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An Old Feud Between American Allies Rattles Tech Giants’ Supply Chains
Spat could threaten availability of Apple’s iPhones, Amazon’s cloud-computing data servers and the inventory of many internet-connected gadgets Protestors hold up placards reading ‘No Abe!’ during a rally denouncing Japan for its recent trade restrictions against South Korea, near the Japanese embassy in Seoul, July 20. Photo: jung yeon-je/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images SEOUL—A trade feud […]
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Canada allows airports to use fluorine-free firefighting foams
Canada has exempted the country’s airports from a requirement to use fluorinated firefighting foams in their operations. In an order issued last month, Nicholas Robinson – Canada’s director general of civil aviation – said that the country will now allow airports to elect to transition to a fluorine-free foam provided that it is “more environmentally […]
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Reader letter: Prenatal fluoride exposure is not safe
Re: Fluoride in drinking water a year away from flowing, by Dave Battagello, April 11 On April 11th, the article “Fluoride to return to Windsor-area tap water after Tecumseh Vote” included bold claims regarding the safety of community water fluoridation, from Tecumseh Mayor Gary McNamara and Dr. Wajid Ahmed of the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit. […]
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2019 Texas Oral Health Conference: July 24-26
The Conference starts on July 24 FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2019 12:30 PM – 4:00 PM SPEAKING UP FOR BETTER ORAL HEALTH JOHNNY JOHNSON, DMD, MS; MATT JACOB, BA Course Description The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has praised community water fluoridation (CWF) as one of 10 “great public health achievements of the 20th century,” […]
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US Intervention Can’t Break the Japan-Korea Impasse
Washington’s mediation may provide a temporary fix, but not a long-term resolution to the core problems. The body language between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Moon Jae-in said it all. Instead of using the G-20 summit meeting in Osaka in late June as an opportunity for the leaders of Japan and South Korea to […]
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Reader letter: Fluoridating Windsor water is the wrong decision
It is a mistake for Windsor to adopt water fluoridation. City council has decided to fluoridate despite data and science that does not support water fluoridation. The following facts are easily available to anyone with even a modest interest in the topic: 1. The World Health Organization (WHO) has concluded that 97 per cent of Western […]
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Council postpones fluoridation report presentation
Note from the Fluoride Action Network Not mentioned in this article is Safe Water Calgary’s Statement in Opposition to Artificial Water Fluoridation. A Refutation of the CADTH Report on Community Water Fluoridation of 2019. This report was submitted to the Calgary City Council and the O’Brien Institute of Public Health on July 17 for their […]
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States using ‘safe drinking water fund’ in a trickle; 40% unspent
Since FY17, States have spent [rupee]2,811 cr of [rupee]4,690 cr allotted Nearly 40 per cent of the [rupee] 4,690 crore allocated to States to provide safe drinking water in areas where arsenic and fluoride contamination is high has been lying unspent for the last three years, the Rajya Sabha was told on Monday. The Centre […]
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U.S. senators seek EPA review of hydrogen fluoride after refinery fires
Senators want EPA-approved risk management plans reviewed after severe malfunctions at three U.S. refineries that use hydrogen fluoride. Liquid asphalt gushes from a ruptured tank at the Husky Energy Refinery as seen in this aerial photo from the morning of April 26, 2018. (2018 File / News Tribune) Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., joined by […]
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Decades of distrust: South Koreans angry at Japan’s export curbs
Many people in South Korea have never forgiven Japan for wartime atrocities, resulting in periodic trade disputes. Thousands of South Korean protesters vented their anger at Japan’s wartime atrocities after Tokyo’s move to restrict exports of chemicals crucial for South Korea’s electronics industry opened old wounds [Reuters] This is the first of a two-part series […]
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