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Minister accepts Open Letter with 27 questions from Hot Press
Hot Press journalist Adrienne Murphy, along with the self-styled ‘Girl Against Fluoride‘, Aisling FitzGibbon, personally delivered a set of 27 questions in the form of an Open Letter to Junior Minister for Health, Alex White – the Minister in charge of Ireland’s fluoridation policy – at the Department of Health yesterday, Wednesday, March 20th. Murphy […]
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Portland: Anti-fluoride group picks up big check, nearly catches up with competition
The campaign lobbying Portlanders to reject a May ballot proposal to fluoridate the city’s water just got a $10,000 boost from a local developer. Up until the recent donation, Clean Water Portland, which is fighting against fluoridation, had been running behind the pro-fluoride camp, Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland, in the money race. But the extra […]
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Whitsunday council soon to decide over fluoride
WHITSUNDAY councillors must soon decide whether or not to fluoridate the region’s potable water supply. People on both sides of the argument spoke at a public information session in Proserpine on Tuesday night. Speaking for the pro-fluoride camp were Queensland Health water program director Dr Greg Jackson, Brisbane Dental Hospital director Dr Michael Foley and […]
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San Francisco: Get the Fluoride Out March & Symposium on March 22
A march and symposium addressing the issue of fluoridated tap water. Itinerary from the website of Get the Fluoride Out: 3pm – Pre-March in Union Square Park. Come early and get to know like-minded people. 3:30-4pm – March down Market Street. Attract attention as we march to Civic Center in a beautifully epic way. 4-5:30pm […]
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Debate over Fluoride in water resurfaces in San Diego
Outside funding is running dry and the City must decide what to do about the fluoridation of the water supply. The debate over adding fluoride to the City’s water supply is back. After two years, the City of San Diego is forced to revisit the issue. State law requires large water suppliers to fluoridate its […]
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Woman’s Tea Addiction Led to Loss of Teeth, Bone Problems
Extreme levels of fluoride from daily consumption of a concentrated brew caused pain, brittle teeth Here’s a cautionary tale about the value of moderation. A case study reported in the March 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine shows how habitually drinking an extreme form of highly concentrated tea over almost 20 years […]
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Southampton: Councils ‘will be able to turn off fluoride’
COUNCILS will be able to turn off fluoride from Hampshire’s water supplies if people don’t want it, new Government guidelines say. Councillors could scrap the controversial scheme within months once the health authority pushing it is axed, if Department of Health (DoH) proposals are rubber-stamped. It would mean councillors will be able to vote to […]
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South Blount County Utility District faces fluoride issue again
… The utility recently confirmed that it is allowing its customers to vote on whether to continue water fluoridation. SBCUD will be sending out postcards that are nonduplicatable so each account gets one vote. Customers will have through May to return those. The return date deadline will be June 15. … Linda King, of Citizens […]
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Mayor faces challenge as Brooksville council members seek to reopen fluoride discussion
Brooksville Mayor Lara Bradburn, a strong opponent of returning fluoride to the city’s water supply, may have a new battle on her hands. Speaking during his closing comments at Monday night’s City Council meeting, council member Frankie Burnett adamantly stated that he felt there was nothing wrong with reopening the debate over fluoride, and he […]
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Coca Cola in pact to eliminate fluorosis in Naivasha
Coca-Cola and Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) alongside a host of local organisations in Naivasha, have commissioned the second phase of a Sh42.5 million two-year initiative to provide residents of Naivasha with access to de-fluorinated water. The project was motivated by the fact that the low income residents of Naivasha’s peri-urban settlements […]
Kenya