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Tenterfield: Fluoride in town water supply within six months
Just over three years after voters gave a resounding ‘no’ vote to the addition of fluoride into Tenterfield’s water, Tenterfield Shire Council is predicting the controversial chemical will be introduced into the town’s water supply sometime within the first six months of 2009. The NSW Department of Public Health has begun putting an increased pressure […]
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Well-Being Enterprise Co Ltd Assessed Civil Penalty for exporting sodium fluoride to Taiwan without valid license
Action Affecting Export Privileges; Well Being Enterprise Co., Ltd.; In the Matter of: Well Being Enterprise Co., Ltd. 9 F, No. 170 Min Chuan E. Rd., Sec. 3 Taipei 10542 The Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce (“BIS”) has initiated an administrative proceeding against Well Being Enterprise Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to […]
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Selmer, McNairy County: To Fluoride or Not
Selmer Mayor David Robinson says until three years ago, he never thought twice about fluoride in drinking water. Now, he’s fighting to take it out. “If you spill it in any water, a lake, a pond, a creek, international waters, it’s considered a toxic cleanup. Yet we can drip it in our public’s drinking water,” […]
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Southampton: Water bills boycott on protest agenda
WATER companies are being threatened with a mass boycott of bills if controversial fluoride plans get the green light. Campaigners say if the proposals are pushed through they may call on the 200,000 homes affected to boycott payment of bills. Hampshire Against Fluoridation (HAF) say this is one of the protest moves they will consider […]
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NYC: 2008 cost for hydrofluosilicic acid: $5,145,473.52 for 5 boroughs
Excerpts from 2-page letter, available in pdf format: • Page 1 of letter • Page 2 of letter Letter from: Aspa Capetanakis Technical Assistant to the Chief of Distribution Water Quality Operations BWS Foils Records Officer City of New York Department of Environmental Protection Letter to: Mr. Paul Stephen Beeber Paul Stephen Beeber Law of […]
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Conway Corp. resumes fluoridation
Fluoride made its return to Conway’s drinking water Friday afternoon. A water line failure at a Conway Corp. treatment plant in October 2007 put the fluoride injection port out of service. Restoring fluoridation has involved putting the fluoride injection port and its associated equipment in a new location and constructing a building around it. The […]
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Minnesota: 3M chemical found in nine more metro lakes
A chemical formerly manufactured by 3M has been found at elevated levels in nine more metro area lakes, according to a study released Tuesday, and is likely entering the waters through stormwater runoff. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) collected 381 fish from 20 lakes and two river reaches last spring and summer. They were […]
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Southampton will soon know decision on its water
THERE is less than a month to go until Southampton finds out if its water is to be fluoridated. After months of debate, health bosses will finally make a decision on the controversial plans – which would see nearly 200,000 Hampshire residents receive fluoridated tap water – in February. And to help people understand the […]
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Tapanui: Govt funding sought for installing fluoride system
The West Otago Community Board is to recommend to Clutha District Council (CDC) an application be made to the Ministry of Health for a 100 per cent subsidy to pay for installing a system to add fluoride to the Tapanui water supply. The capital costs of installing a system to add fluoride to the Tapanui […]
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Common Chemicals May Delay Pregnancy
Chemicals known as perfluorinated chemicals, which are pervasive in food packaging, pesticides, clothing, upholstery, carpets and personal care products, may delay pregnancy, a new study suggests. These chemicals are being phased out in the United States because of their toxic effects, and are expected to be completely gone by 2010. However, they remain in the […]
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