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Public weighs in as Meadville water fluoridation vote looms
The five-member Meadville Area Water Authority board will vote on water fluoridation at 10 a.m. Wednesday at a special meeting at the Lew Davies Community Center, 1034 Park Ave. The meeting is open to the public. With the vote fast approaching, forces on both sides of the debate, board members, MAWA staff and others have […]
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Costs of fluoridating water supplies a concern for Northland councils
Ratepayers may have to stump up any shortfall in fluoridating drinking water under new legislation, two Northland councils say. The Whangarei District (WDC) and the Far North District Councils (FNDC) said it was not clear what they would be required to do under the new law, and whether fluoridation would be compulsory. The councils were […]
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JNTU to demonstrate rainwater harvesting in village
Hyderabad: The fluoride affected people of Nalgonda district have something to cheer about as the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad campus (JNTU-H) is going to replicate the success it achieved in rainwater harvesting (RWH) in Gottiparthi village in Tungaturthi mandal in old Nalgonda district (now Suryapet district). The pilot project of drinking water augmentation would […]
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Movement to Remove Fluoride From US Water Supplies Continues
Story at-a-glance While water fluoridation is purported to decrease your risk of dental cavities, fluoride needs to be applied topically for this to work. It doesn’t benefit your teeth when swallowed Swallowing fluoride displaces iodine from your thyroid, as iodine and fluoride are both halogens. Without iodine, you cannot make active thyroid hormones, raising your […]
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Short Film Reveals the Lunacy of Water Fluoridation
Story at-a-glance Research links fluoridated water consumption to endocrine dysfunction, hypothyroidism, ADHD, and reduced IQ Many water authorities do not use pharmaceutical grade fluoride; they use hydrofluosilicic acid — a toxic waste product of the fertilizer industry that is frequently contaminated with heavy metals and other toxins 97 percent of Western European countries do not […]
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Chewing stick, effective alternative to toothpaste —Expert
Worried about maintaining your teeth to old age? An alternative to toothpaste that can effectively clean the mouth and prevent teeth decay is Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides, a local chewing stick known in Yoruba as Orin Ata, a dental expert has said. Professor Juliana Taiwo, speaking at the 2016/2017 inaugural lecture of the University of Ibadan, entitled […]
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Controversial anti-fluoridation activist to visit Galway this weekend
An outspoken US scientist, visiting Galway this month, has criticised the Irish government for failing to acknowledge studies that fluoride lowers the IQ of children. Paul Connett, an anti-fluoridation activist, who was invited to speak to the government’s forum on water fluoridation in 2000, cited a 2003 peer-reviewed study from China that showed as little […]
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Skibbereen to host US expert on fluoride at public meeting
An international expert opposed to water fluoridation will address a meeting in Skibbereen next week. Dr Paul Connett, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology will present the Case Against Fluoride in an open discussion forum in the West Cork Hotel on Thursday, June 15. He will be joined at the free event which will […]
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Fluoridation to continue in Marin’s water
The Marin Municipal Water District board at a sometimes raucous meeting this week voted 4-1 to continue to buy chemicals needed to fluoridate Marin’s water supply. Questions about the process arose when the board took up an item Tuesday night about whether to approve a purchase of chemicals for fluoridation and other purposes, which it […]
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If You See Dirty Water, Don’t Just Gripe. Talk To The Cloud!
Excerpt from article on India: Conducting a breakout session during World Water Week in Stockholm last year, Akvo’s Bjelkeman-Pettersson demonstrated the mobile-phone-enabled water-quality tests that their lab in Bengaluru uses. One kit contains a simple strip test, say for pH or phosphates. Another consists of a collection jar and a reactant chemical that can test […]
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