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Southampton: Fluoride book to be changed after criticism
HEALTH chiefs have admitted that information due to be given to the public about fluoridating water supplies was unfairly balanced in favour of the scheme. An education booklet containing arguments for and against the plan to put fluoride in tap water will now be changed after criticism it was biased. Anti-fluoridation campaigners have already accused […]
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Faroe whales show new pollutant spreads worldwide
OSLO (Reuters) – People who eat whale meat in the remote Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic have high levels of an industrial toxin in their blood in a worrying sign that the pollutant has spread worldwide, scientists said on Thursday. “This pollution is a new health concern for the Faroese and many populations worldwide,” […]
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Cozad: Voters to decide on fluoridation November 4
Source: Androscoggin News | Jul 24, 10:59 PM Two Dawson County towns will let voters decide whether or not to put fluoride in their drinking water. Monday, both Cozad and Gothenburg’s city councils unanimously passed resolutions to put the issue on the ballot…
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Everyone pays for fluoridated water, but a third of us aren’t getting it
Almost a third of Israeli residents pay their local authority for fluoridation of their drinking water, even though they get non-fluoridated water through their pipes, The Jerusalem Post has learned Fluoridation has been proven in many studies worldwide to lower the risk of cavities, especially in children. The Post queried the Health Ministry’s head of […]
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Southampton: Great fluoride debate
IT is meant to be the independent body even-handedly navigating the tricky waters of a public consultation over controversial plans that have split opinion. But the organisation that oversees Hampshire’s healthcare has been formally accused of being biased over proposals to add fluoride to the tap water of nearly 200,000 residents. On the eve of […]
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Spain’s Minersa to become main shareholder in SA hydrofluoric acid venture
Spanish fluorspar producer Minersa would replace Tunisian aluminium fluoride maker ICF as the major shareholder and technology partner of Alfluorco, a South African hydrofluoric acid and aluminium fluoride joint venture, diversified-miner Metorex said on Tuesday. Minersa would own a 50% stake in the company, which is studying the feasibility of a R500-million hydrofluoric acid plant, […]
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Something to get your teeth into
BURTON children have some of the healthiest teeth in England – thanks to fluoride in tap water, new figures show. Research by the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) has shown that children living within the boundaries of East Staffordshire Borough Council have a lower risk of tooth decay than those from most other local […]
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Council to hear opposing fluoride experts
Experts from both sides of the fluoride debate will update the Dunedin City Council on the issue, after residents in the city’s northern communities opposed to fluoridation asked for a referendum. Opponents wanted a referendum on whether water containing fluoride should be piped northwards in a new $9.3 million scheme that is replacing small, local, […]
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Anti-fluoride group denied referendum
Anti-fluoride campaigners on Dunedin’s northern coast look set to be denied the public referendum they want on the issue, despite a 222-signature petition they collected. Instead, the Ministry of Health and Public Health South will be invited to brief elected officials on the public health reasons to fluoridate public water supplies and address arguments opposing […]
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Bottled water stokes fluoride, cavity debate
On the long list of cavity culprits, soda pop and sugary fruit juices rank high. Now public health officials are pointing the finger at bottled water. By itself, water does not cause cavities. But a recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says bottled water has become so prevalent in children’s […]
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