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MNA wants to give Dorval final say on fluoride
A West Island MNA says the Quebec government may have to consider changing how island-wide decisions are made if the city of Montreal doesn’t back off its decision to block Dorval from using $400,000 in provincial funding to fluoridate its water. “The mayor and the taxpayers of Dorval know what is best for them,” Francois […]
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Amidst onslaught from public health community, one dentist speaks out
I write to you as a dentist in support of Measure W – Yes to safe drinking water. I am concerned for the health of our community, my patients, my 23-month-old son, my wife, myself and our environment. In my practice, unfortunately I see a significant number of children with signs of excess fluoride ingestion […]
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Rifle considers ending fluoridation program
Whether or not to fluoridate the Rifle’s drinking water is still up for debate, and city council members have yet to make a decision. “I’m not prepared to make a comment about it because we, as a council, haven’t discussed it,” said Mayor Keith Lambert. And, at least from Rifle City Hall staffers’ perspectives, Rifleites […]
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Dorval’s plan to bring back fluoride stalls
The mayor of Dorval contends the Montreal island council is blocking his city’s plan to put fluoride back into its drinking water. The provincial government has given Dorval the $400,000 the West Island suburb needs to upgrade its water filtration system to reintroduce fluoride. But, according to Dorval Mayor Edgar Rouleau, the island council is […]
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Juneau: City officials may stop fluoridation
Juneau’s drinking water is fluoridated, but this could change if city officials decide to halt the operation of the controversial program. “This is going to be huge. It is going to divide the community. It is one of those issues,” City Manager Rod Swope said Saturday during a four-hour retreat involving all members of the […]
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Fluoride-rich water too much of a good thing
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Officials in three Virginia localities are trying to reduce excessive levels of fluoride, which in higher levels can damage teeth. Drinking water in Isle of Wight County and the communities of Smithfield and Suffolk has — in some instances — double the recommended levels of cavity-fighting fluoride. Too much fluoride can turn […]
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Harney to cut level of fluoride in water
REGULATIONS to reduce the levels of fluoride in the public water supply are to be brought forward shortly – more than four years after a government-commissioned report first called for the measure. Health Minister Mary Harney has confirmed that she is to introduce the regulations following advice from the expert group set up to guide […]
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The Great Flood: Arcata up to its eyeballs in fluoridated water
It really doesn’t matter that fluoridated water has been hailed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the 20th century, reducing cavities for pennies on the dollar by 30 to 60 percent in children and 20 to 40 percent in adults. Nor does the […]
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Firms Can Make Fluoridated Water Claim
WASHINGTON — Companies can claim that drinking bottled water with fluoride prevents cavities, the government said Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration said it would allow bottlers of fluoridated water to make the health claim, in a notice dated Oct. 14 but posted Wednesday to its Web site. The claim _ specifically, that fluoridated water […]
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Fluoride: A Pain in the Neck – Case Report
NEW YORK, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ — A 52-year-old American man’s arthritic- like joint pain and immobility went away after he stopped brushing his teeth with fluoridated toothpaste, according to a new study in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. There’s no scientific dispute that large fluoride doses cause crippling skeletal fluorosis over time. But, […]
United States, National USA