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California Water District PFAS Lawsuit – $1 Billion At Stake
In August 2020, we flagged the possibility that local water boards in Orange County, California would file a lawsuit alleging that certain PFAS manufacturers were responsible for PFAS contamination found in the local drinking water sources, with possible damages of over $1 billion dollars in cleanup costs. On December 1, 2020, eleven local water districts, including the […]
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Green Bay alders heard enough on water fluoridation, places issue on file
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – Action 2 News first told you in August about a renewed effort to take fluoride out of the city’s drinking water. The effort has once again waned after a discussion during Tuesday’s city council meeting. The issue was brought forward by Brenda Staudenmaier, who is an advocate of taking fluoride […]
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Spokane. Fluoride about money, not health (Letter)
There’s money to be made selling soluble fluoride to larger cities with large municipal water supply systems. Otherwise, why would some obscure non-profit organization of unknown actual auspice dangle $4 million in front of some less-than-stellar, public brain trusts like the Spokane City Council? They took the money. Now, Spokane is on the hook with […]
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Fluoride’s future in Calgary still an open question after council eyes city report
The city stopped adding fluoride to drinking water after a council vote to remove it in 2011, and city officials say reintroducing it would cost $30.1 million over a 20-year service life A council committee looked at a new report on water fluoridation without much fanfare Tuesday. The city stopped adding fluoride to drinking water […]
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$30M cost to reintroduce fluoride to Calgary’s drinking water: City report
CALGARY — Calgary councillors now know how much it would cost to reintroduce fluoride into the city’s drinking water, but a debate about whether it should happen will come at a future meeting. Members of the Priorities and Finance Committee received a presentation Tuesday on the costs of the program, but the item was only […]
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Income Disparities Widen the Gap in Oral Health of California Adults
Income, education, neighborhood and immigration status can play a significant role, researchers say More than 1 in 4 adults in California report having poor oral health, but that figure rises to roughly 1 in 2 for the state’s lowest-income residents and drops to 1 in 5 for those with the highest incomes, according to a […]
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Contentious water fluoridation debate back on tap in council this week
Council’s priorities and finance committee will receive a report Tuesday on the cost of reintroducing fluoride to the city’s drinking water One of Calgary’s most historically contentious issues will be back before council members this week. Council’s priorities and finance committee will receive a report Tuesday on the cost of reintroducing fluoride to the city’s […]
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Cost for fluoride in Calgary’s water would be $30 million: City report
There would also be ongoing maintenance costs of $2 million to $4 million; report goes to council committee Dec. 1 Reintroducing fluoride into Calgary’s water will cost the city a total of $30 million, with annual operating and maintenance costs of up to $4 million. An administration review coming to the Priorities and Finance committee […]
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Repeated low-dose exposures to sarin disrupted the homeostasis of phospholipid and sphingolipid metabolism in guinea pig hippocampus.
Note from FAN: The molecular structure of Sarin: Highlights Repeated low-dose sarin disturbed the cognitive ability in guinea pigs. Sarin disturbed phospholipid and sphingolipid metabolism in hippocampus. Neuropathy target esterase plays an important role on phospholipid metabolism. Biological function of identified metabolites that against sarin lesions need to be studied. Abstract Repeated low-level exposure to […]
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The British Fluoridation Society
Who founded BFS and why? The late, great Labour MP Dick Crossman was instrumental in the creation of The British Fluoridation Society (BFS) in 1969. As Secretary of State for Health and Social Services he could see the need for an independent organisation to communicate the benefits of water fluoridation. BFS became the scientific and […]
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