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Flouride subsidy for Bourke children
A subsidy for fluoride tablets will be introduced for children in Bourke and North Bourke instead of fluoridating the town water supply. Bourke Shire Council abandoned the commissioning of a fluoridation plant last month because of uncertainty about where the maze of old water mains go. Mayor Wayne O’Mally says the council will offer a […]
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Germania Springs accident: Officials: Jax Water Safe to Drink
JACKSONVILLE Utility crews Monday night were working to dilute the city’s drinking water to return fluoride levels to normal, and said the water was safe to drink. Chris Patterson, manager of the city’s water and wastewater treatment plants, said a pair of unrelated problems had work crews and water customers concerned Monday. Around 4 a.m. […]
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Fluoridation safety revisited
New revelations suggest that the fluoridation of public water is neither as effective nor as safe as the public has been led to believe. New findings at Harvard University link fluoridation with osteosarcoma, an often fatal cancer of bone. The American Dental Association and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control have issued warnings that infants […]
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Fluoride Overfeed in Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – Jacksonville residents were advised Monday to avoid the city’s water supply. According to a public notice released Monday by the utility systems manager, an equipment malfunction caused an abnormal amount of fluoride to be injected into the city’s water system overnight. The above average amount of fluoride is not considered dangerous, but […]
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New scientific developments subvert pro-fluoride position
In recent months the News has written three or four editorials supporting the use of fluoride in public drinking water. I’d like to make residents aware of recent developments in the scientific community that contradict this view. Dramatic developments have changed the scientific understanding of fluoridation‘s health risks. Most significant is the March 2006 report, […]
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Decide on fluoride: city to Quebec
Montreal has asked the provincial government to make a decision on whether cities should add fluoride to water, says a member of the executive committee. However, the city wants to see all municipalities abide by whatever the government decides. “In September, the mayor of Montreal, Mr. Gerald Tremblay, had forwarded a letter to Mr. [Philippe] […]
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Minnesota: Lawmakers push for fast action on 3M chemicals
A day after the state declared that fish in Minneapolis’ Lake Calhoun were tainted with a 3M chemical, legislative efforts to protect the public from harm from the company’s chemicals gained momentum at the Capitol. The state Senate voted overwhelmingly to strengthen the public-health guidelines for two 3M chemicals in drinking water, and to order […]
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Beach Haven votes to remove fluoride from water supply
BEACH HAVEN — The Beach Haven Board of Commissioners has declared an ordinance, one that required the intentional addition of fluoride to the borough’s drinking water supply system, to be null and void. In November 1962, it was believed that fluoride added to the drinking water supply system would help prevent tooth decay. In recent […]
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Quebec City Council Votes to Stop Fluoridation by April 2008
The city of Québec will wait a year before terminating its water fluoridation program offered to citizens. As expected, yesterday the municipal council has literally shoveled this issue in the courtyard of the Health Department, giving it a respite until April 1st 2008 in order to adopt a regulation that would force municipalities to fluoridate […]
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Total fluoride in Guangdong soil profiles, China: Spatial distribution and vertical variation
Abstract A total of 260 soil profiles were reported to investigate the fluoride distribution and vertical variation in Guangdong province. The soil fluoride contents followed an approximately lognormal distribution. Although the soil fluoride geometric mean concentration of 407 mg/kg is lower than that of China, its content varied from 87 to 2860 mg/kg. An upper baseline concentration […]
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