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Ford: City council owes it to Calgary’s children to return fluoride to our water
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Catherine Ford is a columnist and has the right to share her opinion, however misinformed it is. She states, “The anti-fluoride crowd is passionate in its argument against the additive, calling it poison, saying it builds up in the body and causes all sorts of dreadful conditions, taking the “risk” […]
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Dr. Arthur Bushel “launched one of the first campaigns to prevent cavities by fluoridating the New York City water supply”
The title of the article: Dr. Arthur Bushel, dental health pioneer, dies Dr. Arthur Bushel, a retired dentist who taught at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and was an expert on fluoridation, died of complications of normal pressure hydrocephalus Nov. 21 at the North Oaks Retirement Community. He was 99. Born in […]
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Arcata’s janky fluoride rig getting an upgrade
The Integrity Municipal Systems LLC Fluoride Feed System. Mad River Union ARCATA – The City Council last week approved a $38,000 upgrade to its fluoride feed system. The current system, cobbled together from disparate parts, is old, janky, fussy and not the safest for city workers. Upgrading it hasn’t been easy. Vendors were either unresponsive […]
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Evaluation of fluoride levels in commercially available tea in the United States.
Note from Fluoride Action Network: The publish date for this paper is Jan-Feb 2020; yet the abstract was just made available online. Abstract The objective of this study was to compare fluoride levels in commercially available black tea, green tea, and matcha tea. Tea samples were purchased from a local supermarket in the United States […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride: Commodity risk assessment of oak logs with bark from the US for the oak wilt pathogen Bretziella fagacearum under an integrated systems approach
Note from Fluoride Action Network: The brain is the main target of Sulfuryl fluoride. Structural Formula of Sulfuryl Fluoride: Abstract The European Commission submitted to the EFSA Panel on Plant Health a Dossier by USDA proposing a systems approach to mitigate the risk of entry of Bretziella fagacearum to the EU when trading oak logs […]
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Fluoridation milestone for Newman
Fluoridated drinking water will begin flowing through the taps of Newman by September 2023. Supplementation of Newman’s water supply with the tooth-strengthening mineral will bring Newman into line with other major communities in the region such as Kununurra, Broome, Derby, Hedland, Roebourne, Karratha, Dampier and Exmouth. Fluoridation of Newman’s water supply is part of a […]
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CDC gives Corpus Christi ‘Water Fluoridation Quality Award’
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have awarded the City of Corpus Christi Water Utilities with the Water Fluoridation Quality Award for the 3rd consecutive year. “Water fluoridation is important in fighting tooth decay in our community and is one of public health’s greatest accomplishments,” said Nueces County Director […]
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Dr.Collins BioMin Restore Plus: the first ever fluoride-containing bioglass toothpaste to get FDA approval
Dr.Collins is delighted to announce that its BioMin Restore Plus Toothpaste has received FDA 510K approval for relief of sensitivity. This is a huge breakthrough, being the first fluoride-containing bioactive glass toothpaste to be approved by the FDA for sale in the United States *(see footnote). The toothpaste uniquely controls the release of calcium, phosphate […]
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Innovations: New community water fluoridation system is ‘game-changer,’ advocates say
Sodium fluorosilicate tablet system receives NSF Standard 61 approval Innovation: The new sodium fluorosilicate tablet system is shown. Editor’s note: The “Innovations” series highlights and features leaps forward in science-based technology that can provide benefits to dentists, their patients and the public. Mulberry, Fla. — A new community water fluoridation system that is the […]
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People of Golaghat facing drinking water problem
GOLAGHAT: The people of Golaghat are facing a serious problem of pure drinking water. Both in rural and urban areas, people are not getting pure drinking water. Out of around 13,000 families in Golaghat municipal area, only 2,000 families are getting water supply from the Golaghat Municipal Board and most of these families get very […]
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