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Sorry, this won’t fix our health crisis
‘What about getting kids to exercise?’ THE long-awaited, secretly edited Forster Report with recommendations to fix the disaster called Queensland Health has now been delivered — and the dramatic solution to this mess is (surprise, surprise) to fluoridate your drinking water. This will supposedly save $1 billion a year in dental costs. Come on, mass […]
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Residents say no to fluoridated water
Residents in part of the West Coast have voted overwhelmingly against adding fluoride to their drinking water. The result of the referendum means people in Greymouth and outlying areas will join eight other towns and cities around the country that do not use fluoride Opponents are delighted but health professionals are dismayed, saying locals health […]
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Fluoridation debate steps up
Twenty-three-year-old Lucie Mayer brought her three children to the Montreal Children’s Hospital dental clinic for their first visit yesterday afternoon. Their mouths said it all. Seven-year-old Shane Mayer-Senecal had 12 cavities, his 5-year-old brother, Andre, had eight, and 2-year-old Chelsea had seven, making a total of 27 cavities for the Verdun family. It’s typical, said […]
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Montreal mayoral candidate promises fluoridation
Fluoridation has become a hot topic in Montreal’s mayoral race. Despite concerns from environmental and health groups, Pierre Bourque, a former mayor and current mayoral candidate in the November municipal elections, is pledging to add fluoride to Montreal’s drinking water if he is elected. Montreal is one of the last major cities in North America […]
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Amoxicillin in Infancy May Be Associated With Fluorosis of Permanent Teeth
Oct. 4, 2005 — Amoxicillin in infancy is associated with fluorosis of permanent teeth, according to the results of a study reported in the October issue of the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine. “It has been speculated that amoxicillin use could be associated with dental enamel defects,” write Liang Hong, DDS, MS, PhD, from […]
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Public health bodies slam new fluoride tolerance levels
Environmental organizations claim that new food tolerances for the fluoride-based pesticide sulfuryl fluoride could be potentially damaging to public health. The new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tolerances were requested by Dow AgroSciences following the firm’s expansion of its pesticide sulfuryl fluoride – trade name ProFume – which is used to fumigate food processing facilities and […]
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Fluoride Shortfall: Fertilizer plant closure puts nationwide crimp on fluoridation
The ongoing shutdown of a phosphate fertilizer plant in Florida has led to a sharp drop in supplies of a key water fluoridation chemical and to spot fluoride shortages in towns and cities across the U.S. The Fort Meade, Fla., facility, operated by U.S. Agri-Chemicals, makes hydrofluosilicic acid (H2SiF6, HFS) as a by-product of the […]
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There’s more to this campaign than potholes
Some commentators are griping that the only issues in this fall’s Montreal election campaign are potholes and untidy streets. They want meatier issues. Here, in no special order, are nine. Casino. If the province gives it the green light, Loto-Quebec’s plan to move the casino closer to downtown could truly alter the city’s character. Loto […]
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Chemical tracers as indicator of human fecal coliforms at storm water outfalls
Abstract Indicators to distinguish between fecal coliforms of human and animal origin were investigated in water from storm sewer outfalls to a coastal lake during wet and dry weather. The ratio of fecal coliform relative to fecal streptococci count was used as the microbiological indicator. Concentrations of human-activities originated caffeine, anionic surfactant, fluoride, and fluorescence […]
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Professor’s Research Reignites Fluoride-Cancer Correlation Debate
A Harvard professor’s testimony to the government on the effects of adding fluoride to tap water has inflamed a 60-year-long debate over the chemical’s safety and its place in the water supply—prompting a University investigation into his work that has garnered nationwide attention. Chester Douglass, chair of the Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology Department at […]
United States, National USA