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NGOs Oppose Water Fluoridation
The ruling Uri Party is working on a bill to force every municipal government to add fluoride to tap water, restarting an old debate over water fluoridation. Civic groups have threatened to block the bill, raising concerns over the harmful effects of fluoride and challenging the public’s right to choose what they drink. A dozen […]
South Korea -
Bottled Water Cited as Contributing to Cavity Comeback
TORONTO, Sept. 19-Tooth decay is making a comeback, fueled by junk food, spurred by social changes, and abetted by an unusual culprit – bottled water. “I had a three-year-old kid come in the other day,” says Toronto dentist Sheldon Rose, D.D.S., “and he had at least two cavities that I could see. I haven’t seen […]
Canada, National -
Tata to purify water in Andhra Pradesh villages
Faced with high fluoride content in ground water in several villages, Andhra Pradesh has enlisted the support of a Tata group company for providing cost-effective technologies for purifying water in the affected areas. Tata Projects Limited Managing Director K.P. Singh Saturday called on Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy here to demonstrate an economically viable water […]
India -
Nalco ‘in dock’ over toxic gas leakage
ANGUL, Sept. 16. — Once again, the mini-ratna National Aluminium Company is ‘in the dock’ in the wake of accusations by its peripheral villages of toxic gas leakage from the smelter plant here on Monday last. The agitating villagers of Tulasipal, Languliabeda met the Angul collector on Wednesday and complained against Nalco for releasing toxic […]
India Aluminum Industry -
Fluoridation delayed; water provider claims shortage of chemical
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission plans to reduce tooth decay for Milpitans and residents of other Bay Area cities by fluoridating their drinking water. The fluoridation program was scheduled to start Monday. But it will be delayed for at least one month. SFPUC, which provides most of the city’s residential water from Hetch Hetchy Reservoir […]
United States, California -
Fluoride: How much, if any, is a good thing?
BELLOWS FALLS — Whether or not the village water is safe to drink depends, according to the Trustees, if you see the glass as half-empty or half-full. The public water meets all state standards and people who drink it are in no immediate danger, Municipal Manager Shane O’Keefe said at the Trustee meeting this week. […]
United States, Vermont -
Support inquiry into fluoride as carcinogen
An online petition calling for a Congressional investigation into the safety of fluoridation has been posted on the Fluoride Action Network website. Maureen Jones, the director of Citizens for Safe Drinking Water, is calling attention to the petition which, she says, supports the 11 environmental protection unions that are contending that there should be a […]
United States, Missouri -
Fluoride shortage hits town
SHREWSBURY— A nationwide shortage of fluoride has caused the town to temporarily discontinue placing it in the municipal water supply, a news release from the town’s Board of Health said yesterday. The town added hydrofluosilicic acid to the water supply to help prevent tooth decay, the release said, and noted the addition of the fluoride […]
United States, Massachusetts -
Pierce County Dentist Speaks Out Against Bellingham Fluoride initiative.
I am a member of the Pierce County Dental Society, the Washington State Dental Society ( WSDA ) and the American Dental Association ( ADA ). I am also a member of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology. As a dentist who works in Pierce County, Washington, I must take exception to the […]
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Springfield to vote on fluoridation again
Springfield city commissioners agreed to place two issues before voters in November. Commissioners reviewed two petitions at their meeting Tuesday night — one to fluoridate Springfield’s water and another a charter amendment to establish a hospital oversight board. Last week the Clark County Board of Elections determined that both petitions contained enough valid signatures. Springfield […]
United States, Ohio