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Mount Gambier: Water pressure builds
Health Minister John Hill is under pressure to face Mount Gambier residents on the fluoridation of the Blue Lake’s water supply during a public meeting scheduled in two weeks. Independent MLC Ann Bressington yesterday invited Mr Hill in writing to attend the meeting, along with SA Health’s principal water quality adviser Dr David Cunliffe, to […]
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Watsonville: Speak out now or happily accept fluoridated water
Remember the Wendy’s TV commercial with the little old lady asking “Where’s the beef?” in regard to hamburger chains not having much of a beef patty between the hamburger buns? The line has become a common one to use to question the validity of a product claim or statement by politicians. In respect to the […]
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Port Angeles: Fluoride foes ‘exploring all options’ after Supreme Court upholds Port Angeles city
The state Supreme Court sided with Port Angeles City Hall on Thursday in the four-year-long dispute over water fluoridation, but activists aren’t giving up just yet. The high court ruled in a 5-4 vote that water fluoridation in Port Angeles cannot be challenged through the initiative process. The ruling tosses out city-wide initiatives that anti-fluoride […]
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California has the largest number of residents in the U.S. receiving fluoridated water
Thanks to efforts led by the California Dental Association Foundation to expand access to fluoridation, California now has the largest total number of residents of any state receiving fluoridated water. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released the latest Water Fluoridation Statistics that indicate 58 percent of Californians (21.5 million) receive fluoridated water, […]
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Port Angeles: State Supreme Court denies citizens the right to vote on fluoridation
SEATTLE — The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that two initiatives seeking to stop the addition of fluoride to the public waters of Port Angeles went beyond the scope of the initiative process. In a 5-4 ruling, the court agreed with the Port Angeles City Council, which had declined to enact or refer the initiatives […]
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Europe: SonoVue containing Sulphur hexafluoride, for use in ultrasound imaging
Excerpts: ANNEX I SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1. NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT SonoVue 8 microlitres / ml powder and solvent for dispersion for injection 2. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION One ml contains 8 ?l of sulphur hexafluoride microbubbles On reconstitution as directed, 1 ml of the resulting dispersion contains 8 ?l sulphur hexafluoride in […]
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Crescent City: School Board eyes fluoride debate
The Del Norte County Unified School District Board will consider signing a resolution in support of keeping fluoride in the municipal water system. Crescent City residents will vote in November on whether to remove fluoride from the water supply. Local residents Katherine Kelly and Connie Morrison gathered enough signatures to put the measure on the […]
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Waterloo: Charges sworn out against fluoride proponents
Charges have been sworn out against the Ontario Dental Association and two of its leaders for a potential breach of the Municipal Act. Robert Fleming, executive director of WaterlooWatch, swore out charges in front of Justice of the Peace A. Magoulas on Monday at the Provincial Offences Court in Kitchener. The complaint states that the […]
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US EPA makes first change in 24-years to risk of fluoride in drinking water
From FLUORIDE Action Network: On September 20, 2010, a new US Code of Federal Regulations for the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations was published. For the last 24 years EPA recognized only crippling skeletal fluorosis as a adverse effect from fluoride in drinking water at levels over 4 parts per million (ppm). On September 20, […]
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McMinnville Council still looking at fluoride issue
McMinnville City Manager Kent Taylor has recommended the city council to schedule a joint work session with the McMinnville Water & Light Commission in October to discuss fluoridation. Considering the matter during its informal dinner session Tuesday, the council took no official action. But it agreed to continue looking into the issue. Mayor Rick Olson, […]
United States, Oregon