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Tooth decay on rise among children and adolescents
Tooth decay among children and adolescents is on the rise. According to the Government clinic, children on the Island still experience less decay than similar age groups elsewhere however the incidence is increasing. Last year just over eight percent of the population was served by the dental department at the Victoria Street Clinic. Tooth decay […]
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U.S. EPA looks at electroplating plants in Cleveland, Chicago as source of PFCs
CLEVELAND, Ohio — At least four Northeast Ohio electroplating companies are dumping an unregulated but potentially dangerous, chemical into their sewers — and eventually untreated into Lake Erie, environmental officials said. It’s legal, but it’s alarming, U.S. EPA officials said. That’s because those four Cleveland plating plants — and seven others in Chicago scrutinized by […]
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Pew Report: Louisiana failing to address children’s dental health crisis
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Louisiana is failing to ensure the dental health needs of its children, according to a report released by the Pew Center on the States. The Cost of Delay: State Dental Policies Fail One in Five Children, released with support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the DentaQuest Foundation, grades each […]
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New Jersey children receive the country’s worst dental care, according to study
New Jersey provides the country’s worst dental health care for children, according to a report released by the Pew Center on the States. “The Cost of Delay: State Dental Policies Fail One in Five Children“ shows New Jersey meeting one of eight benchmarks – Medicaid payments to dentists, even though less than a third of […]
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Seward: Council vote moves fluoridation forward
A divided city council has moved city water fluoridation a step forward. With a 4-2 vote they passed a resolution at Monday night’s meeting “affirming council support for fluoridation of the public water supply to improve oral health.” The resolution directs the city manager to hire a qualified professional engineering firm for up to $50,000 […]
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Quebec eyes Gatineau in bid in increase fluoridation rates
The Quebec government is hoping Gatineau will agree to put fluoride in its water supply, and is even willing to pay for it, but it could wait a long time for city leaders to agree. Denise Laferrière, a Hull sector councillor and president of the city’s Ville en Santé advisory commission said last week that […]
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Kangaroos are victims of Alcoa’s fluoride emissions
SCORES of starving and pain-ridden kangaroos have been culled after developing tooth and bone deformities from breathing and ingesting fluoride emissions. Many more are believed to be suffering from growths that will kill them. The affected kangaroos are living near the Alcoa aluminium smelter in Portland, in the state’s south-west, and the Austral Bricks factory […]
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Port Hope, Ontario, Canada: Fluoride contamination released through Cameco HVAC system
PORT HOPE — Elevated fluoride contamination from Cameco Fuel Manufacturing in September was caused by several small procedural incidents which were released to the surrounding air through the facility’s heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system, said a company spokeswoman. “We have investigated the reason behind the events and are confident we have identified the underlying […]
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Proctor: residents to vote on fluoridation March 1.
PROCTOR — The Vermont Health Department and the state’s oral health director are petitioning Proctor voters to vote up article 7 this Town Meeting Day — allowing the town to continue the practice of adding fluoride to the public drinking water supply. The practice of adding fluoride to the water in town began in 1963 […]
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DR Congo: Watching the volcanoes
GOMA (DR CONGO) — Perched on a hillside, the volcano observatory in Goma, capital of North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), commands a great view of nearby Nyiragongo mountain. “Goma faces the highest risk any city in the world could face,” said Dario Tedesco, coordinator, project for the prevention and analysis […]
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