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FDA at odds over safety of mercury fillings
WASHINGTON – Government health advisers rejected a federal report that concluded dental fillings used by millions of patients are safe, saying further study of the mercury-laden amalgam is needed. A joint panel of Food and Drug Administration advisers did not declare the so-called “silver fillings” unsafe. But in a 13-7 vote Thursday, the advisers said […]
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Groundwater with chemicals unsafe for use: Study
BANGALORE: The hazardous chemicals present in groundwater in different parts of the State have breached all permissible limits. Results obtained from the groundwater samples collected from 4,090 open dug-up wells and bore wells reveal that there is a large quantity of nitrate, fluoride and iron present in them. A recent survey conducted by the Mines […]
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Corning OKs fluoride study
CORNING — The city of Corning will hire an engineer to estimate the cost of fluoridating the municipality’s water supply. The Corning City Council voted 6-2 Tuesday to authorize the study, which is expected to cost about $2,500. City Manager Mark Ryckman said the results of the cost analysis could be available in about two […]
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Fluoride Risks Are Still A Challenge
The controversy about the risks of fluoride is unlikely to be resolved soon, a meeting held in late July strongly suggests. Ever since fluoride was first added to water supplies in Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1945 to prevent tooth decay, the practice has been controversial. Some claim it does little or nothing to prevent tooth […]
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Fluoride at what cost?
If Boulder voters approve ballot measure 2B in November, the city will stop adding fluoride to the water supply for at least a year, the city’s utilities chief said. “If it passes, our current practice does not meet and fulfill its terms and conditions, and so we would stop adding fluoride,” Ned Williams said. The […]
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Fluoride concentration in drinking water of Karachi city (Pakistan).
Abstract The ground and municipal water supply samples of Karachi city were analyzed for their fluoride contents. The fluoride contents in water samples collected from the subsurface and river sources were found below the WHO recommended value for the general health of the people. However, in some industrial areas the groundwater sample showed higher level […]
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Development concerns grow in the heartland
Edmontonians hear about runaway development in Ft McMurray almost every day. But some of the largest industrial expansions in North America are happening on our city’s doorstep, in an area dubbed the Industrial Heartland. Located north and east of the city, small towns like Bon Accord and Redwater are about to welcome $16 billion in […]
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Knife-edge vote halts fluoride-in-water bid
Plans to put fluoride into the local drinking water supply have been put on ice indefinitely after a knife-edge vote against the move by health bosses. NHS chiefs in Portsmouth yesterday decided against asking regional health bosses to carry out a study into whether fluoride could be added into the Portsmouth water supply – serving […]
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Harvard professor cleared of misconduct in fluoride study
BOSTON –A Harvard review has found that a dentistry professor did not commit research misconduct while looking into potential links between fluoride in drinking water and a rare form of bone cancer. The Environmental Working Group, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, filed an ethics complaint against Chester Douglass, a professor of oral health policy and […]
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Harvard prof didn’t distort findings, university says
A Harvard University investigation found that a professor accused of distorting research on fluoridated water and bone cancer “did not intentionally omit, misrepresent or suppress research findings,” the university said in a written statement this week. Chester Douglass, a professor of oral health policy and epidemiology at Harvard Dental School, was being investigated by Harvard […]
United States, National USA