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The Wretched F word
The campaign against fluoridation has been going for longer than many people realise. In a moving personal testimony, Iva Pocock pays tribute to her late father Robert – and prepares to appear before the Petitions Committee of the European Parliament… Over 13 years ago, in February 2000, RTÉ television’s Primetime broadcast a report about fluoridation […]
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Is Fluoride “Brain-Drain” Damaging Generations of Children?
New York – June 25 – Fluoride is one of 213 known brain-toxic chemicals that may lower the intelligence of generations of children, reports renowned physician and 30-year brain researcher, Dr. Phillipe Grandjean in his new book, “Only One Chance: How Environmental Pollution Impairs Brain Development,” reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, […]
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The Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury: Report on Fluoridation
FLUORIDATION: WHERE DO YOU STAND? SUMMARY The Grand Jury received a citizen complaint concerning a proposal under discussion by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors (BOS) to fluoridate public water through dispersal by the Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA). The Grand Jury recognizes this topic is highly controversial. Research on both sides of the issue […]
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My Rebuttal to Dr. Gary Slade, Professor and Director of Oral Epidemiology at UNC Chapel Hill
To: Mark Schultz – Editor Chapel Hill News and Observer Subject: On Gary Slade & Fluoride Dear Mark Schultz, This letter is in response to the recent article penned under your guidance as News and Observer Editor entitled “OWASA will continue fluoridating water in southern Orange County.” Specifically I am rebutting Dr. Gary Slade, who […]
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Hamilton-wide fluoride referendum to be debated
A city-wide fluoride referendum will be debated next Thursday, almost two weeks after a special tribunal vote to end water fluoridation came into force. A re-crafted notice signed by councillor Ewan Wilson – without reference to the timing of a referendum – has been accepted for discussion by council. City council democracy manager Jude Pani […]
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Texas A&M Chemist Develops Way To Detect Fluoride in Water
A Texas A&M University chemist, Dr. Francois P. Gabbai, has developed an organometallic molecule that has the ability to emit fluorescence when mixed with water that contains fluoride — a discovery that can facilitate detecting fluoride in water. He has just received a $440,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop this new technology further. It […]
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Abilene: fluoridation suspended due to a potential safety issue for employees
The Environmental Protection Agency requires the City to annual issue its Consumer Confidence Report detailing the water quality. All water utility customers should have received a copy of the report in the mail a few days ago. Please call City Hall at (785) 263-2550 if you haven’t received a copy and wish to obtain one […]
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Sarnia’s Council votes 5-4 against fluoridation
City councillors nearly drowned in rhetoric Monday as they waded through an impassioned debate on fluoridated drinking water and voted 5-4 against it. Council’s stand against fluoride won’t change anything in this round of talks but it could set the stage for the question to be on the 2014 election ballot. Even though the City […]
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Wayland. July 8: Board of Health to hold public hearing on fluoridation
The question will be the topic of an upcoming Board of Health public hearing. For 13 years, the Town of Wayland has been adding fluoride to the town’s water, but times could be changing. According to a press release, Community Water Fluoridation has been recommended by the Division of Oral Health at the Centers for […]
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Marlborough: Buy your own water, objectors told
People living in Marlborough who are opposed to having fluoride in the public water supply should drink bottled water from supermarkets so the rest of the community can benefit, Nelson Marlborough medical officer of health Ed Kiddle says. The controversy around putting fluoride in the water supply was similar in many ways to the immunisation […]
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