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Scientist to speak in Canton about fluoride risks
CANTON – The benefits of fluoride no longer outweigh the risks, said at least one scientist who will speak at the second Citizens’ Conference on Fluoride in Canton this weekend. Hardy Limeback, associate professor and head of preventive dentistry at the University of Toronto, was part of the National Research Council’s March study looking at […]
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BBC: Mixed report on children’s teeth
Children living in Scotland’s most deprived areas are twice as likely to suffer from tooth decay as affluent youngsters, according to a report. The National Dental Inspection Programme studied primary seven children across Scotland in 2004/05. It found that 64% of children in the poorest areas had decaying teeth by the end of primary school, […]
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Fluoride … Good for the teeth or bad to the bone?
A time zone away, in Pagosa Springs, Colo., the community of about 8,000 decided to radically alter its drinking water. It’s not what was added to the water, but what was taken out: fluoride, a compound often put into water to prevent tooth decay. “It was an emotionally-charged decision,” said Gene Tautges, spokesman for the […]
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Fluoridation fight brewing in Manchester
THE battle for our tap water is looming. New figures show south Manchester has one of the country’s worst records for tooth decay, leading to fresh calls for fluoride to be added to water supplies. Supporters of fluoridation say that areas where it has been introduced have seen massive improvements in dental health – particularly […]
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Activists Target Fluoride Pesticides To Tighten Drinking Water Limits
Environmentalists are poised to challenge EPA’s decision to license a fluoride-based soil fumigant pesticide, which they say could draw attention to the broader issue of whether fluoride standards for drinking water adequately protect public health. EPA July 5 opened public comment on a petition from three environmental organizations calling on the agency to temporarily ban […]
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New Warnings About Fluoride
For a long while, the medical and health establishment brushed off claims that fluoridation of drinking water posed any danger to humans. Not any more. In a cover story in the August edition of Prevention magazine, the respected publication headlines “New Research: Is Your Water Safe to Drink?” The article notes that for over fifty […]
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Israel Suspends Mandatory Fluoridation Policy
The Fluoride Action Network has received the following news from Shimon Tsuk, the Scientific Development Coordinator for the Israel Union for Environmental Defense (IUED): “The labor, welfare and health Knesset (Israeli Parliament) committee called on (6/21/06) the Ministry of Health to freeze the extension of the fluoridation of drinking water in Israel and to study […]
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Can You Get Too Much Fluoride?
For 61 years it’s been dubbed the magic bullet. Fluoride has long been credited with helping prevent cavities. But too much fluoride can be hazardous to your health. It’s why most European countries refuse to add fluoride to their water and why our government requires a warning on the back of your toothpaste that if […]
United States, Minnesota -
Let’s have a scientific debate on fluoride initiative
It is said a little knowledge is dangerous. We would add to that a little scientific knowledge is more dangerous and a little scientific knowledge coupled with blinding, activist zeal is more dangerous still. Witness the latest local offensive: to save Boulder from fluoride in our drinking water. The Clean Drinking Water (CDW) initiative as […]
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Fluoride issue makes it to City Ballot in Boulder
City of Boulder voters will have a chance to decide on a new drinking water additive ordinance in November, and it might force locals to do a little research. The Clean Drinking Water (CDW) initiative, proposed by a group of citizens known as Clean Water Advocates (CWA) of Boulder, would in short prevent “medications” from […]
United States, Colorado