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Nationally known anti-fluoridation expert to speak at Watertown City Council meeting
The man who lobbied to remove fluoridation in the village of Canton 12 years ago will urge city of Watertown officials to do the same. Paul H. Connett, a professor emeritus of chemistry at St. Lawrence University and the head of Fluoride Action Network, will speak at Monday night’s Watertown City Council meeting about why […]
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Hinchinbrook Shire to begin fluoridating water
The Hinchinbrook Shire at Ingham in north Queensland will begin adding fluoride to its water supplies for the first time in the coming weeks. The shire has been one of the few councils in north Queensland that has decided to fluoridate its water. Mayor Rodger Bow says it has had a mixed response from the […]
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Dunedin: SBHB chairman questions fluoride referendum
A Dunedin referendum on fluoride would stir up old arguments which have been settled by science, Southern District Health Board chairman Joe Butterfield says. Mr Butterfield, of Timaru, said ”sadly” the additive was taken out of his own city’s water supply, and he did not want the same to happen in Dunedin. A large number […]
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Health Ministry testing well water for fluoride in North central province.
The Ministry of Health has initiated a special program to test the fluoride levels of the well water in the Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Kurunegala districts. This program has been initiated under the instructions issued by the Minister of Health Maithreepala Sirisena and the distribution of the relevant equipment was carried out yesterday at the Ministry. […]
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Portland: Fluoridation carries too many risks
What do more than 200 physicians and Portland medical professionals, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Headquarters Scientists Union and the local leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Sierra Club have in common? We and many other Portland organizations oppose adding risky fluoridation chemicals to our clean, safe drinking water. […]
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Proposed bill would ban fluoride from Ireland’s water
A NEW BILL would see people prosecuted for putting fluoride into the water supply in Ireland – and they could serve up to five years in prison. Sinn Féin spokesperson on Environment, Community and Local Government, Brian Stanley TD published the Health Fluoridation of Water Supplies Repeal Bill 2013 today, in an effort to ensure […]
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Portland. The Fluoride Debate: A Closer Look At The Science
Editor’s Note: Thursday, OPB aired the following story about fluoride science. The story misstated where the American Cancer Society stands on water fluoridation. According to a Cancer Society spokesperson, the group has taken no position on water fluoridation. OPB regrets the error. The story also contained information about a study that summarized the findings of 27 […]
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Portland. Sources Say: This will make your teeth grind
The fluoride fight may not end on election day. If Ballot Measure 26-151 passes on May 21, attorney James Deal says he will file a lawsuit to prevent it from taking effect. Deal practices law in Lynnwood, Wash. He is the president of Fluoride Class Action, an advocacy group opposed to fluoridation. According to Deal, […]
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Gympie council backs fluoridated water
The Gympie region will remain the only local government area in southern Queensland’s Wide Bay-Burnett to fluoridate its water supply. Yesterday, the Gympie Regional Council voted six-to-two to continue its fluoridation program after hearing from experts on both sides. The Bundaberg, Fraser Coast and North Burnett councils have decided to remove fluoride, after being handed […]
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PFCs identified in Chinese alligators and earthworms
A team of scientists from Japan and China has identified a range of perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) in the blood of Chinese alligators kept at the Anhui Research Center for Chinese Alligator Reproduction. They detected six PFCs, which are used in waterproof and non-stick coatings, including perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnDA) was the most dominant […]
China Perfluorinated chemicals