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Measure to limit fluoride from China in water fails
A Louisiana House committee Thursday turned aside Senate-passed legislation that would limit the use of Chinese fluoride in the state’s water systems. On a vote of four “yes” and seven against, the House Health and Welfare committee refused to favorably report Senate Bill 638 to the full House. Supporters testified that only two water systems […]
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House Resolution No. 207 directs questions and response to fluoridation concerns
Note: This undated document was received on May 31, 2010 HLS 10RS-864 Regular Session, 2010 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 207 BY REPRESENTATIVE HARDY WATER/DRINKING WATER: Directs the Fluoridation Advisory Board to address questions and concerns regarding the health, environmental, and fiscal effects of fluoridation of drinking water and to report responses to certain legislative committees […]
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Guest Column: Fluoride scam goes on after six decades
A Senate committee in Baton Rouge on April 13 advanced legislation that would require water companies to inform their customers of plans to fluoridate their water supplies and forbid the purchase of the chemical additive from China. How can we afford to spend money on one more poison for drinking water? “Fluoride” is actually a […]
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Louisiana Legislature’s dumb bill of the week fans fluoride fears: An editorial
State Sen. Dan Claitor says that he’s not trying to prevent fluoridation of water supplies, but that’s likely to be the end result of a bill that creates burdensome new requirements for fluoridation projects. Sen. Claitor told the Baton Rouge Advocate that he just wants people to be informed about whether fluoride is being introduced […]
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Senate advances legislation to forbid the purchase of fluoridation additives from China
A state Senate committee on Tuesday advanced legislation that would require water companies to inform their customers of plans to fluoridate their water supplies and to forbid the purchase of the chemical additive from China. State Sen. Dan Claitor said his Senate Bill 638 is about notification, not stopping fluoridation. The Baton Rouge Republican said […]
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Hummert: We shouldn’t need 40 years to learn lesson
Kathleen Hughes was a Maryknoll nun and dietician working in Hong Kong. It was in 1970 that Kathleen told me of Dr. Ignatz Semmelweis (1818-65), a Hungarian doctor serving in Vienna. Semmelweis discovered mothers who were attended to in childbirth by doctors were dying more frequently than those who gave birth with a midwife present. […]
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Fluoridation plans stir debate in Walker
WALKER — The 1950s-era debate over fluoridation of municipal water supplies to fight tooth decay flared anew in Walker, where opponents called on the Board of Aldermen on Monday to reconsider an earlier decision to inject the chemical into the town water supply. After the procession of speakers had addressed the board, Mayor Bobby Font […]
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Walker to discuss fluoride
The town of Walker is holding three public meetings next week to present the benefits of adding fluoride to the town’s water supply. Town officials, along with representatives from the state Department of Health and Hospitals’ Oral Health Program, will explain why they think fluoridation is a safe, efficient and cost-effective way to prevent tooth […]
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Town of Walker to fluoridate
Excerpt: … Also Monday night, aldermen unanimously agreed to enter into a contract with the state Department of Health and Hospitals to inject fluoride in the town’s water system. The contract amount for the agreement is $23,500 and covers the period of Nov. 1 through June 30. The fluoride chemicals alone would cost an estimated […]
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Lafayette: Strange Love from the Tap
Nothing brings together the tree-hugging left and the gun-toting right like fluoride. On the night of April 21, on UL’s campus in Hamilton Hall, a crowd of 100 local residents gathered to hear about the prospect of adding fluoride to the public water supply. UL renewable resources professor Griff Blakewood was in the crowd as […]
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