. Registered for certain food uses, it required a tolerance issued under the FFDCA as amended by FQPA. One of the requirements, the aggregate risk factor, forbids the tolerance to be issued if the ‘risk cup’ is already […]
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San Diego: Fluoridation hits a snag
The communist plot has been delayed. Okay, I’m kidding. I just can’t resist a mention of the movie “Dr. Strangelove” when talking about fluoridation of water. (General Jack D. Ripper thought it was a plot to undermine our bodily fluids.) The City of San Diego was set to begin fluoridation last month. But D-Day (Dec. […]
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Letter from MEP: Say no to fluoride
The call from Britain’s top dental body for Holyrood to add fluoride to Scotland’s water must be strongly resisted. The British Dental Association (BDA) claims adding this chemical to our water would help to fight the appalling tooth decay still prevalent in some parts of Scotland. However, even by its own admission, the dental health […]
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Water fluoridation in Sabah safe: Ministry
The Ministry of Health has vouched for the safety of the water fluoridation programme in Sabah. In a response to concerns voiced by the Consumer Association of Penang, its Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said the dental fraternity in Malaysia was vigilant on issues of safety and health on fluoride use worldwide. “The […]
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Calgary. EDITORIAL: Remove the fluoride
Calgary is once again preparing to tackle the issue of water fluoridation, one of the longest and most contentious debates in Canadian history. Advocates argue that fluoridated drinking water is a safe and effective way to reduce cavities. Opponents call it a poison and a gross infringement of individual rights. When first introduced, it was […]
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Calgary: AHS urges Calgary council to continue fluoridation
Alberta Health Services is urging aldermen not to drop fluoride from the city’s drinking water. Ald. Druh Farrell is set to present a motion on Monday calling for city council to scrap its fluoridation program and says a majority of aldermen are prepared to support her. However, AHS says the city’s two-decades-old fluoride policy is […]
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Anti-fluoride group asks Grayson, Independence to omit chemical
To fluoridate or not to fluoridate? That is the question Grayson County leaders will have to make in the coming weeks for a new water system that will serve the towns of Independence and Sparta, N.C. After citizens showed up in masses to both Alleghany County Commissioners and Sparta Town Council with 1,000-plus signatures on […]
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Calgary: Alderman rallies support to remove fluoride from Calgary tap water
A movement to remove fluoride from Calgary’s drinking water supply has a majority of city council behind it, the Herald has learned. The question over fluoridation of tap water has been subject to council verdicts and plebiscites repeatedly over the past five decades, including a decisive 1989 vote that finally saw the additive put into […]
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WV & Ohio: New study details C8 in private water wells
There’s a new study out this week that describes the first detailed study of C8 pollution of private drinking water wells and the relationship between that contamination and the levels of C8 in blood of the residents who used those wells. As Kellyn S. Betts describes in a news article in Environmental Health Perspectives: The […]
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