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Keizer: Fluoride in city water supply ignites debate
One of the most polarizing, crowded and lengthy Keizer City Council work sessions in recent years centered Monday night on fluoridating city water. At the behest of City Councilor Rich Walsh — who was seeking a way to trim the city budget — the council discussed whether ceasing to fluoridate city water could be a […]
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Mount Gambier: Civil dissent last option to oppose fluoride release, says Ann Bressington
The residents of Mount Gambier, who use SA Water have been requested not to pay their water bills so as to show civil disobedience, as the water supply will get contaminated with fluoride from Wednesday onwards. On Friday, SA Water mailed Mount Gambier residents that on account of the state’s oral health initiative, controlled amounts […]
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New Braunfels: Would fluoridation pass New Braunfels voters again today?
In 1980, the citizens of New Braunfels voted to add water fluoridation to the City Charter by a 15-vote margin. In July 1982, New Braunfels Utilities (NBU) began medicating the water supply with fluorosilicic acid (vs. naturally occurring calcium fluoride), a hazardous by-product of the phosphate fertilizer industry. Three years later, a local group of […]
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Yorkshire & Humber: Fluoride study first phase should be done by end of year
Title: Flouride [sic] study first phase should be done by end of year The results of a study to determine whether water fluoridation is technically possible and how much it would cost are still not available almost two years after it was commissioned. Shocking levels of dental decay in young children in the district prompted […]
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Waterloo: Mayoral candidates debate
Excerpts: About 300 people packed the Albert McCormick Community Centre yesterday to pepper their four mayoral candidates with questions about hydro revenues, fluoridation of drinking water, merger talks with Kitchener, public transit, bicycle trails and leadership. This city has the most number of mayoral candidates and the people attending Tuesday night’s debate had lots of […]
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Keizer council fluoride meeting creates heated public discussion
The public has flocked to tonight’s Keizer City Council discussion to determine whether cutting fluoride from Keizer’s water would save money — or be a mistake. The 5:45 p.m. work session so far has included major pro and con PowerPoint presentations — and 17 people signed up. Dentists have spoken for and against the move. […]
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Keizer City Council to talk about costs of fluoridation
Keizer City Council will discuss water fluoridation expenditures at today’s meeting. City Council has requested the work session. Director of public works Rob Kissler said in his staff report to the council that the estimated cost in 2010 to fluoridate city water — including labor, testing, chemicals, monitoring, supplies — is about $48,067. The city […]
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Retired SLU chemistry professor co-authors ‘Case Against Fluoride’ book
CANTON — St. Lawrence University Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Paul Connett is the co-author of the book The Case Against Fluoride: How Hazardous Waste Ended Up in Our Drinking Water and the Bad Science and Powerful Politics That Keep It There, recently published by Chelsea Green Publishing. Written with James Beck and H. Spedding Micklem, […]
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Bastar: Several tribals ill due to high fluoride exposure
High fluoride content in groundwater of Bakel village in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh has caught the eye of the authorities in the region after several tribals including children fell ill and developed bone diseases following consumption of water from hand pumps. According to official sources, excess fluoride levels in drinking water, drawn from hand pumps […]
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Lake Cowichan: Get rid of fluoridated water (editorial)
It isn’t the Town of Lake Cowichan’s responsibility to medicate the public, without their consent. This is why it’s refreshing to see that council is considering discontinuing public works’ practice of injecting fluoride into the water supply. Although done at levels deemed to be safe, this injection of fluoride is redundant. It may have made […]
Canada, British Columbia