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Delta Dental wins $6 million for children’s dental health
California’s largest dental health plan announced plans today to distribute nearly $6 million in state and federal funds to improve the oral health of low-income children lacking private dental insurance. Contracts signed between California’s Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) and Delta Dental of California will pave the way for more than 35 individual projects […]
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Local Friends of the Earth chapters call for national campaign
A LEADING Pendle environmental campaigner will attempt to persuade a national pressure group to back an anti-fluoride campaign. The Pendle Friends of the Earth (FoE) group is to second a motion to oppose compulsory water fluoridisation at the FoE annual conference in Leicester in August. Brian Jackson of Duke Street in Winewall co-ordinator of the […]
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Hastings Council discusses fluoride
HASTINGS Council should listen to the people when considering the fluoride debate. That’s the opinion of Dennis Stevenson who outlined his “pro-choice” stance of fluoridation at a Hastings Council workshop on Monday night. The region’s 1991 referendum gave a very clear indication about the people’s views, he said. “Logically the only reason anyone can reconsider […]
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Councilmen question fluoride vote
LANCASTER — The debate over whether to put fluoridation of the city’s water on November’s general election ballot continued in City Council Monday night. Councilman Rudy Touvell, D-6th Ward, said he was opposed to the city putting the issue on the ballot without supporters getting the required number of signatures to get it on the […]
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Dentists Award the Cavity-prone and Toothless
“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), reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF). Fluoride added to […]
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Report warns parents on children’s toothpaste use
Many parents probably feel that with children consuming increasing amounts of sweets and cola they have enough to worry about when it comes to their teeth. But a new study suggests they need to take a closer look at their children’s toothbrushing habits. Not only are children using fluoridated toothpaste too soon, they are using […]
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Fluoride contamination in water highest in Dharmapuri
Dharmapuri district has a high concentration of endemic fluoride and ranks the highest in the State. According to a recent survey by the Tamil Nadu Water and Drainage (TWAD) Board, out of 10,451 handpump sources, 3161 were found highly fluoride contaminated. Sources in the board say “around 30 per cent of the water sources in […]
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Hastings council to consider effectiveness of fluoride
A Hastings council workshop on fluoridation is to hear from a leading opponent who lobbied the ACT Government to take the chemical out of Canberra’s water. Dennis Stephenson now lives on the Gold Coast and will visit Port Macquarie this afternoon to put his case to council. The ACT Legislative Assembly abolished fluoridation in 1989 […]
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Fluoride – an unproven drug at uncontrolled dosage – Greens
More news from Health & ChildrenCommenting on the current levels of fluoridation in Irish drinking water and the fact that Ireland is the only country in Europe with a mandatory fluoridation policy. Cllr. Mary White, Green Party Deputy Leader and European Candidate for the East, said today that, “If doctors were able to prescribe to […]
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Swedes urged to pull mercury from mouths of dead
STOCKHOLM, May 19 (Reuters) – Amalgam tooth fillings made with mercury should be pulled out before people are cremated to cut emissions of the highly toxic metal, a Swedish government agency report proposed on Wednesday. Mercury, also known as quicksilver, has been linked to neurological problems and is especially harmful to young children and foetuses. […]
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