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Survey finds tooth decay on the rise among Oregon schoolchildren
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Cavities and tooth decay are on the rise among Oregon schoolchildren, according to a new survey of nearly 4,000 elementary students. The oral health survey was last conducted in 2002, and since then, Oregon’s scores have dropped in every area. More than one in three Oregon children needed treatment for tooth […]
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Fluoride victims of Nalgonda stage dharna
Hyderabad, November 17: The AP Flourosis ‘Vimukti Porata Samiti’ on Friday organised a dharna here in which 120 victims from Chintapally, Marriguda, Narayanapuram and Nampalli mandals of Nalgonda districts participated. Krishna water K. Subash, convener of the samiti, said the protest was to press its demands—supply of the Krishna water to 850 villages, release of […]
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Gas leak at Purdue building prompts hour-long evacuation
A gas leak this morning prompted the evacuation of 100 people inside the Birck Nanotechnology Center at Purdue University for more than an hour. No one was injured. The university’s fire department responded to an automatic gas alarm at the building on the south end of campus. Those evacuated were sent to the nearby Burton […]
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Much of Orange County’s water gets fluoride starting Monday
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California on Monday will start pumping fluoride into Orange County’s water supply. MWD Spokesman Bob Muir said the fluoride injection system at the Robert B. Diemer Filtration plant in Yorba Linda is ready. Diemer supplies about half of the drinking water in Orange County. Fountain Valley and Huntington Beach […]
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Rajasthan UN’s priority State for development
Concern over poor quality of drinking water High fluoride and nitrate content in ground water JAIPUR: The United Nations has selected Rajasthan as a priority State for its focus on vital sectors such as water resources management, health care, nutrition, education and AIDS prevention for the next five years from 2008 to 2012. This forms […]
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Letter: Accountability needed from water and health authorities on fluoridation
The science showing fluoridation to be neither safe nor useful cannot be dismissed in the cavalier manner of Stephen Vaughan, chairman of Barwon Water (Geelong Advertiser 26/10). Vaughan labelled opposition as a guerrilla campaign of misinformation and scaremongering when asked about the Geelong fluoride forum of 25/10. He did not attend and apparently offers no […]
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The pros and cons of fluoride
The week after I arrived in Warrnambool about three months ago, 1,000 people attended a public meeting about the proposed introduction of fluoride to the water supply here. For a town the size of Warrnambool, that’s a lot of people… Having come from Canberra via Melbourne I was surprised to find that fluoride wasn’t already […]
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Encapsulation of fluoride sludge in stabilised mud blocks
Abstract Non-engineered disposal of hazardous sludge can contaminate surface water and groundwater sources. Defluoridation of water using magnesium oxide (MgO) is being implemented in a village in Karnataka, India. Defluoridation of water by the MgO method produces fluoride-contaminated magnesium oxide sludge (FCMOS). This paper examines the impact of encapsulating FCMOS on the engineering and environmental […]
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Washington State Appeals Court to decide on two citizen initiatives for clean water
WA State Supreme Court has assigned to Appeals Court Division II the question of right to vote on two citizen initiatives that were filed with the City of Port Angeles in 2006 and were qualified for the ballot. The right to vote on the initiatives was denied by Superior Court. The initiatives were the Medical […]
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Health bosses make new fluoridation bid
HEALTH bosses are considering adding fluoride to East Lancashire’s water to combat poor dental health. The recommendation has come after a review into oral health throughout the area has revealed that rates of severe dental problems in children have remained consistently high since the mid-90s. Flouride, which the British Medical Association says strengthens teeth, is […]
United Kingdom, England