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Greens will fight any fluoride in water plans
GREEN MSPs today vowed to fight any plans by the Scottish Executive to put fluoride in Scotland’s water. They spoke out as plans were finalised in Westminster for fluoridation in England and Wales. Lothians Green MSP Robin Harper has written to First Minister Jack McConnell asking him to reassure the people of Scotland that their […]
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Commentary on England’s Mass Fluoridation Proposal
TOMORROW, peers will be asked to approve a piece of legislation so sinister, so Draconian and so far-reaching in its implications that it is hard to believe it is happening with barely a murmur of protest. The new Bill will force water companies to add fluoride to all drinking water when ordered to do so […]
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Piney Point: Bending the rules at Piney Point, a $140-million mess.
The earthen embankment containing the Piney Point waste has suffered from structural problems requiring patching with gravel. (2003, Times Archive) [ CERRI, LARA | St. Petersburg Times ] The warning signs were clear: The Piney Point fertilizer plant was headed for disaster. State regulators knew in 1995 that the owner, Mulberry Corp., was struggling. If […]
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We Don’t Want Fluoride!
More than half the people living in Leicestershire would not want fluoride added to the water system, according to a snapshot survey. Dozens of people have written to the Leicester Mercury expressing their fears over the issue. Their opinions have been gauged as we continue our Great Fluoride Debate. All this week, we asked shoppers […]
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Water Fluoridation: Drug on tap
Cabinet papers leaked to The Sunday Times early in May revealed government plans to fluoridate drinking water in England and Wales. The reason given for this move is that it would reduce tooth decay among children in ‘deprived’ areas. Until now it has been up to the water companies to decide whether to add fluoride […]
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Hard to swallow
Two weeks ago it emerged that Mr Blair is backing secret moves to force water companies to fluoridate drinking water, whether the industry likes it or not. In other words, he is proposing to mass medicate the people of this country. This is not – as you might imagine – to prevent some terrible, crushing […]
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Sicily: Natural and anthropogenic factors affecting groundwater quality of an active volcano (Mt. Etna, Italy)
Excerpt from article: Fluoride concentrations in Etna groundwaters range from 20 to 995 mg/l (average=434 mg/l; s=217). None of the analysed waters exceeds the national MAC for drinking water. Volcanic activity is an important source of F to the atmosphere, mainly in the form of hydrofluoric acid. Massive F emissions are often related to explosive […]
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Water fights
For eons now, liberals have teased conservatives about one thing (well, many things, but I’m thinking of one in particular): the fluoridation of water. “Oh, you work at NATIONAL REVIEW? What do you do, write editorials denouncing the fluoridation of the water supply?” Ha, ha, ha. (Actually, we spend our time advocating separate lunch counters […]
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Alternative to fluoride`96% more effective’
A new product, Cavistat, is 96 per cent more effective than fluoride in preventing tooth decay, according to new research presented yesterday at the International Association of Dental Research conference in Sweden. The Irish government has always claimed that fluoride plays a vital role in the oral health of the Irish population, especially children, despite […]
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Great Fluoride Debate
The controversial issue of putting fluoride into Leicestershire’s drinking water supply is back on the agenda. New legislation currently before Parliament may pave the way for its introduction into hundreds of thousands of homes. Many health experts favour the move, saying it significantly improves dental health, particularly among deprived groups. However, anti-fluoride campaigners are vehemently […]
United Kingdom, England