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Coal burning having a devastating impact on rural Chinese
Zhang Huaixiang’s thin wasted frame dangles from his wooden crutches, his bowed legs swelled by a disease contracted from a lifelong reliance on coal. Zhang, 57, a farmer in Guizhou province in the nation’s mountainous southwest, has been near bed-ridden for a year, unable to walk properly due to the rotting of his bones and […]
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Fluoride debated in Cadillac
It has been a longtime debate — to fluoridate or not to fluoridate the water system in Cadillac. According to Dr. James Wilson, the city of Cadillac is the largest city in Michigan that doesn’t add fluoride to the water. Although that is the case, Cadillac City Manager Pete Stalker said the city isn’t opposed […]
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Skagit fluoride decision set for next month
The Skagit County commissioners will make a decision on whether to fluoridate the water for most of the county on May 15, and they’re likely to vote yes. But that likely won’t be the end of the story. If the commissioners vote to fluoridate the Skagit PUD’s main water system — which provides water to […]
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Coalition urges Quebec to force Montreal to fluoridate water
The Quebec government was urged yesterday to force the city of Montreal to fluoridate its water supply and end what is described as “an epidemic of tooth decay” among the city’s preschoolers. A coalition that claims to represent dentists, physicians, dental hygienists and social workers wants deputy health minister Alain Poirier to invoke Article 55 […]
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Lebanon still waiting for results of fluoridation
LEBANON — Less than six years after Lebanon began fluoridating its drinking water, dentists say it’s too early to see results. But they want to keep the project going. Lebanon started adding fluoride to its water in the fall of 2001 in line with a City Council decision in January 2000. The benefits of fluoridation […]
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Holmen public works board recommends against adding fluoride
HOLMEN, Wis. — Holmen’s Board of Public Works recommended Thursday to keep fluoride out of the public water supply. A vote by the village board Thursday, April 12, will determine if Holmen remains one of the largest municipalities in Wisconsin that doesn’t add the substance, which supporters say prevents tooth decay and detractors say is […]
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The fight for fluoride
This is the final installment in a four-part series focusing on oral health problems in West Virginia. LICK CREEK — Part of Brittany Sammons’ front tooth broke off. She isn’t sure why. A portion off the tooth just snapped off. One day it was there, a perfectly good tooth, the next day a piece of […]
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Fluoride bill’s a waste of energy
Portlanders have made it clear they want their water to run pure – and that includes leaving out even potentially beneficial substances such as fluoride. The Oregon Legislature, however, is considering taking away Portland’s right, and the rights of many other water providers in the state, to decide whether to add fluoride to drinking water. […]
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Minnesota: Two 3M chemicals hazardous, state says
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has decided that two 3M chemicals are hazardous substances, giving it extra legal muscle if necessary to force the company to clean up the pollution spreading underground in the east metro. The chemicals, which were dumped in three Washington County locations decades ago, have seeped into the groundwater and polluted […]
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Minnesota: Public pressure pushes PFC investigations
In the past three months the pace has quickened to investigate and deal with PFCs. Why? In large part, it’s due to public pressure. In January, the health department said the drinking water of more than 140,000 Washington County residents was contaminated with an old 3M chemical. There’s still a lot that’s unknown about PFCs, […]
Perfluorinated chemicals