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NA board reviewing fluoride suit
NORTH ATTLEBORO — The board of health is reviewing the draft of a lawsuit before it is filed in Superior Court in its fight to end fluoridation of the town’s water supply. The board recently received from attorney David Gay the preliminary draft of its complaint against the town for failing to stop fluoridation. Gay […]
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Health department: Fluoridate or be sued
More than five years after Salt Lake County voters approved fluoride for public drinking systems, an east-bench water company continues to hold out. Now, after granting a series of extensions for Holliday Water Co., county health officials are threatening to sink their teeth into the renegade group with a civil lawsuit. Moments after a closed […]
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Fluoride in the water means pollutants within the body
Of late, we’ve once again learned that health officials sometimes change their minds about what is considered healthy and safe. The recent warnings from the Food and Drug Administration about previously approved pain medications and over-the-counter diet aids and cough suppressants demonstrate this. Have you ever wondered what medications and health practices that we accept […]
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Panel hears fluoride debate
Proponents and opponents of fluoride in public drinking water debated before the House Conservation and Environment Committee Monday. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists water fluoridation as among the top 10 public health achievements of the last century, but in the past decade opposition to water fluoridation has increased nationwide. Water fluoridation […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride: NY approves pesticide despite unresolved health risks
Fluoride Action Network (FAN) urges the NYS Bureau of Pesticides to rescind their recent approval of a new food fumigant pesticide, sulfuryl fluoride, because serious health risks, raised by environmental groups, remain unanswered by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In a November 28, 2005 letter to Dow AgroSciences, Maureen Serafini, Director, NYS Bureau of […]
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NYS Approves Pesticide Despite Unresolved Health Risks
Fluoride Action Network (FAN) urges the NYS Bureau of Pesticides to rescind their recent approval of a new food fumigant pesticide, sulfuryl fluoride, because serious health risks, raised by environmental groups, remain unanswered by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In a November 28, 2005 letter to Dow AgroSciences, Maureen Serafini, Director, NYS Bureau of […]
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Push to fluoridate Holmen’s water could renew debate about practice
When fluoridation was new in the 1950s, many opponents were sure it had something to do with communism. All these years later, terrorists have replaced communists as America’s chief menace, but the debate rages anew about adding fluoride to the drinking water to help prevent tooth decay. On the one hand, fluoridation has been hailed […]
United States, Wisconsin -
House panel to consider fluoridation in water
Water fluoridation, which the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists among the top 10 public health achievements of century, will become a topic of conversation in Tennessee. Proponents and opponents of water fluoridation are scheduled to face each other before the state House Conservation and Environment Committee Monday, Jan. 9. Rep. Gary Odom […]
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Auburn targeted with another fluoridation push
The Auburn City Council won’t endorse a referendum on fluoridating the city’s water supply unless voters ask for it. Councilors David J. Dempsey and Thomas D. McNabb said they would support a referendum if they believed residents wanted to vote on the issue. Mayor Timothy C. Lattimore and Councilor William J. Graney said they want […]
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3 states force fluoridation
A FLUORIDE debate is raging across Queensland and parts of northern NSW, where health chiefs have joined those in Victoria in seeking to force the introduction of fluoride. North East Water has been instructed by the Victorian Government to fluoridate Wodonga and Wangaratta water supplies as soon as possible. It is expected the necessary works […]
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