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Health minister attacks dental health protection
Fluoridation of community water supplies is under attack by the new health minister, despite its success in Israel in reducing dental caries in children Fluoride is an element naturally present in water, and at specific levels improves dental health. However, fluoridation of community water supplies is under attack by the new health minister, despite its […]
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A 4 billion class action filed against “Mekorot”- Israels’ main water supplier
Just 6 months ago an appeal to the Israeli supreme court to ban fluoridation was filed, and now a new “bomb” in the fight against fluoridation, falling on the desk of Israels’ water supllier – Mekorot. A class action has been filed today against “Mekorot” by “ Dan Ashkenazi and associates“ law firm on behalf […]
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Professors slam change to water fluoridation policy
Two of the country’s leading professors of community dentistry disputed Health Minister Yael German’s claim that approved levels of fluoride consumed in drinking water can cause thyroid disease in chronically ill patients or harm to pregnant women. Prof. Harold Sgan-Cohen and Prof. Jonathan Mann of the Hebrew University Dental School’s Department of Community Dentistry said, […]
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Israel: New regulations drop water fluoridation requirement
Health Minister German signs controversial regulations not requiring local fluoridation for drinking water; dentists say harmful. As pediatricians and dentists charged that it would harm children’s dental well-being, Health Minister Yael German said Thursday that municipalities and local authorities would in a year no longer have to fluoridate their drinking water. German, who previously as […]
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Fluoridated water reduces dental cavities in kids
A fluoridation survey by the Health Ministry’s community dental medicine department has shown that supplying fluoridated water in the drinking water significantly reduced dental cavities in children in 2011 and 2012. The survey, led by Prof. Harold Sgan-Cohen, sampled the teeth of more than 2,000 12-year-olds in the modern Orthodox and Arab sectors in five […]
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Health Ministry to fight anti-fluoridation bill
The Health Ministry is gearing up to oppose a private member’s bill sponsored by Labor MK Shelly Yachimovich to prevent the municipalities from adding fluoride to water supplies in towns and cities with more than 5,000 residents. Although its safety and efficacy in reducing dental decay, especially in children but also to a degree in […]
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The Fluoride Debate Goes On – in the Knesset
For decades, scientists have debated the wisdom of putting fluoride in drinking water – and on Wednesday, politicians in Israel’s Knesset joined the debate. During a session where Deputy Health Minister Ya’akov Litzman was addressing parliamentarians, MK Majli Wahbe (Labor) asked Litzman why Israel was still insisting on fluoridating the country’s drinking water, in light […]
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Health Ministry: Fluoride levels in Israeli drinking water are insufficient
The level of fluoride added to drinking water in Israel is inadequate, according to a Health Ministry report released on Monday. n 67 percent of tests performed by the ministry’s Department for Environmental Health, water fluoridation levels were insufficient to prevent tooth decay. However, excessively high levels of fluoride were found in drinking water in […]
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Everyone pays for fluoridated water, but a third of us aren’t getting it
Almost a third of Israeli residents pay their local authority for fluoridation of their drinking water, even though they get non-fluoridated water through their pipes, The Jerusalem Post has learned Fluoridation has been proven in many studies worldwide to lower the risk of cavities, especially in children. The Post queried the Health Ministry’s head of […]
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Closing the tap against fluoride
Adding fluoride has been [intended as a measure] to improve the health of the teeth but opposition has been arising due to a fear that fluoride is likely to damage the teeth and even to cause cancer. Now the committee is recommending that fluoridation be stopped until the matter has been appropriately researched. In the […]
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