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Fluoride in groundwater, dates and wheat: Estimated exposure dose in the population of Bushehr, Iran.
Highlights • The average fluoride content of the drinking water in Iran is high. • Dates and wheat are potentially rich sources of fluoride. • Staple foods must be considered for estimation of total dietary intake of fluoride. • Both children and adults exceed the guideline values of fluoride exposure in Iran. Abstract The goal […]
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Simultaneously evaluate the toxic levels of fluoride and arsenic species in underground water of Tharparkar and possible contaminant sources: a multivariate study.
Abstract The present study investigated total arsenic (tAs), inorganic arsenic (iAs) species and fluoride ion (F(-)) contamination in underground water of Mithi and Nangarparkar subdistricts of Tharparkar, Pakistan. Statistical parameters, principal component analysis, cluster analysis, sodium absorption ratio and saturation indices (SI) were used to detect interrelation and sources of concentration of tAs, iAs species […]
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West Cumbria: Fluoride to be added to water
People in West Cumbria will have fluoride added to their drinking water in the coming weeks after a seven-year break. NHS North West has confirmed that water could start having fluoride added again next month, although a firm date has not been set. Health experts say that adding fluoride to water supplies helps to reduce […]
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Fluoride removal to cost Cairns ‘a great deal more’
A dental expert in Cairns is “desperately disappointed” the local water supply in far north Queensland will not be fluoridated from today. The Cairns Regional Council decided to adopt the Local Government Association of Queensland’s position on fluoride earlier this year, voting to remove it from the supply. An associate professor of preventative dentistry at […]
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Tennessee: Fluoride up for vote
Legislative action on a bill that would give Tennesseans the opportunity to vote on fluoridating community water statewide has been deferred until Tuesday. District 90 State Rep. John DeBerry, D-Memphis, brought forth the bill that, if passed, would allow the public to vote on the controversial issue. District 57 State Rep. Susan Lynn, R-Mt. Juliet, […]
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Sheridan Mayor Kinskey Endorses Fluoridation
Sheridan Mayor, Dave Kinskey, appeared on Public Pulse on Newstalk, 930, KROE this morning and revisited the debate about whether fluoride should be added to the city water supply. While it hasn’t yet been decided that flouride will be added to the city’s water, Mayor Kinskey indicated he has first-hand experience of its positive health […]
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Columbia: City to Make Fluoridation Decision in April
The Columbia Board of Health listened to a report from an EPA senior scientist at Thursday’s meeting about fluoridation of the city’s water supply. At the meeting, Dr. William Hirzy spoke on a conference call from Washington D.C. He pointed out that long-term accumulation of fluoride will activate G-protein which might affect the function with […]
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Holmen. LETTER: Fluoridation is safe and effective
Community water fluoridation is the single most effective public health measure to prevent tooth decay. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention proclaim community water fluoridation one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century, along with use of vaccinations and recognition of tobacco use as a health hazard. As president of […]
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Assam water contaminated with Arsenic, fluoride
Twenty out of 27 districts in groundwater-dependent Assam are arsenic and fluoride contaminated. Two separate reports – one tabled in the assembly and the other following a survey – have established this. Public health engineering minister Gautam Roy on Tuesday said arsenic content in groundwater ranged between 50 parts per billion (ppb) and 996 ppb […]
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Gilbert’s water system again includes fluoride
About six months after a controversial fluoridation stoppage was discovered at Gilbert’s North Water Treatment Plant, the town has the system repaired and back online, fulfilling a voter mandate to pump small doses of the cavity-fighting chemical into the public water supply. Gilbert spent $235,000 to fix the fluoride system after hazardous conditions prompted officials […]
United States, Arizona