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FSE students to get dental sealants
SANDPOINT — Beginning April 22, Farmin Stidwell Elementary first- and second-graders can receive free dental sealants and fluoride varnish to help prevent cavities, as part of Delta Dental of Idaho’s Grins on the Go program. Dental sealants fill the deep grooves of a child’s back teeth, where 90% of children’s cavities occur. The fluoride varnish […]
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Public comments solicited on: Kidney Disease National Action Plan for Kidney Disease
The Commonwealth Government tasked Kidney Health Australia with developing the country’s first National Strategic Action Plan for Kidney Disease in recognition of the significant and growing impact of kidney disease on the health and wellbeing Australians as well as the economic impact on society. The plan will articulate a national vision for preventing chronic kidney […]
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Villagers affected by fluorosis, officials unmoved
BARIPADA: Mamuni Singh of Joka village in Bangiriposi block suffers from fluorosis for no fault of her own. The 56-year-old woman is suffering from chronic pain in her joints and back, indigestion and liver complications. Her posture is bent and gait an arduous limp.Across the village, it is a common sight. Like Mamuni, several other villagers of […]
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Heritage Academy and Dworshak Elementary can receive dental sealants
JEROME — Heritage Academy of Jerome and Dworshak Elementary of Burley are scheduled to receive free dental sealants and fluoride varnish to help prevent cavities, as part of Delta Dental of Idaho’s Grins-on-the-Go program. Heritage Academy: beginning Tuesday — first-, second-, seventh- and eighth-graders Dworshak Elementary: beginning Thursday — first- and second-graders Dental sealants fill […]
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City of Franklin fluoride overfeed: CONSENT ORDER AND AGREEMENT with DEP
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: You can read the Consent Decree in its original format here. An excerpt from page 4 of the original document, paragraph S: “… daily operational logs, for the Barrett Flats WTP for the months of December 2017, January 2018, and February 2018, provided by the City of Franklin and […]
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The US Government Wants to Change How Much Fluoride Is in Bottled Water
Some scientists don’t think the change goes far enough. On Wednesday, the United States Food and Drug Administration announced that it’s taking steps to lower the legal level of fluoride in bottled water. The proposed rule would set the maximum concentration of fluoride in bottled water at 0.7 milligrams per liter, a step down from […]
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LA public health official urges phasing out MHF chemical at Torrance, Wilmington refineries
A Los Angeles County public health official has urged the region’s air-quality watchdog to take steps to phase out the use of a controversial chemical at refineries in Torrance and Wilmington. The current healthcare infrastructure would not be able to adequately respond to injuries that could result from the release of a chemical known as […]
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CDC: Fluoridation Learning Online
To celebrate how new technologies can transform the public health landscape, CDC is pleased to announce the launch of Fluoridation Learning Online (FLO), a free training resource designed to build the capability of state fluoridation programs, and increase knowledge and refine skills to implement and maintain community water fluoridation. Fluoridation Learning Online contains four modules. […]
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FDA grits its teeth over ‘misleading’ claim, seizes Rs 5 crore toothpaste brands
MUMBAI: The state Food & Drug Administration (FDA) seized stocks of toothpaste worth Rs 4.69 crore from godowns of multinational companies GSK Consumer Healthcare and Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd in Bhiwandi over “misleading claims”. “Our officers in Thane seized stocks of Rs 4.27 crore of Sensodyne with fluoride toothpaste in different variants and pack sizes,’’ FDA […]
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FDA Wants to Lower Amount of Fluoride in Bottled Water, but Scientists Say it is Still Too High
Rather than combating the high levels of pesticides found in much of the food grown in the United States, the negative effects of factory farming, or the lack of clean water available to numerous communities across the country, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing slightly lowering the standard for fluoride content in bottled water. […]
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