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Fury over new bid to have fluoride on tap
HEALTH bosses in Glasgow have been warned they face fierce opposition as they launch a new push to get fluoride put into the city’s water. NHS Greater Glasgow wants the Scottish Executive to introduce fluoridation as quickly as possible – against the advice of one of the city’s top dentists. Robert Broadfoot, dental director of […]
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Is Fluoride Really All That Safe?
“The Fluoride Deception” reads like a whodunit. There are conspiracies, cover-ups, human casualties, and broken careers. The prime suspects in this toxic thriller are compounds of fluoride; the coconspirators represent industry, the military, and the public health community. At the book’s ending, the suspect chemicals are not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, but we […]
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Fluoride proposal advances in Joplin
It was standing room only Monday night at a meeting of the Joplin City Council, as those for and against fluoridating the city’s water packed the council chambers to voice their opinions. At least 120 people — from young children bouncing on their parents’ knees to Frederick King, who at 90 years plus has been […]
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Fluoridation: No Benefit, Another Study Shows
Dental examinations of 4800 South Australian ten- to fifteen-year-olds’ permanent teeth reveal unexpected results – similar cavity rates whether they drink fluoridated water or not, reports Armfield and Spencer in the August 2004 “Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology”(1). Children sampled lived in fluoridated and nonfluoridated metropolitan and rural areas of the Australian state, South Australia. […]
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Timeline: Fluorochemicals
Fluorochemicals have been used by 3M, DuPont and other companies to create innovative products for decades. The chemicals now are known to persist in the environment. 1946: DuPont sells the first Teflon products, which are made with fluorochemicals. 1956: 3M begins selling Scotchgard Protector, which contained a fluorochemical that helped it repel stains. 1970: The […]
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Santa Maria needs Measure W
In 1999, the Santa Barbara City Council took the proper action and rejected putting fluoride in the drinking water. Mayor Harriet Miller noted, “I have a question about whether the municipal water supply should be used to deliver any chemicals.” Plenty of questions exist about this chemical — from whether and to what extent it […]
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Hutchinson fluoride petition approved
Don’t be surprised if Hutchinson residents have one more item to vote on in the upcoming Nov. 2 general election. Opponents of an ordinance authorizing the fluoridation of Hutchinson’s water supply collected 200 more valid signatures than necessary on a protest petition to force a vote on the issue later this fall. Deputy Election Officer […]
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Citizen group accuses city of glossing over fluoride facts
A group of citizens is legally challenging the City of Hood River for not revealing that “dirty fluoride” could be added to the water supply. Six residents, joined by Columbia Riverkeeper, contend the city’s ballot language on the fluoridation issue is “unfair and misleading.” They said voters have not been fully informed about other “contaminants” […]
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Fluoride costs brush officials wrong way
FARMINGTON — After years of back-and-forth finger pointing, a study by health officials reveals the actual cost of adding fluoride to the county’s drinking water is more than twice than what was projected. The cost to implement fluoridation into public water systems and wells is $4.39 per person, based on figures provided by Davis cities, […]
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Kaiser agrees to clean some polluted land
SPOKANE, Wash. — In a settlement with state regulators, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Co. has agreed to spend $20 million to clean contaminated property at its defunct Mead smelter near Spokane. The proposed legal settlement, announced Wednesday, still must go through a formal public review and be approved by a U.S. bankruptcy court judge. The […]
United States, Washington State Aluminum Industry