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Melbourne to continue fluoridating water, weigh future fluoride voter referendum
MELBOURNE — The city of Melbourne will maintain status quo and continue fluoridating drinking water for roughly 170,000 residents across southern Brevard County. But City Hall staffers will research costs, logistics and feasibility of a future fluoride referendum — which would go before voters in Melbourne, West Melbourne, Melbourne Beach, Indialantic, Indian Harbour Beach, Satellite Beach, Palm Shores, Melbourne Village and […]
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Middlesex-London Health Unit: Fact Sheet on the fluoridation of the City of London’s drinking water.
Read the pdf of this fact sheet Updated January 25, 2019 Fluoride is added to drinking water to prevent cavities in children and adults. Cavities are one of the most common health conditions in children. Approximately half of all children have had at least one cavity. Preventing cavities in adults is also very important because […]
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Muskoka: Health Unit on municipalities that removed fluoride from drinking water
Dr. Charles Gardner paid a visit this week to Muskoka District council to discuss fluoride, opioids, cannabis and all things related to the Simcoe Muskoka Health Unit. [Dr. Gardner is the Medical Officer of Health for the Health Unit.] Gardner said the entire western world is in the midst of an “opiod crisis” and numbers […]
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5 workers hospitalized after hydrofluoric acid leak at refinery near Delaware
Five people working at a Pennsylvania energy plant less than two miles from Claymont were hospitalized after a chemical leak occurred Wednesday morning. The contract workers’ conditions were not available Wednesday, but they were being treated at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, Pennsylvania. Hydrofluoric acid is hydrogen fluoride when dissolved in water, according to the Centers for Disease Control and […]
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Utilities director: Clearwater raising fluoride to proper levels
CLEARWATER — The installation of fluoride delivery systems at two of the city’s water treatment plants should be complete sometime in March, the city’s utilities director said last week. The new storage tanks and pumps are designed to increase the level of fluoride in the city’s drinking water to .7 parts per million (ppm), which […]
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Fluoride-Disparaging Studies Rarely Publicized. Why?
Poorly done pro-fluoride studies are widely publicized. Fluoride disparaging studies are not. This past year, more studies link fluoride to brain, kidney, thyroid, bone and vascular damage, reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF). Fluoride chemicals added to public water supplies is touted as a safe tooth-decay preventive. However, a growing […]
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Melbourne: Fluoridation becomes hot council topic
The Melbourne City Council will hold a special meeting Thursday, Jan. 24, on whether or not to keep adding fluoride to city utility customers’ drinking water. The meeting will allow the council to receive information from all sides on the topic of drinking water fluoridation and allow the public to provide input. City Manager Shannon […]
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Canadian cities rethink removal of fluoride from tap water
As some city councils vote against fluoridation, one mayor asks for health ministries to take over It shouldn’t be up to cities to decide to add fluoride to drinking water, but provincial officials, a Canadian mayor says. Windsor, Ont., is bucking a national trend and looking at lifting its ban on adding fluoride to drinking […]
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Fluoride debate may decide whether Melbourne keeps adding the compound to drinking water
A group of anti-fluoride activists wants the city of Melbourne to remove fluoride from its drinking water supply, which serves roughly 170,000 residents across southern Brevard County. Thursday, the Melbourne City Council will listen to dueling 20-minute presentations opposing and supporting fluoridation of water during a 6 p.m. special meeting. Opponents say fluoride can contain toxic contaminants […]
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Opinion: It was a mistake to drop fluoridation in Calgary, so bring it back
Calgary Coun. Jeromy Farkas was right to say fluoridation should be reinstated. But we don’t need another plebiscite to know what Calgarians want. Two fluoridation plebiscites, in 1989 and 1998, established that Calgary wants fluoridation. For 20 years (1991-2011), people now aged eight to 28, benefited from strong teeth, good oral health and no harm. […]
Canada, Alberta