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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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Israel’s Fluoride Fiasco
Excerpt from article below: This week, Dr. Natapov admitted that the water is not being fluoridated, and hasn’t been for the past 5 years, because of disagreements between the water authorities. [our emphasis] Earlier this week, Dr. Lena Natapov, the head of the Department of Dental Health of the Israel Ministry of Health, gave a […]
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Miners, smelters still divided on copper processing charges
Excerpt: “However, a third source involved in the talks said the problem for Freeport is that Grasberg’s concentrate will risk exceeding the maximum permitted fluorine content of 1,000 parts per million, or 0.1%, in top copper consumer China.” FILE PHOTO: Truck is seen on a road in the Grasberg copper and gold mine operated by […]
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Port Arthur Water Department recognized for help preventing tooth decay, improving oral health
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has presented the Port Arthur Water Department with a Water Fluoridation Quality Award. Texas Department of State Health Services sent a letter addressed to Mayor Thurman Bartie, informing him of the award. Bartie read the letter during this week’s city council meeting with Water Department Director Donnie Stanton […]
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Advocates push Calgary council committee to put water fluoridation back on table
‘The benefit of fluoridation is taught in every dental school in the country,’ says head of dental association Calgarians for Kids’ Health and the Alberta Dental Association and College want the city’s finance committee to vote in favour of fluoridation reinstatement when the committee considers the matter on Dec. 1. (Shutterstock) Child health and dental […]
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