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Dentists Award the Toothless and Cavity-prone
New York — (ArriveNet – Apr 29, 2005) — “Fluoridation honors” were bestowed upon many communities(1), which happen to have the highest cavity and tooth loss rates, by the American Dental Association (ADA), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the American Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (AASTDD). The irony is that fluoridation […]
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China maps massive problem of water contamination
[BEIJING] Some 65 million Chinese rely on underground water supplies that are heavily contaminated with arsenic or fluoride, according to the first national survey of the quality of the country’s supply of drinking water. SciDev.Net has seen an early preview of the summary of the report, whose public release date still needs to be confirmed. […]
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Fort Collins: Preserving Our Precious Fluids
No one who saw the 1964 movie, “Dr. Strangelove” can forget Jack D. Ripper, a paranoid, intellectually-challenged Air Force general who launched an unprovoked nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. The General’s extreme paranoia about communism was at least partially fueled by the ever-growing fluoridation of U.S. municipal water supplies. In one of his more […]
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Mercury Pollution Concerns State Clean Water Group
SEYMOUR – Cyril Alapatt is determined to get his message to the people of Connecticut. Advertisement As the director for the Connecticut chapter of Clean Water Action, he has worked tirelessly to spread the word about the dangers of mercury pollution in natural water sources in the state. “People must have the information they need […]
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From bag to bone
The next time you are staring at an open Google Web page, type “fluoride” on the search bar. You’ll receive 2,200,000 hits in less than a second – depending upon how fast your connection is. The Google search will show you Web pages like “Fluoride Action Network,” which, if you click on the blue link […]
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Warrumbungle: Fluoride could be dead in the water
The decision of the Warrumbungle Shire administrator to put fluoride into local town water supplies is likely be overturned at tonight’s council meeting. Bruce Rindflesh decided in February to fluoridate town supplies in Coonabarabran, Coolah, Dunnedoo, Baradine and Mendooran. A new council has since been elected and the new Mayor, Peter Shinton, says many residents […]
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Population Explosion
On the afternoon of Sept. 20, 1994, several mysterious yellow clouds floated eerily above the treetops in Southwest Philadelphia. Local residents remember looking up at the sky with a marked sense of fear. “We figured it had come from the refinery, and we had no idea whether the stuff was dangerous,” recalls Al Caporali, who […]
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House OKs rules to regulate mercury in Vermont
MONTPELIER — The Vermont House gave final approval Friday to a bill regulating mercury use and disposal in the state. The bill regulates the sale of products with mercury in them, updates labeling requirements and regulates how such products should be disposed of. One reason mercury is so dangerous, advocates said, is that it persists […]
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‘Fluoride facts’ not entirely true
Fluoride Fact # 21: On April 6, the Hood River Healthy Water Committee published a $9, one-inch advertisement in the Hood River News. The ad erroneously asserted Gorge Ecunemical Ministries (GEM), Hood River County Health Department and the Mid-Columbia Children’s Council endorse fluoride. The truth is that none of the organizations endorsed the pro-fluoride campaign. […]
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Refinery talks on safety issues
AN industrial relations commissioner has been called in to try to resolve a safety dispute at a Brisbane refinery following a chemical spill that put workers in hospital. More than 40 people were affected and 24 taken to hospital after hydrogen fluoride gas was released by a pipe rupture at the Caltex refinery in suburban […]
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