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Holmen fluoride debate continues Thursday
… The village board has several fluoride related items on the agenda for its meeting Thursday, including a proposal to hold another referendum on fluoridation in conjunction with the April 2014 municipal election. Village board member Mike Dunham is proposing an April 2014 referendum, after an attempt at an April 2 vote came too late… […]
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Bedford: Secret of no fluoride
THE fact that fluoride has not been added to the borough water supply for the last three years has been kept secret. An inquiry to Anglian Water states that the last addition of fluoride to the water supply was in September 2009. The reason given was that work was being carried out at the Bedford […]
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Dunedin: Anti-fluoridation clarification sought
A United States campaigner against fluoridation has been invited to make a submission to the New Zealand Dental Journal for peer review. Emeritus Prof Paul Connett, a chemistry professor who taught at St Lawrence University in New York for 23 years, and wrote, with two other retired professors, a book called The Case Against Fluoride, […]
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Fluorosis cripples 4000 villagers in Nagaon
GUWAHATI, March 10 – Fluoride contamination of the drinking water supplied by the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department through hand pumps has crippled around 4,000 people in Tapatjuri, Dikharumukh and Nijparakhowa villages of Haladhiati area under Akashi Ganga Gaon Panchayat in Nagaon district, alleged a Kampur-based environment group Environment Conservation Centre. The environment group has […]
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Moreton Bay. Fluoride: let region’s residents decide, says former dentist
A retired dentist says the public, not Moreton Bay Regional Council councillors, should decide if the region continues to pipe fluoridated water into homes. Peter Houston, a supporter of fluoridation, said a referendum could be held at the same time as the federal election on September 14. Mr Houston, a former Redcliffe City councillor, said […]
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Robinson Report: Time to clean up Hamilton water
It’s time for Hamilton City Council to stop playing doctor. After years of citizen struggle to end the city’s old habit of adding fluoride (hydrofluorosilicic acid) to public drinking water, a “tribunal-style” process is under way that should result in a firm council decision within months on whether to terminate or continue the highly controversial […]
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Lincoln. Guest Commentary: Lindentree Farm owner on the fluoride question
At Town Meeting on March 25, there is a vote to start the process of looking at fluoride in Lincoln water. Lincoln started fluoridation in 1971. I believe it is time to revisit this and see if we would like to continue. My path from a place of not thinking too much about fluoride to […]
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Duxbury. TOWN MEETING PREVIEW: Do voters want fluoride in their water?
DUXBURY — The addition of lead to the town’s water supply over time as a consequence of adding fluoride to the water has added fuel to the fire for advocates who want it to stop. Short of a Board of Health vote to stop the practice of adding fluoride to the water, opponents the practice […]
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Utah: Senate approves water-content bill
SALT LAKE CITY — Davis County-driven legislation forcing suppliers to provide documentation of the products used to fluoridate county water systems is headed to the governor’s desk. The Senate voted 23-2 on Thursday to approve HB 72, sponsored by Rep. Roger Barrus, R-Centerville. Dubbed the Safe Water Disclosure Act, the legislation was run at the […]
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Two million gallons of hydrofluoric acid shipped by DUF6 project
LEXINTON, KY. — Babcock & Wilcox Conversion Services announces that the DUF6 [depleted uranium hexafluoride] Project has safely shipped more than two million gallons of hydrofluoric acid (HF) since it began conversion operations. More than one million gallons have been shipped from each of the two plants located in Piketon, OH and Paducah, KY. The […]
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