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Quinte West: Board of Health not debating flouride issue
Local public health officials don’t want to jump into a debate on the pros and cons of the “fluoride debate.” When questioned by a member of the Hastings and Prince Edward Board of Health earlier this week about public health’s stand, Medical Officer of Health Dr. Richard Schabas said areas of the Quinte region already […]
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Plibersek won’t force Qld councils to fluoridate local water
DEMANDS for the Federal Government to overrule a number of Queensland councils refusing to add fluoride to water supplies have been rejected by Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek. In the lead-up to meetings held between state and federal governments in April, six peak health bodies called on Ms Plibersek to force councils to embrace the […]
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Patea and Waverley: Fluoride fight in court
A health advocacy group is challenging the decision to fluoridate the Patea and Waverley water supplies in the High Court. New Health New Zealand has applied to the High Court at New Plymouth for a judicial review of South Taranaki District Council’s decision to fluoridate the two towns’ water. The council will defend the challenge, […]
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Portland fluoride vote: Contentious issue sparks a civil war among progressives
Heather Leek and Rebecca Bauer both voted for President Barack Obama, champion school funding measures and support the right of gays and lesbians to marry. But over cocktails one recent evening, the longtime Portland friends found themselves sparring over fluoridating Portland’s water. “I didn’t see that coming,” said Leek, a supporter of fluoridation and president […]
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Skibb calls for fluoride ban
A CAMPAIGNING journalist with ‘Hot Press’ has highlighted Ireland’s controversial fluoridation policy with a two-page spread in the popular national magazine. A motion tabled by the Skibbereen-based Fine Gael councillor, Brendan McCarthy, came to the attention of the journalist following the April meeting of the town council. In the May 8th edition of ‘Hot Press’ […]
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Quinte West: Debate brewing at city council
A brewing anti-fluoridation movement in Quinte West has health authorities ready to launch their own myth-busting campaign. The contentious subject of water fluoridation has been at the heart of debates at Quinte West council recently with some calling for the dismantling of the process in areas like Bayside and Batawa. The rest of Quinte West […]
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Portland. Fluoride debate: Study looked at fluoride vs. non-fluoride in Portland area
In lieu of the contentious fluoridation vote in Portland this month, the KATU Problem Solvers continue to ask the question: is fluoridation working right now? To help answer that question, I dug up a little-known study that evaluates this question right here in the Portland metro area. Five years ago, Dr. Gerardo Maupomé of Indiana […]
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Mackay: It’s a big ‘yes’ to fluoride after council vote
IT’S back on – and this time they promise it will stay on. Workers at Mackay Regional Council started re-adding fluoride to the city’s water this morning. The decision to continue to fluoridate water came after about 45 minutes of heated and heartfelt debate during yesterday’s council meeting. Only three councillors, Alison Jones, Paul Steindl […]
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Portland: Anti-fluoridation group says arsenic hitches ride on water chemicals
Fluoridation opponents, citing a lab analysis of Philomath’s fluoridated water, argued Thursday that the fluoridation chemicals planned for Portland’s water supply could contain a deadly amount of arsenic. Clean Water Portland, the main campaign committee fighting the water fluoridation measure on Portland’s May 21 special election ballot, commissioned the study because Philomath uses fluorosilicic acid, […]
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Toxic gas leak injures 3 at Samsung chip plant
HWASEONG — Highly poisonous hydrofluoric acid gas leaked at Samsung Electronics Co.’s main chip plant in this southern city on Thursday, injuring three workers, the company said. The incident comes roughly three months after up to 10 liters of diluted hydrofluoric acid, a colorless acute poison that can damage the lungs and bones and even […]
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