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A question of fluoride in Waipukurau
Waipukurau citizens will be asked over the next two months whether Central Hawke’s Bay District Council should stop adding fluoride to their water supply. The question is being asked as the fluoride dosing system at the Waipukurau water treatment plant needs replacing – and Council considers it timely to ask the community their views about […]
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Water talks start in Geelong
A SERIES of forums looking at future water supply options will be open to the public, Barwon Water said yesterday. The water authority last week held the first in a series of forums encouraging debate and discussion about supplies in its region. The authority’s communication manager Luisa Munoz said community and business leaders were invited […]
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C8 update: EPA says carpets, carpet cleaners big sources
Recent studies have been examining a variety of potential ways that humans are exposed to C8 and similar toxic chemicals used in non-stick and stain-resistant products. (See previous coverage here, here, here and here). But now, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has quietly posted on its Web site a study — dated March 2009 — […]
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Norfolk: Council lets voters decide on fluoride
Norfolkans will get to vote next May whether they want fluoride to be added to the city’s water supply. At Tuesday’s Norfolk City Council meeting, the council voted 6-2 to have the issue placed on the primary election ballot. That action came after the council was deadlocked 4-4 on a motion that would have had […]
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Southampton/Hampshire: Fluoride campaigners criticise rising cost of battle
IF health chiefs use all the money they have set aside to fight the judicial review into the decision to fluoridate Hampshire’s water, it would take their total spending on the issue to £650,000. That figure – which includes a £400,000 war chest to defend the legal challenge – is enough to pay for more […]
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Southampton/Hampshire: Health chiefs fight on over fluoride in Southampton’s water
HEALTH chiefs insist they will defend their decision to approve plans to fluoridate tap water delivered to Hampshire homes. A judge has granted permission for a judicial review into South Central Strategic Health Authority’s move to give the controversial scheme the green light, because of claims public opinion was ignored. But the SHA says it […]
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Kangaroo Valley to get fluoridated water
Shoalhaven Water will put fluoride into Kangaroo Valley’s drinking-water supply. The move comes after Shoalhaven council resolved last year to introduce fluoride into the village after a submission from New South Wales Health. The council says Kangaroo Valley is the last town and village in the Shoalhaven to have access to fluoridated water. Shoalhaven Mayor […]
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Osmunson letter: Stance reversed on fluoridation
FOR the first 25 years after graduating from dental school, I promoted water fluoridation. Over the past five years, I have once again looked at the science on both sides and it has been like a knee in the gut. The science has turned against fluoridation and we must stop adding fluoride to water. We […]
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Southampton: Judges to rule on fluoride decision
THE controversial decision to add fluoride to Hampshire’s tap water WILL be examined by a high court judge, the Daily Echo can reveal. An application for a judicial review into the plans to fluoridate almost 200,000 homes has been approved because of claims that health chiefs ignored public opinion. If the legal challenge succeeds, it […]
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Prince George: Fluoride Debate Continues
Prince George, B.C.- When it comes to fluoride, Dr. Bill Osmunson, a public health dentist from the United States says there is too much available from other sources and some people are dying from it. That’s the basis of his battle to have fluoride removed from drinking water supplies. Speaking on the Meisner Program on […]
Canada, British Columbia