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Benton Harbor lands water fluoridation grant
LANSING – Benton Harbor is among nine communities to receive a state grant to start and maintain a water fluoridation program. The Michigan Department of Community Health’s Oral Health Program awarded the city $2,667. Benton Harbor was one of nine communities chosen in February to participate in the program, according to a MDCH news release […]
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Gladstone: No decision yet from the council on fluoride removal
ANOTHER Queensland council has joined the growing list of those removing fluoride from their water supply but Gladstone Regional Council is still yet to make a decision on the controversial topic. A meeting for this month has been pushed back to May and the council’s chief executive officer Stuart Randle said councillors have not yet […]
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EPA C8 guidelines too weak, study says
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal government health advisories for drinking water contaminated with C8 may be far too weak, according to a new Harvard University study that attempts to set new recommended exposure guidance for the toxic chemical. The study examined immune suppression in exposed children and found potential reactions from C8 at levels far below […]
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What is the chemical weapon sarin?
Sarin is a man-made nerve gas that was originally developed as a pesticide in Germany in 1938. It is chemically similar to a class of pesticides known as organophosphates. Charges that Syria has used the chemical weapon sarin have raised questions about the nerve agent, how it kills and what level of evidence it will […]
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Obama: We cannot allow ‘systematic’ use of chemical weapons in Syria
U.S. President Barack Obama again warned the Syrian regime not to use chemical weapons Friday but said that more investigation is needed to determine whether or not his previously announced “red line” for Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad had been crossed. “Yesterday some of you saw that I asked my people to brief Congress about the […]
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Portland. Anti-Fluoride March draws big crowd at Last Thursday
Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland may have more cash in the war chest, but the anti-fluoride folks are trying to put more boots on the ground. Advocates for Clean Water Portland, the “no” vote in the measure to fluoridate the city’s water supply, held a raucous march down Northeast Alberta Street during Last Thursday. Revelers walked, […]
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Marching Fourth for Clean Water In Portland
Alberta Street saw upwards of 700 clean water lovers take to the streets Thursday in opposition to fluoridation chemicals being added to fresh Bull Run tap water. The heated campaigns for and against fluoridation have been waging an all out war, though the pro-fluoride side has received far greater big-money donations from large business interests. […]
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Portland. Debating fluoride: Can it hurt you?
Right now, Portland is the largest non-fluoridated metro area in the country and voters will be deciding whether to allow the city to start adding fluoride to their water. Ballots go out on May 3 and the issue has families lining up on both sides. Leah Johnson is the mother of two sons, Gabe, age […]
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Portland: Fluoridation opponents: ‘We are not in a dental crisis’
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portlanders have one month to decide where they stand on adding fluoride to Portland’s municipal water supply. A group against it took over the Last Thursday event, trying to convince voters to vote “no” on a May 2013 ballot measure. Up Northeast Alberta Street they came, in the midst of Thursday […]
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Portland. Before you vote: Fluoride and kids’ teeth – what does the data show?
The KATU Problem Solvers are revealing ground-breaking new data that may change the way you vote on Portland’s fluoridation measure next month. It’s data that the state wasn’t eager for you to see. After dozens of emails, phone calls, and formal requests, KATU’s Shellie Bailey-Shah finally received yesterday a draft of the 2012 Smile Survey […]
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