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Nuapada district: Fluoride comes free with water here
Safe potable water is a luxury in Nuapada district where content of fluoride and residues of agrochemicals in the water is very high. Despite several schemes with outlay running into crores of rupees have been lined up to mitigate water scarcity in the State, residents of Boden and Komna blocks of the district have to […]
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Sulfuryl fluoride: Graves, Schrader Introduce Pest Free Food Supply Act
Reps. Tom Graves, Schrader introduce bipartisan bill to protect agriculture, food processing and pest control industries from new EPA regulation. U.S. Reps. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5), along with a bipartisan group of 13 other representatives, recently introduced the Pest Free Food Supply Act. The legislation would force the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) […]
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Poots considering water fluoridation
THE Health Minister Edwin Poots says he is considering fluoridation of the water supply to ensure fluoride is delivered to poorer people and dental disease is more often prevented. Mr Poots said the move was being considered based on a dental health report complied six years ago. He said: “The 2007 Oral Health Strategy stated […]
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Gujarat faces grim water scenario
GANDHINAGAR: If you think the water crisis that the state is struggling is temporary, you’re wrong. The state government’s own projections reflect that Gujarat is likely to face chronic water scarcity in two or three years. According to estimates, Gujarat’s present per capita water availability is less than 990 cubic metres (m3) per annum which […]
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Editorial: Fighting over fluoridation in Portland
Portland’s fluoridation debate has been overshadowed in recent months by other policy battles, from the Legislature’s struggle to control PERS costs to the city’s controversial adoption of a sick-leave mandate. That will change soon. The May 21 election is right around the corner and, as if to reintroduce the matter, the City Club of Portland […]
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Israel: New regulations drop water fluoridation requirement
Health Minister German signs controversial regulations not requiring local fluoridation for drinking water; dentists say harmful. As pediatricians and dentists charged that it would harm children’s dental well-being, Health Minister Yael German said Thursday that municipalities and local authorities would in a year no longer have to fluoridate their drinking water. German, who previously as […]
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Holmen board OK’s fluoridation, 2014 referendum
The Holmen Village Board will restart its fluoridation program and will ask voters again next year whether they want Holmen’s water fluoridated. The proposal by board member Mike Dunham was approved at Thursday’s monthly board meeting. Last month, the village board postponed restarting fluoridation until new equipment could be installed to use powdered sodium fluoride […]
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Carleton Place: Council denies registered presenter opportunity to speak
EMC News – Matt Ingram had something to say, but no one to listen. Carleton Place council refused to let the local resident speak about water fluoridation during the physical environment committee meeting last Tuesday, April 2, even though he was registered to do so. When a motion was moved by mayor Wendy LeBlanc to […]
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Mount Isa: Council seeks more info on fluoride
MOUNT Isa City Council has yet to make a decision as to whether fluoride will enter the city’s drinking supply or not. With fluoride no longer compulsory to communities with populations greater than 10,000 people, council planned on seeking more information about these changes. Many councils across Queensland have abandoned the public health measure, including […]
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Portland. Sources Say: Citizen Nader says no to fluoride
Those in favor of fluoridating Portland’s water are winning the fundraising race, but they lost the Voters Pamphlet fight. People supporting fluoridation submitted 24 pages backing Measure 26-151, which will appear on the May 21 special election ballot. They include health care professionals and organizations, area school board members and even Gov. John Kitzhaber, an […]
United States, Oregon