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Six health professionals call for the fluoridation of Warrnambool’s water supply.
SIX leading south-west health professionals have united to call for the fluoridation of Warrnambool’s water supply. It is the first time in the heated fluoride debate that a broad group of health professionals has banded together in support of fluoridation. The move comes a month after Sydney-based scientist Mark Diesendorf claimed fluoride could cause bone […]
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Island Towns Found Lacking on Flouride in Water Supplies
The town that is home to the largest number of nonprofit institutions may also have the fewest cavities. Oak Bluffs is the only town on the Island that fluoridates its public water supply. The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) also adds flouride to the well water that serves the tribal housing project in Aquinnah. […]
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Juneau: Group attempts to put fluoride on October ballot
A group of local health professionals and concerned citizens said it has collected almost enough signatures to let voters decide whether fluoride should be added back into the city’s water supply. Citizens Promoting Dental Health has until July 12 to collect 1,952 signatures from qualified voters to put the contentious issue on the Oct. 2 […]
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Debate still rages after fluoridation vote
A decision in the 1950s making local authorities responsible for fluoridating water supplies won’t be changing overnight, according to public health officials. Dr Robin Whyman, the Ministry of Health’s chief oral health adviser says it could take a Parliamentary bill to change existing legislation and more debate was needed before that would happen. Debate over […]
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Enviro study under way for $72 US million hydrofluoric acid plant
An environmental-impact assessment was under way for the proposed R500-million hydrofluoric acid (HF) project, earmarked for Richards Bay, Vergenoeg fluorspar mine GM Dennis Cooke told Mining Weekly Online on Tuesday. Cooke said that the HF project was an import-substitution initiative that would require 70 000 t of fluorspar a year. The tonnage of fluorspar would, […]
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COUNCILS TAKE STEPS TO REDUCE WATER FLUORIDE LEVELS
Galway City and County Councils have begun taking steps to reduce the levels of fluoride in public water supplies. They are 2 of several local authorities across the country which are abiding by new regulations which came into effect on Sunday. Under the new regulations the levels of fluoride added to public water supplies have […]
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New protest against fluoridating Geelong’s water
ANTI-FLUORIDE campaigners have stepped up their push to “educate” Geelong about the impact fluoridation would have in the region. Victoria Fluoride Information Network is circulating an open letter to Premier Steve Bracks and other officials, attacking plans to link Melbourne’s fluoridated water to Geelong. Network spokesman Keith Oakley said the letter was the start of […]
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New protest against fluoridating Geelong’s water
ANTI-FLUORIDE campaigners have stepped up their push to “educate” Geelong about the impact fluoridation would have in the region. Victoria Fluoride Information Network is circulating an open letter to Premier Steve Bracks and other officials, attacking plans to link Melbourne’s fluoridated water to Geelong. Network spokesman Keith Oakley said the letter was the start of […]
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Editorial: What’s in Oxford’s water?
Like water itself, the truth has leaked out: Oxford’s water no longer contains fluoride. Citing rising costs, the city’s Water Works and Sewer Board decided 15 months ago to stop adding the chemical to its supply. The board broke no laws. It followed state procedure. It notified the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the […]
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A capsule look at what Oregon Legislature did
Excerpt: Included in the twenty-two “key accomplishments of the 2007 Oregon Legislature” in this article… FLUORIDE — Lawmakers continued their long-standing opposition to efforts to expand the fluoridation of municipal drinking water. Oregon is ahead of only New Jersey and Hawaii in the percentage of residents who drink fluoridated water. Fluoride opponents argued that the […]
United States, Oregon