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Imperial: City residents to vote on fluoride issue
With all of the buzz about the upcoming Presidential Election, city of Imperial residents may be overlooking another issue they’ll be voting on Nov. 4. That issue is whether the city of Imperial should or should not add fluoride to its water supply should levels ever drop below recommended minimums. In June, the Imperial city […]
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Dental Association Supports Free Clinic And Fluoridation
SIDNEY – The Nebraska Dental Association (NDA) in conjunction with Mission of Mercy (MOM) is hosting a free dental clinic at the Mitchell Event Center today until 5 p.m. and tomorrow from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. More than 90 chairs will be set up for those needing dental services. This NDA-supported event is one […]
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Fluoride in water too clumsy to work
IN your article concerning the introduction of fluoride into local drinking water (The Cumberland News, October 3), Eric Rooney, the dental health consultant for Cumbria, makes a number of statements that deserve further scrutiny. The first concerns the amount of fluoride people are exposed to. This is a crucial issue as 50 per cent of […]
United Kingdom, England -
Timberville Fluoridation Decision: residents to vote in November 2009
Folks in Timberville were hoping for a decision to be made Thursday night about whether to continue to add fluoride to their water supply, but they’ll have to wait for the town to vote. The decision has gotten mixed responses with the town’s council members. “At this time we are forcing something upon the citizens, […]
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Warrington: Half of our children’s dental health is worse than national average
HEALTH bosses agreed to investigate the possibility of adding fluoride to the water supply in the north west at a meeting last week. The board at NHS Warrington accepted a paper that asked them to request further investigation into the feasibility of the scheme. For now, all that means is that the Strategic Health Authority, […]
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Mildura, Victoria: Fluoride vote ‘only option’
FEDERAL Member for Mallee John Forrest has entered the fluoridation debate. Mr Forrest told Sunraysia Daily he objected to mandatory fluoridation and that it should only be enforced after a plebiscite. He said he would then vote no. Victoria’s Health Department plans to introduce fluoride to water supplies in Mildura, Swan Hill and Kerang. The […]
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Hindalco aluminum plant damaged crops
SAMBALPUR, Oct. 8: More than 140 acres of paddy fields with standing crop got damaged after severe rain on the 18th of last month. Farmers of Gundurupada, Nua Jamada, Nua Gujatal, close to Hirakud township, alleged that fluoride gas from the Hindalco plant producing aluminium from alumina was responsible from the crop damage. The reports […]
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Aurora: Fluoridated water vote an issue of health vs cost
The issue of fluoride can be as simple as deciding if improved dental health is worth the steep price tag of installing and maintaining changes to the water system. But it isn’t that simple. Fluoride, a naturally-occurring mineral that helps prevent tooth decay, can be found in products such as toothpaste. The compound is also […]
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Big Bear City: When lower levels aren’t an emergency
Water well levels dropped significantly during the summer of 2008, according to an August report by the Big Bear City Community Services District Water Department. The water level dropped to nearly 28 feet, 7 feet below the CSD’s stage one water emergency conservation trigger. But unlike years past, CSD water superintendent Tim Moran says it […]
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Southampton: Golden shot at great gnashers
SOUTHAMPTON’S health chiefs have again insisted fluoridation is the only way to combat tooth decay in the city’s youngsters. They argue repeated attempts to improve dental health in deprived areas have failed to cut the number of children suffering rotten teeth. The projects trialled have included handing out free toothbrushes and toothpaste each school term, […]
United Kingdom, England