JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) –Sephaku Fluoride aims to produce 180 000 t/y of acid-grade fluorspar by the end of 2013 from its new Nokeng fluorspar mine, parent company Sephaku Holdings said on Wednesday. Sephaku Fluoride also announced the appointment of mining industry veteran Alan Smith as CEO from August 17. The announcement was made after the company […]
Residents can now provide input into the fluoridation of the City’s water supply. An e-mail address and short online survey are available to residents who can send their thoughts to fluoride@williamslake.ca or visit www.surveymonkey.com/s/williamslake_fluoride_survey The City has provided additional information on water fluoridation on its website at www.williamslake.ca/fluoride. A report from the City’s Water Advisory […]
Do you or your family have teeth that look like either of the pictures to the right? This condition is known as “dental fluorosis” and is caused by fluoride poisoning (lifetime cumulative overdose) from ingesting fluoridated water. In addition to the cosmetic problems, “dental fluorosis” indicates accumulation of toxic levels of fluoride in the body […]
The Town of Hinton will be taking a closer look at fluoridation in local tap water, after receiving a non-binding petition with 200 signatures expressing concerns about the additive in the water. The Town held a plebiscite on adding fluoride to the water in October 1967 and the issue has not been revisited since. Councilor […]
As a University of Pennsylvania dental student in the late ’60s, Joseph R. Greenberg noticed a curious difference in the mouths of the low-income children he treated at the school’s Philadelphia clinic and those he saw at his externship in Coatesville. “The Philadelphia kids all had perfect teeth, maybe a few cavities,” he said. “In […]
A senior MP has held talks with health ministers amid growing fears that a looming shake-up will make it harder to add fluoride to tap water in more parts of England. Sir Paul Beresford, the chairman of the all-party parliamentary group for dentistry, said he had put a ‘robust’ case that the changes will set […]
The Fluoride Action Network has begun a chapter in Windsor and hopes to convince city hall that the chemical, which the World Health Organization and Health Canada has credited with cutting tooth decay and cavities worldwide, should be removed from Windsor’s drinking water. Approximately 40 people met at the group’s inaugural meeting at the Windsor […]
Controversy surrounding the introduction of fluoride into the shire’s water supply raised its head again at last month’s Eurobodalla Shire Council meeting. During question time, Councillor Graham Scobie asked council to clarify the cost of the fluoride, the supplier, and which country it would come from – questions posed by Eurobodalla Fluoride Inc. However, Mayor […]
BUNBURY people are desperate to have their say on whether the city should have fluoridated tap water but the health department has not confirmed when their views will be heard. Alarming statistics which revealed that Bunbury children’s teeth are decaying at twice the rate of Perth children were published in last week’s Bunbury Mail. A […]
POTTSTOWN — In the wake of a series of public meetings at which no one spoke, the Pottstown Borough Authority voted Tuesday night to take the steps necessary to cease adding fluoride to the public water system it oversees. Held on Aug. 2 at two different times, the public hearings attracted a few attendees but […]
