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Cumbria editorial: What are they putting in our water?
About 130,000 homes in Cumbria are supplied by water containing added fluoride – and soon that number could be increased. Health bosses in the county are considering introducing fluoride into more of the reservoirs providing our drinking water. They have agreed to ask the region’s strategic health authority, NHS North West, to investigate how it […]
United Kingdom, England -
Pension hiked to fluoride-hit victims
HYDERABAD: Kindling light into the lives of physically challenged persons from fluoride-affected areas, Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy announced a major hike in their pension. Those with 40 per cent handicap and getting Rs 200 pension currently, will receive Rs 500 pension from November. Similarly, fluoride victims who are completely handicapped and cannot work will […]
India -
Setting the record straight on fluoride
Sir: As President of the Ontario Dental Association, I want to set the record straight on the overwhelming evidence of the benefits of water fluoridation in your community. According to a Health Canada report released in 2007 by a panel of experts, water fluoridation in the correct amount is both safe and effective. There is […]
Canada, Ontario -
Anti-fluoride campaigners defy law again
ANTI-FLUORIDE campaigners returned to Warrnambool’s CBD yesterday, deliberately defying local bylaws. The campaigners, who are running a citizens’-initiated referendum, set up a polling booth near a pedestrian crossing on Liebig Street. It was the second time they had used the location in an attempt to win more votes to stop the fluoridation of Warrnambool’s water […]
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Daikin: Decatur beats China: Plant expansion goes to River City
Excerpts: (The Decatur Daily (AL) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Oct. 2– … Daikin Industries chose Decatur over China for a plant expansion The $66 million expansion will create at least 25 jobs. With the national economy so shaky, it is great news, Fowler said… David Hendrixson, Daikin plant manager, said he expects to break ground […]
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More water and sewer problems in Picayune
PICAYUNE — The development of a sink hole on Country Club Drive has the Pearl River County Utility Authority considering what to do. Homeowner Jack Young brought a complaint about the road collapsing in front of his house before the board at Wednesday’s meeting in Picayune. Investigation into the matter found the sink hole took […]
United States, Mississippi -
For Now, Fluoride’s Strictly A Timberville Issue
HARRISONBURG – So far, Timberville residents are the only ones in Rockingham County voicing concerns to local government about fluoride in their water. Nevertheless, county officials are keeping a close eye on the subject. Over the last several months, Timberville folks have complained to the town’s council about the chemical additive, which has been added […]
United States, Virginia -
Manchester: Trusts back fluoride plan
PLANS to add fluoride to the water supply have won initial backing from seven out of 10 Greater Manchester’s health trusts. Manchester, Bury, Trafford, Oldham, Tameside, Stockport and Ashton, Leigh and Wigan primary care trusts have all asked regional health chiefs to produce a fluoridation plan to improve the dental health of thousands of children. […]
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California: Schwarzenegger Vetoes Bill to Ban Cancer-Causing Teflon Chemicals in Food Packaging
SACRAMENTO – On the same day Gov. Schwarzenegger touted himself as the leader of a comprehensive chemical reform program, he vetoed a bill that would have made California the first state to ban toxic chemicals known as PFCs – a family of compounds including Teflon – from food packaging. On Monday, Schwarzenegger vetoed Senate Bill […]
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Updates to Uranium Processing and Fluorine Extraction Process Plans
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Oct 01, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — International Isotopes Inc. is providing this announcement to update its shareholders on the progress the Company has made in advancing its plans for the construction of a depleted uranium de-conversion and fluorine extraction facility using its patented Fluorine Extraction Process (FEP). The feedstock for the […]
Nuclear Industry