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Juneau: Task force delivers mixed verdict on fluoridation
The Juneau Assembly won’t get a clear recommendation on whether to continue fluoridating municipal water from a task force appointed in 2004. The Juneau Fluoride Study Commission turned in its final report Tuesday, with three members recommending the city’s fluoridation continue and three members recommending it stop. “Every place you look, you need more study,” […]
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Locals gnash teeth over fluoride
A report revealing that twice as many Dorval children have developed cavities since the city stopped fluoridating its water has infuriated dentists and worried local parents, but some scientists are cautioning that re-fluoridating the water could cause more problems than it would solve. The fluoride in the drinking water is not pharmaceutical grade fluoride, noted […]
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Fighting fluoride
Thirty-six years after fluoride was mandated to be added to all public water supplies in Minnesota, people continue to debate its safety. The chemical is said to strengthen teeth and prevent tooth decay. But a Sauk Rapids man has taken it upon himself, as the state representative of an anti-fluoride organization, to campaign to remove […]
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A crippling disease in Birbhum villages
Sir, Fluoride toxicosis, commonly referred to as fluorosis, has caused an alarming situation in some villages of Birbhum district. Nasipur and its adjoining villages, 10 km west of Nalhati railway station, are the worst affected. In the first week of this month, I saw hordes of children and adults suffering from this painful water-borne ailment. […]
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The Invention of Fluoride Toothpaste
In 1950 Proctor and Gamble subsidized research at Indiana University on the use of stannous fluoride–a fluoride/tin compound–in the prevention of tooth decay. Listen Now: The Invention of Toothpaste Moment of Indiana History is a weekly two-minute radio program exploring Indiana History. The series is a production of WFIU Public Radio in partnership with the […]
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Puzzling Decline in Kids’ Teeth
Something started going wrong with Waikato preschoolers’ teeth in the late 1990s and health authorities aren’t sure why. Statistics presented to a recent Hamilton seminar showed that from about 1998, young Waikato children’s teeth started deteriorating — at odds with the rest of the country where there has been little change. A measure of the […]
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Brickworks poisons could hit vineyards
The Department of Environment and Conservation has made the belated admission that high levels of poisonous emissions from Midland Brick could have damaged one of the State’s most valuable tourist industries, the Swan Valley vineyards. The concession came after the department launched an investigation into whether Midland Brick had breached its licence conditions by failing […]
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An ancient city’s tale of too much fluoride
As a waypoint on the ancient Silk Road, the metropolis of Palmyra had it all, broad towers, impressive temples and enviable trade. Water from local wells even contained fluoride, limiting that scourge of the ancients — tooth decay. But just as the wealth of Palmyra vanished, leaving behind ruins in the Syrian desert, a new […]
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GM spray could keep dentist at bay
A SINGLE dental treatment that involves spraying genetically-modified bacteria into a patient’s mouth could cut the risk of cavities by up to 90 per cent, according to new research. The spray, which could be on the market in as little as three years and should last a lifetime, contains bacteria similar to that found naturally […]
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Groups Demand Immediate Halt to Food Uses of Fluoride-Based Pesticide
This week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established a 30-day public comment period for a motion filed by three watchdog groups that seeks an immediate suspension of all food uses of the pesticide sulfuryl fluoride. The motion, filed by Environmental Working Group (EWG), Fluoride Action Network (FAN) and Beyond Pesticides, marks a pivotal step in […]
United States, Fluoride Action Network Press Release Pesticides