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Canada Fluorspar’s glow brightens
On May 8 Canada Fluorspar Inc (CFI) announced the third set of results from the diamond drilling program at its Director Vein on the company’s St Lawrence project in Newfoundland, saying it is encouraged by the data that validates the trenching results from last year. The third set of results are from three holes, with […]
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Portland: Fluoride Vote Gets Its Own Hitler Video
And so, in accordance with Godwin’s Law, it has come to this. The furor over Measure 26-151 has resulted in a YouTube parody video in which Adolf Hitler rails against the destruction of his plan to fluoridate Portland’s water. “How could you let them vote?” the German dictator roars, via subtitles. “You said City Council […]
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Woodland mayor: There are a ‘couple of issues’ with fluoridation
Coming on the heels of Yolo County Supervisors adopting a resolution to support fluoridating Woodland and Davis’ new water system, the Woodland City Council responded to advocates in favor of the treated water. “It’s not as simple as you seem to think,” said Mayor Skip Davies Tuesday night, after three speakers addressed the council during […]
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IRIS, Sulfuryl fluoride questioned at EPA budget hearing
EPA’ development of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) and its decision to withdraw food tolerances for sulfuryl fluoride were questioned by House Republicans Wednesday during hearings on the agency’s proposed $8.15 billion 2014 budget. The hearings were the second time during the week that EPA’s IRIS initiative came under questioning in Washington. In separate […]
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Kenton ends fluoridation
… during the Kenton mayor and board of aldermen meeting Tuesday night the board… Decided to stick to its decision to discontinue adding fluoride to the city’s water, despite a complaint from a local dentist. Title of article, Kenton industry adding 25-50 jobs CDC says the Kenton began fluoridation in 1984
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Southwest Harbor: Fluoride is out
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — By a margin of two to one, voters here on Tuesday, May 7th. decided to stop having fluoride added to the town’s water supply. The vote was 145-72. Like many towns across the country, Southwest Harbor has been fluoridating it’s water since the 1950’s to protect against tooth decay. But critics of […]
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EU solicits comments on draft scientific opinion on dietary reference values for fluoride
Deadline for comments, June 13, 2013 EFSA’s Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) has launched an open consultation on the draft scientific opinion on dietary reference values for fluoride. This document proposes dietary reference values for fluoride for adults, infants and children, pregnant and lactating women. In line with EFSA’s policy on openness […]
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Portland: You Can’t Handle the Tooth
Why the far right and left have come together to defeat flouride [sic]. It’s an April evening at Dishman Community Center in Northeast Portland, and people are pissed. The occasion is a public debate between Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland, the local campaign that’s backing the Portland ballot measure to fluoridate our water, and its fluoride-hating […]
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Dunedin: Call for poll on city fluoridation
Dunedin city councillors have questioned whether a public referendum might be needed to decide the future of the city’s fluoridated water supply, after dozens of submissions calling for an end to the practice. Cr Paul Hudson, speaking at yesterday’s annual plan hearing, asked council staff to report back on the cost of holding a city-wide […]
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Maine better than New Zealand in kids’ untreated tooth decay
The Pew Charitable Trust may want to start studying how Maine manages tooth decay in children. Our level of untreated tooth decay for third graders was 14.6 percent in 2011 — the second lowest in the nation. Instead of looking at Maine, however, Pew is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in a number of […]
United States, Maine New Zealand