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Will Obamacare take bite out of dental coverage?
The Affordable Care Act has no teeth. That is not to say enforcement won’t be strict—by all accounts, it will. No, the law literally has no teeth. Dental coverage was all but ignored in the sweeping health-care overhaul. So while more Americans will likely gain access to medical care when the law goes into effect […]
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Talks to try and finally end Southampton’s fluoridated water row
TOP LEVEL talks will be held next week as council chiefs join forces to try and bring an end to the fluoride saga once and for all. Leader of Southampton City Council Simon Letts will meet with leader of Hampshire County Council, Roy Perry, on Tuesday to discuss the fate of the controversial scheme to […]
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Dentists drill Victorian councils on decay
Victorian councils have been urged to urgently sink their teeth into improving the dental health of their communities after the state’s lead oral health agency revealed it will soon be handing out individual profiles for local government areas. Dental Health Services Victoria has said it will start distributing individual oral health profiles to 79 councils […]
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West Point: Fluoride Concern Arises Again
The fight to take fluoride out of West Point’s water supply is still ongoing, and members of the West Point Board of Mayor and Selectmen listened tentatively Tuesday to the issue concerning fluoride. West Point residents Chad Scott and Vaughn Blaylock appeared before the board, stating their case that the use of fluoride in the […]
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Hamilton Councillors Give in to Vocal Minority
Hamilton City councillors voted seven to six to hold a referendum in conjunction with this year’s local body elections. Fluoride Action Network NZ applaud Mayor Hardaker and councillors Chesterman, O’Leary, Forsyth, Hennebry and Gower for not bowing down to a vociferous and vocal minority who ironically have demanded a referendum under the guise of “freedom […]
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Fluorosis keeps brides off Hateda village
BHOPAL: Nawab Singh Rawat, 47, of Hateda a non-descript village of Shivpuri district hails from a well to do family and is healthy- except that like most other youths from the village he too has failed to get a match and continues to be a forced bachelor. The village has about 100 bachelors out of […]
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Chemical Used In “Harmless” Subway Gas Test Linked To Early Menopause
As you may have noticed, Brookhaven National Laboratory and the City of New York are currently cooperating on the largest urban airflow study in U.S. history—and you get to be the guinea pig! Yesterday they released “low concentrations of harmless gases” known as perfluorocarbons into the subway system and at street level, as part of […]
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Wayland: Fluoride Proponents Speak Up at Board of Health Hearing
The Wayland Board of Health is taking a look at whether to continue the 13-year-old Community Fluoridation Program in Wayland, and a public hearing this week brought nothing by fluoride proponents to the microphone. In particular, a number of dentists — two of whom practice in Wayland — spoke up in favor of continuing the Community […]
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Anti-Fluoridation Petition in Sheridan Garners 250 Sigs in One Week
A petition recommending the City of Sheridan not add flouride to the drinking water supply has garnered 250 signatures in one week, according to Clean Water Sheridan founder, Heather White. She’s simply a concerned mom who says she believes it should be up to the individual to control their water or fluoride intake. And she’s […]
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Tedlar polyvinyl fluoride: DuPont, Yingli sign 1-year, $100 million collaboration agreement
DuPont (Wilmington, Delaware, US) and Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Ltd. (Baoding, China) have signed a one-year, USD 100 million agreement which includes materials supply, the building of a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant of unspecified capacity in China and co-marketing initiatives. This agreement is an expansion of a previous USD 100 million supply agreement between […]
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