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Dentists Celebrate Fluoridation Where Children Suffer With Cavities
NEW YORK, July 26 /PRNewswire/ — While Chicago children suffer with dental pain, limousines delivered dignitaries to a large white tent, ringed with yellow shirted security guards, where dentists and others, on government payrolls, kicked off a four-day 60th birthday party for water fluoridation replete with ice sculptures, free duffle bags, food and specially made […]
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EPA Recommends Raising Fluoride Limits
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 — The Environmental Protection Agency today proposed a new standard that would double the maximum permissible level of fluoride in the nation’s drinking water supplies. The new maximum, four milligrams to a liter of water, is well above levels that can cause dental fluorosis, which results in discoloration, mottling and pitting of […]
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Ohio/WV: C8 Science Panel Newsletter #1
1. Science Panel launches e-Newsletter This is the first edition of our newsletter from the C8 Science Panel. Each time the C8 Science Panel has some news we will send out this newsletter by email to people who have registered to receive it. We will provide regular updates about our research into C8 and its […]
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30 Exposed to Corrosive Gas Monitored for Uranium Peril
GORE, Okla., Jan. 9 – Thirty workers who were exposed to a corrosive radioactive gas here will be closely monitored for several weeks to see if they suffer any permanent health effects, according to a nuclear radiation expert who is following their progress. The expert, Dr. Carl Bogardus, who is director of radiation therapy at […]
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In Acrid Brazilian Factory Zone, A Fear of Disaster
CUBATAO, Brazil – The factories on this swampland have turned the nearby town into a place of superlatives: in Cubatao, pollutants in the rain have reached some of the highest levels known in the world; the air is considered unfit for humans on a record number of days, and more cases of cancer, stillbirths and […]
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Hydrofluoric Acid Leak in Texas Leaves a Residue of Questions
TEXAS CITY, Tex. – After 4,000 people were evacuated as a result of a leak of hydrofluoric acid from a refinery, questions are still being asked about potential hazards here and in other cities where the same chemical is used. Those questions center both on the long-term effects on those exposed to the Oct. 30 […]
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Chemical Spill at Mohawk Valley Water Authority
Crews look into what caused a chemical spill at the Mohawk Valley Water Authority in Trenton. The Executive Director says there was a hazmat situation at the site yesterday afternoon, after a large amount of hydrofluorosilicic acid leaked. According to the EPA, the chemical is used as fluoride in drinking water. We’re told the drinking […]
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NYC. Editorial: Councilman Peter Vallone defends our precious bodily fluids from evils of fluoridated water
The latest government conspiracy is so nefarious, so underhanded, that it’s being conducted right under your nose: They’re trying to head off tooth decay by putting fluoride in your drinking water. Yes, the same fluoride you spread over your toothbrush twice daily. On second thought, that doesn’t sound very devious, does it? Well, it does […]
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Government recommends lowering fluoride levels in water
HOLLADAY — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced plans Friday to lower the recommended level of fluoride in drinking water for the first time in nearly 50 years, based on a fresh review of the science. After decades of convincing local health authorities to fluoridate water, federal health officials now say many […]
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York City Council repeals fluoride ban
YORK — The York City Council voted 8-0 Thursday night to repeal a 30-year-old policy and begin fluoridation of drinking water. The third of three public hearings again attracted strong support from local doctors, dentists and other health specialists wearing pro-fluoridation stickers. It also attracted rock-solid opposition from an apparently small but vocal group of […]