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Del Rio officials cite fluoride-vote reaction
A week after voting unanimously to eliminate fluoride from the city’s drinking water, Del Rio City Council members remain awed at the widespread attention they are receiving. “I’ve had a tremendous reaction to this. I’ve received e-mails from all over the world, not just the United States,” said council member Pat Cole, who made the […]
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Blue-Ribbon Scientific Panel Exposes Fluoride’s Serious Health Risks
New York – September 2006 — Fluoride jeopardizes health – even at low levels deliberately added to public water supplies, according to data presented in a recent National Academy of Sciences’ (NAS) National Research Council (NRC) report. Fluoride poses risks to the thyroid gland, diabetics, kidney patients, high water drinkers and others and can severely […]
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HMS Defends Review of Dental School Prof
Professor Chester W. Douglass’ seven-figure donation to the Harvard School of Dental Medicine came four years before the school launched an investigation into his academic conduct, and had no effect on the review’s conclusion, the school’s spokesman, John Lacey, said yesterday. Douglass donated around $1 million to the dental school in 2001, Lacey confirmed, four […]
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Prof in Fluoride Flap Gave $1M to Harvard
A School of Dental Medicine professor cleared last month of allegations that he covered up links between fluoride and bone cancer is listed as a million-dollar benefactor of the school’s new research and education building. The revelation has led one environmental advocacy group to suggest that a recent Harvard investigation of the professor, Chester W. […]
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Should Ashburton Fluoridate? – Advice from an Expert
(Dr. Limeback was one of the 12 scientists who served on the National Academy of Sciences panel that issued the 2006 report, “Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of the EPA’s Standards.” Dr. Limeback is an associate professor of dentistry and head of the preventive dentistry program at the University of Toronto) My Familiarity […]
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Harvard Professor Cleared of Ethics Charges is Million Dollar Donor
(WASHINGTON, Sept. 15) — A Harvard Medical School professor recently cleared by a Harvard ethics panel of charges that he suppressed critical research findings made a million dollar contribution to the University’s Dental School. The contribution—one of just six million dollar gifts that helped create the Dental School’s new research building—is not in and of […]
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Port Angeles City Council sends anti-fluoride initiatives to judge for ruling
PORT ANGELES — Two initiatives submitted to the city last week to stop fluoridation of city water will be sent to a Superior Court judge to determine if it would be appropriate to put them on the ballot for a vote. City Attorney Bill Bloor said it could take up to six months for a […]
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City removes fluoride from water
Fluoride will no longer be added to Del Rio’s drinking water. The Del Rio City Council made that decision Tuesday night after a presentation by John Morony, a retired college biology professor, who characterized fluoride as a poison and showed the council numerous research references that link fluoride to higher rates of cancer and other […]
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Fluoride: maybe, sorta
Years ago during my training, I met a woman in a mental hospital who was obviously, profoundly, mad. She saw conspiracies everywhere and eyed everyone with knowing suspicion. Occasionally she took me into her confidence – warning me of various nefarious plots afoot. On one occasion she even told me that her husband had attempted […]
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Juneau, stop adding fluoride to water
Should the city of Juneau continue adding fluoride to our drinking water? It’s one of those subjects people have strong opinions about. The Mayor’s Commission on Fluoride recently split 3-3 on the question of whether the city should continue to fluoridate. In my opinion, fluoridation is an awful idea. Fluoride is not a nutrient required […]
United States, Alaska