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Mebane and Graham: Fluoride to remain in drinking water
Members of the Mebane City Council on Monday opted to keep fluoride in the city’s drinking water. Because Mebane shares a water plant with Graham, the decision means Graham residents will also keep drinking fluoridated water. The unanimous vote by Mebane council members came during their monthly meeting and followed a fair amount of discussion. […]
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Tyrone: Hold The Fluoride?
In a 6-2 vote, the Tyrone council recently voted to begin the process of potentially removing fluoride from the borough’s drinking water. Fluoride is a chemical compound included in many drinking water supplies across the country. The Center for Disease Control and American Dental Association both agree on its effectiveness in fighting cavities and helping […]
United States, Pennsylvania -
Portland: Pro-Fluoride Campaign Collects Huge Check
The campaigns jousting over Measure 26-151, which would authorize the city of Portland to add fluoride to its drinking water, are increasing their activity. Yesterday, Health Kids, Healthy Portland, the pro-fluoride campaign, reported a $50,000 contribution from CareOregon, a Portland outfit that serves Medicare and Medicaid patients. Clean Water Portland, the anti-fluoridation committee, reported a […]
United States, Oregon -
Influence of stone quarries on groundwater quality and health in Fatehpur Sikri, India
Abstract Fatehpur Sikri block is a well known tourist place, also famous for sandstone and limestone quarries. Dental and skeleton fluorosis is a common disease among children (>10 years) and adults of all age groups. To understand the factors causing the dental and skeletal fluorosis diseases and their source in groundwater a study based on water […]
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South Taranaki: Court battle for council could reopen nation’s vexed fluoride-in-water debate
Is adding fluoride to water a cheap way to help prevent tooth decay, or a breach of our personal rights? The mood is sombre around the horseshoe-shaped table at the centre of the South Taranaki District council chambers. Their decision-making is under scrutiny by concerned locals just a couple of metres away in the public […]
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Fluoridation in Southampton homes: is plan now dead in the water?
IT was the most controversial decision South Central Strategic Health Authority ever made. But the organisation that unanimously voted to add fluoride to the tap water of thousands of Hampshire homes has not lasted long enough to see it become reality. As of Monday, it will no longer exist. But although fluoridation has still not […]
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Poison claim in mysterious Surrey death of Russian supergrass
A Russian supergrass who died in mysterious circumstances outside his Surrey home may have been poisoned in Paris before travelling to England, his associates have claimed. Alexander Perepilichnyy, a wealthy businessman who sought refuge in Britain after supplying evidence against an alleged crime syndicate in Russia, collapsed while jogging outside his Weybridge home almost five […]
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Russian spies adept at using sodium fluoride
Excerpt from article titled, Poison claim in mysterious Surrey death of Russian supergrass … Former KGB agents have described how Russian spies are adept at using sodium fluoride, an odourless substance that can be lethal in certain doses and, as Mould points out, is complicated by the fact that fluoride is found in drinking water. […]
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Environmental groups say no to fluoride in Portland water
The Portland chapter of the Sierra Club came out Wednesday against the water fluoridation measure on Portland’s May ballot, along with Columbia Riverkeeper and Food and Water Watch. The Sierra Club’s opposition to Ballot Measure 26-151 should be an important boost for critics, who figure to get outspent in the campaign. The Sierra Club, the […]
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Legislators consider fluoride rinses for Oregon students
A House committee is considering whether to provide students with fluoride rinses after meals at school. House Bill 3082 directs the State Board of Education to draft rules to make this possible in private and public schools, grades K-12. Parents would have the option to opt-out of the rinses. The legislation would also direct the […]
United States, Oregon