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Mount Isa: Water board worker’s fluoride fears
AS this week’s fluoride referendum brings Mount Isa closer to a decision, safety concerns surrounding the substance continue to grow. In a Right to Information report recently obtained by The North West Star a Mount Isa Water Board (MIWB) employee has spoken out about safety concerns regarding the possible future handling of fluoride. With 25 […]
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Carroll-Boone Water: Water board to get update on fluoride
At its upcoming quarterly meeting, the Carroll-Boone Water District board will hear an update from engineers McGoodwin, Williams & Yates on fluoride feed system requirements. In 2011, the state mandated that all drinking water systems serving more than 5,000 people must fluoridate their water, but funding cannot come from taxes or water sales revenue. Delta […]
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PFASs: Environmental Toxins Are Finding Their Way Into The Brains Of Polar Bears, Research Finds
Bioaccumulative perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) — toxic compounds used in a large variety of different commercial and industrial products over the past 60 or so years — are crossing the blood brain barrier of the polar bears living in East Greenland, new research has found. PerFluoroAlkyl Substances (PFASs) are ubiquitous throughout much of the world now […]
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Mount Isa: Fluoridation a topic of great debate
WITH the great fluoride debate coming to a head this week ahead of Saturday’s major referendum day, a flood of information is filtering through the community about the actual substance that could be added to the Mount Isa water supply. Mount Isa naturopath Ken Cross said he has investigated the issue and has serious concerns […]
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Bangor: Board OKs fluoride program for elementary
The Bangor School Board has approved a program that will provide a weekly fluoride mouth rinse to first- through fifth- graders whose parents have consented. The approval came after a presentation by Charity Kocimski, a public health nurse with the La Crosse County Health Department. Kocimski said Bangor was a good candidate for the program […]
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Olivenhain: Fluoridation begins after permit OK’d
The Olivenhain Municipal Water District received a permit OK from the California Department of Health on Tuesday to begin fluoridating the water supply. Subscription needed to read full article
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Bill proposes new rules on oil field ‘acidization’
The fuss over hydraulic fracturing may have been only the beginning. Legislation pending in Sacramento targets another widely used oil field technique — acidization, or “acid jobs” — that some consider to be just as useful as fracking, possibly more so. Senate Bill 4, authored by state Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, proposes disclosure measures […]
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Cheap tea ‘raises risk of bone and teeth problems’
Tea drinkers who opt for cheaper supermarket blends could be at a higher risk of bone and teeth problems, research suggests. A study by the University of Derby found cheaper blends contain enough fluoride to put people drinking at least four cups a day over their daily recommended limit, increasing the risk of such illnesses. […]
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Williamsport: Dentist seeks removal of fluoride from city water supply
… “New information comes about all of the time,” said Dr. Anthony J. Cipolla, a local dentist who spoke briefly Wednesday at the Williamsport Municipal Water and Sanitary Authority, where he handed the board and staff literature on the potential public health risks associated with the authority continuing to add fluoride to the public water […]
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City of Woodland debating fluoridated water
The Woodland City Council chamber was more crowded than usual for a summer evening on July 15 as citizens offered their thoughts about having fluoride in the city water supply. At the end of the night, the council members voted unanimously to hold a public hearing on Mon., Aug. 19 to consider both keeping and […]
United States, Washington State