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Portland: Pro-fluoride campaign scores massive donation
Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland, the group pushing Portlanders to approve a plan to fluoridate the city’s water this May, has a received a massive donation pushing it far ahead of the opposing campaign, Clean Water Portland. State campaign finance records show that the Northwest Health Foundation made a $165,920 donation to the pro-fluoridation campaign. That […]
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Latest statistics boost anti-fluoride case
The case to keep fluoride out of Tauranga’s water supplies has been strengthened by the Bay of Plenty District Health Board’s latest statistics on tooth decay in children, a leading city anti-fluoride campaigner says. Ken Evans has obtained information from the board that compared 5-year-olds from fluoridated and non-fluoridated communities. It showed children living in […]
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Portland NAACP Opposes Fluoridation
The Portland branch of the NAACP has voted to oppose fluoridating Portland’s water supply. “Children growing up in communities of color already face risks from many different environmental chemicals,” NAACP political chair Cheryl Carter said in a statement this afternoon, “and they do not need more chemicals added to their drinking water.” Portland Branch 1120 […]
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Water fluoridation back under consideration
Northern Ireland’s Health Minister Edwin Poots is reportedly considering fluoridating the water supply in order to improve the population’s oral health. Water fluoridation ensures the delivery of fluoride to less affluent areas of society and can help reduce the prevalence of dental disease, although opponents of the scheme debate its value. As reported by the […]
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More than 26 million are at risk of a Hydrofluoric Acid Release from Oil Refineries
WASHINGTON, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A United Steelworkers (USW) study released today– A Risk Too Great, Hydrofluoric Acid in U.S. Refineries–warns that refiners that use hydrofluoric acid (HF) in their alkylation process to make clean-burning gasoline do not have adequate safety systems in place and are not prepared to handle a release. The Occupational […]
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Andhra ground water too dangerous to drink
HYDERABAD: Ground water in most districts of Andhra Pradesh has become unsuitable for drinking due to high content of fluoride, nitrate and iron, according to a new Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) report, which scientists said could be linked to the spike in cases of cancer, birth defects, miscarriages and fluorosis in the state. According […]
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Falls’ Council reinstates water fluoridation
Debate over restoring fluoride to the water supply in the City of St. Croix Falls culminated in a split council vote, with Mayor Brian Blesi casting the deciding vote in favor of reinstating the divisive practice. The April 8 vote reverses the Council’s February 11 decision to discontinue community water fluoridation. At that time, Blesi […]
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Perfluoroalkyl chemicals linked to hyperuricemia in children
Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, researchers found a significant association between serum perfluoroalkyl chemical levels and hyperuricemia [an unusually high concentration of uric acid in the blood] in children. This association has already been reported in adults exposed to high levels of the chemicals. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate […]
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Pulitzer Prize awarded to Nickens & Ruth of Tampa Bay Times for editorial writing
Citation For distinguished editorial writing, the test of excellence being clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning, and power to influence public opinion in what the writer conceives to be the right direction, using any available journalistic tool, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Awarded to Tim Nickens and Daniel Ruth of the Tampa Bay Times, St. […]
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Tahlequah Fluoride Removal Alliance addresses TPWA board at meeting
The Tahlequah Public Works Authority Board of Trustees heard from a group of local residents – the Tahlequah Fluoride Removal Alliance – during Friday’s regular meeting. Jay Smith provided printed material to board members and discussed the group’s concern about water fluoridation, which the Centers for Disease Control has acknowledged as one of the 10 […]
United States, Oklahoma