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Persistent pollutants slow the time to pregnancy in couples.
Buck Louis, GM, R Sundaram, EF Schisterman, AM Sweeney, CD Lynch, RE Gore-Langton, J Maisog, S Kim, Z Chen and DB Barr. 2012. Persistent environmental pollutants and couple fecundity: The LIFE Study. Environmental Health Perspectives http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205301. Couples exposed to high levels of certain persistent organic pollutants took about 20 percent longer to get pregnant than […]
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Portland: Sam Adams Exit Interview
Portland’s departing mayor hastily answers some of our questions. When Sam Adams filed to run for mayor in early 2008, both he and Portland seemed on the verge of a triumphal march. The economy was rocking. As the veteran of 15 years at city hall cruised to victory, he set a civil-rights precedent as America’s […]
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Bundaberg: Fluoride forum is planned
BUNDABERG Mayor Mal Forman has announced a public forum on fluoride, to be held at the Civic Centre on January 31. 2013. “I have stated on several occasions that while councillors have a view on fluoride, mainly based on the financial costs of implementing the program, council does not have a formalised position,” Cr Forman […]
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Decisions on Fluoridation of Redland City’s Water Supply to Come in Early 2013
The report regarding the impact of fluoridation of water supply in Redland City and options available for the same is expected to come by January 2013. This has put the discussions over the issue on hold till next year as the officers of the Council are busy preparing the critical map that shall play an […]
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Okotoks poised to stop adding fluoride to water
The Town of Okotoks will stop adding fluoride to its drinking water supply Thursday, after receiving approval from the provincial government Dec. 13. In May, town council voted six to one in favour of repealing the existing fluoridation bylaw and removing fluoride from drinking water. Coun. Matt Rockley said the town engaged both residents and […]
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Portland: Council pushes ahead with water fluoridation plans
PORTLAND – The Portland City Council voted 3-1 to move water fluoridation up by a year, which could affect a planned citizen vote on the issue. It blocks a unanimous vote by the council in September, to add fluoride to Bull Run water, which serves the City of Portland and other water users. The fluoride […]
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Lockyer Valley and Somerset: What will it cost?
WHILE local governments now hold the future of water fluoridation in their hands, the question for Lockyer Valley and Somerset residents could be what the cost of the change is. With both councils drawing water from the Lowood water treatment plant, any split decision could prove costly to residents. Although previously controlled by the Esk, […]
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Milton no longer adding fluoride to water
Excerpt: … City officials decided to pull fluoride from drinking water in November as “strictly a cost-saving measure” according Ricky Hinote, director of water and wastewater treatment for Milton. “The grant money used to pay for it ran out,” Hinote said. “It was going to stop due to money last year, but the state gave […]
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Kirkland Lake flushes fluoride from drinking water
Fluoride has stopped flowing through the taps in another northern Ontario town after Kirkland Lake council voted Tuesday to cut the chemical out of its drinking water. And much like in Greater Sudbury, which may consider the same move, the debate is not just about health — it’s also about money. An equipment breakdown at […]
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Trouble in China’s rare earths treasure
Excerpt from 3-page article: BEIJING (Caixin Online) — One crack in a wall is all it would take for a dark gray oval that sits across 11 square kilometers of land to create a massive disaster. Situated just to the west of Baotou, a city in the resource-rich region of Inner Mongolia, the mine dump […]
China Mining Industry