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Timberville needs bill for fluoride referendum
Date of publication: November 19-25, 2008 Timberville (VA) – Timberville’s plan for a November 2009 fluoride referendum hit a snag last week at council meeting. Timberville’s attorney, Mark Callahan, presented officials with a copy of Section 24.2-684 of 1950 Code of Virginia as Amended which deals with the state’s referendum regulations. The section states, “the […]
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Patapsco aquifer, Somerset County: 4 ppm fluoride
PRINCESS ANNE — The Patapsco aquifer — already an aggravation for local and state leaders attempting to resolve a water shortage in Somerset County — has become a curiosity, preoccupation and perhaps even a case study for environmental officials wondering where ammonia and phosphorus came from. “We’ve discovered there’s ammonia and phosphorus in the aquifer […]
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Radnor ponders fluoride
RADNOR – The Radnor Township Board of Health is starting a dialogue on the subject of providing fluoride to residents in the township’s drinking water.At its meeting on Monday, Dr. David Dutkowski, who runs a dental practice in Rosemont, told the board that as a parent of two children, it is “distressing” for him to […]
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Fluoridation Opponents Win By Ten Votes In Corning
Water fluoridation opponents in Corning have won a narrow victory. Our newspaper partner, The Leader, reports that by just a ten vote margin voters decided to strip Corning City Council of the authority to add fluoride to the city’s drinking water supply. On election night fluoride opponents were ahead by about sixty votes with 270 […]
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Southampton councillors urged to back fluoride project
SOUTHAMPTON’S councillors will today debate whether to back plans to save thousands of children’s teeth from decay by fluoridating water at an estimated cost of 32p per tooth. Health chiefs want to improve dental health in the city by controversially adding fluoride to the tap water delivered to two thirds of residents After nine hours […]
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Test Valley Council no to extra fluoride in water supplies
MEMBERS of Test Valley Borough Council have overwhelmingly voted against fluoridation of the public water system. During a debate at full council last week members argued for and against the controversial issue following a campaign by Cllr Alan Dowden opposing fluoridation in any part of Test Valley. The issue arose because Southampton Primary Care Trust […]
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Excess fluoride in rural drinking water supply affects 31,306 villages
NEW DELHI: Cheap ration — like rice at Re 1 per kg — is a common poll slogan of political parties in various states in election mode, but politicians appear unconcerned about providing safe drinking water to crores of villagers, in the grip of dreaded diseases like fluorosis, arsenic lesions and nitrate poisoning. In a […]
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GE provides gift of clean water to Dongguang County
The FINANCIAL — GE Water & Process Technologies on November 18 announced it has donated and transferred operational ownership for two advanced water treatment systems to Dongguang County, which will provide clean drinking water for more than 40,000 residents in Dongguang City. Dedicated as a gift to the people of China, the systems are designed […]
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Halton delays fluoride decision
Halton council says it needs more time before making a decision on whether or not to continue fluoridating the region’s water system. “There’s no middle ground here on this issue and we need to take our time and deal with all the information appropriately,” said Oakville Councillor Jeff Knoll at the region’s council meeting this […]
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Proof lacking on fluoride benefits
STAFFORD: On behalf of Queenslanders For Safe Water Inc, I would like to respond to comments by Dr Jeanette Young, Queensland Chief Health Officer. In this letter Dr Young asserts that “regular drinks of fluoridated water provide the ideal constant repair kit for teeth”. If this theory was true, then adults in the other Australian […]
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