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Dentist supports fluoride in Coast water
ONE of the state’s most prominent dentists has urged the council to analyse the benefits of fluoride as it considers removing it. The council will next month consider removing fluoride from local water after completing a phone survey of residents in coming weeks. While council sources suggest its removal is unlikely, at least one third […]
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Assam: Stress on arsenic removal water treatment plant
GUWAHATI – There is an urgent need for undertaking pipe water supply schemes based on surface water sources for meeting the community drinking water needs in the State, besides converting the existing iron removal plants into cost and time saving arsenic removal ones, wherever needed. Such measures have become imperative in view of the discovery […]
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Hawke’s Bay: Fluoride showdown thwarted
The Bay’s health boss is being criticised for refusing to take part in a public debate on the pros and cons of adding fluoride to the Hastings water supply. International toxicologist and expert on fluoridation Paul Connett will be in Hawke’s Bay this month to talk at public meetings about his research into fluoride. He’s […]
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Pediatrician Yolanda Whyte, National Expert on African Americans and Fluoride, Speaks in Portland
Clean Water Portland hosts Atlanta pediatrician Dr. Yolanda Whyte, current member of the National Medical Association’s Environmental Health Task Force, speaking on the impact of fluoride on children’s health. The events are Tuesday, Feb. 12 at Portland State University, Room 236 in the Smith Memorial Student Union, 7 p.m.; and Wednesday, Feb. 13, at Emmanuel […]
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A Davis County-driven water bill stalls in Legislature because of logjam
SALT LAKE CITY — A Davis County-driven bill to force suppliers to verify the quality of products used to fluoridate county water systems has run into a logjam in the Legislature. A Senate committee chose not to vote on HB 72, sponsored by Rep. Roger Barrus, R-Centerville, effectively stalling a bill that would have imposed […]
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Chemifloc blamed for Shannon chemical spill
An Environmental Protection Agency investigation into a chlorine spill at the Chemifloc manufacturing facility in Shannon last December has found that the company stored materials incorrectly and wasn’t fully compliant with the conditions of its licence. Eight people were hospitalised following the incident at the plant in the Smithstown Industrial Estate on December 20 and […]
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Alert over South Korea toxic leaks
Government moves to tighten oversight after string of hydrogen fluoride accidents. Gumi, South Korea By mid-December, the chill winter winds had stripped South Korea’s trees bare. But around the city of Gumi, about 280 kilometres south of Seoul, blighted branches still bore a shroud of brown, withered leaves — reminders of the chemical accident that […]
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Compensate kids deformed due to fluorosis: NHRC
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday directed the Madhya Pradesh government to pay Rs. 10,000 each as compensation to seven children, who became ill after being diagnosed from Fluorosis, which was caused due to high content of fluoride in the potable water. The human rights watchdog took note of a complaint by a human […]
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Lincoln: Fluoride presentation on February 9
A film and discussion about the controversy surrounding the use of fluoride will be held at the Lincoln Library Saturday, Feb. 9, 2 to 4 p.m. The presentation is free to the public. The conversation will include views on the use of fluoride in Lincoln’s water supply.
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Mediator orders reinstatement of fired Gilbert water official
The Gilbert water manager who was fired last fall amid a controversial shutdown of the town’s fluoridation system will likely have his job back after a hearing officer on Tuesday declared his dismissal “arbitrary and capricious.” Chris Ochs was terminated in September after upper management discovered voter-mandated fluoridation had been halted at the town’s North […]
United States, Arizona