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Hyndburn Council rejects fluoridation plan
HYNDBURN Council is insisting water in the borough should not be fluoridated. The authority’s cabinet yesterday reaffirmed its stance adopted in 1987. The move follows the Water Act 2003 which when operational will change the powers for adding fluoride to drinking water. Pro-campaigners argue it will help improve dental health in the North-West which has […]
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Water rebel willing to face court
A Campaigner fighting the introduction of fluoride to water supplies says he will risk prosecution to protect his human rights. Ray Oldacre, of Kingsley Road, Stafford, claims that the introduction of fluoride would contravene his human rights and has told Severn Trent Water that he will refuse to pay his water bill should fluoride be […]
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Reducing fluoride could cost Smithfield millions
SMITHFIELD- It will cost the town initially about $2 million and an additional $900,000 in the next 10 years to lower high fluoride in its drinking water, a consultant told Smithfield officials during the town’s water and sewer committee meeting Monday. “It’s better than what we’ve heard before,” said Mark Norris of Smithfield’s Public Utilities […]
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Forsyth Institute ranks first in NIDCR funding at $12.1M
According to a recently published list of rankings for fiscal year 2003, the Forsyth Institute – a Harvard-affiliated nonprofit biomedical research organization – received more in federal grant funding from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) than any university or other research organization in its specialty. With 40 principal investigators, the Forsyth […]
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Truth Decay – stop mass fluoridation of water
To highlight to the public the dangers of fluoridation in water, Jean Lambert MEP will be visting Barnet this Saturday . Jean will be joined by Noel Lynch, Green London Assembly Member and Miranda Dunn, Green London Assembly candidate for Barnet and Camden. They will be supporting Ashley Gunstock, actor and Green Party candidate for […]
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Chippewa Falls Rejects Fluoridation
The voters in Chippewa Falls had their say, and the city council listened. Fluoride will not be added to the city’s water. Tuesday night the council voted 6-to-1 against fluoride. Earlier this month voters overwhelmingly rejected the idea of fluorination in an advisory referendum. Some members of the council said they voted against the proposal […]
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Anti-fluoride campaign escalates
Any attempt to fluoridate Sussex’s water supply will be bitterly opposed a campaign group has warned. A public meeting organised by Gary Kemp of Brighton Hove and Mid Sussex Friends of the Earth attracted dozens of people concerned about possible long-term plans for Britain’s drinking water. The Government has given Strategic Health Authorities the power […]
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Water water everywhere, or… …poison?
NEW DELHI: On paper, almost all the 14.22 lakh habitations in rural India have access to drinking water. And in more than 94% of these habitations, each person gets 40 litres of water per day, either at home or from a common source within 1.6 km from their dwelling place. In another 6% of habitations, […]
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It’s Door-To-Door, Nose-To-Nose Journalism
PLANT CITY – People kept telling us they were sick, and they were wondering why. Residents near the Coronet Industries plant and abandoned landfills spoke of diseases and voiced fears that pollution may be to blame. Plant City commissioners heard their fears. With the 2,600-home Lakeside Station project one vote from final approval, they put […]
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Medical Mystery
PLANT CITY – The old gray buildings on the edge of town are a grim specter, heavy and forbidding like the fear that has enveloped this rural community. Something seems wrong here. People say they can feel it in their aching joints, their cracking bones and teeth. To some, the fear is as tangible as […]
United States, Florida Phosphate Industry