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Is Your Flat Screen LCD TV Really Eco-friendly?
Every day, more and more bad news hits the media about global warming, climate change and pollution. Every day new products are developed and every day more chemicals are added to the list of pollutants to our atmosphere and water. One of the latest chemicals to draw the attention of the scientists is nitrogen trifluoride […]
Greenhouse/Ozone Gases -
Amesbury discontinues fluoridation due to difficulty in obtaining sodium fluoride
Director of Public Works Rob Desmarais requested the discontinuance due to the variability and unreliability of the sodium fluoride supply. Changes in the sodium fluoride market have caused significant difficulty in procuring a consistent high quality product for public water application. The Amesbury Board of Health voted at its April 16 meeting to discontinue the […]
United States, Massachusetts -
Southampton: Fluoride debacle is springing a major leak . . .
Like a dripping tap, the saga of Southampton’s fluoride debacle is fast turning from a trickle of bad news to a flood. As this paper reports today (front page) [see full article], the latest twist in this tale comes in a form that manages to pull the rug even further from beneath any understanding that […]
United Kingdom, England -
Southampton: 7,500 more people will receive fluoride – and they were never consulted.
Left out of the consultation THERE is no mention of Bassett being included in the scheme in the glossy booklet the SHA produced to help residents make their minds up on FLUORIDATION. The authority had to rewrite the leaflet before the consultation began because even its members thought it was too biased in favour of […]
United Kingdom, England -
Should we fluoridate Britain’s water supply?
Yes. Dr Nigel Carter, chief executive of the British Dental Health Foundation. I used to practise dentistry on the border of Birmingham, which had been fluoridated and Sandwell, which wasn’t. We could tell with 100 per cent accuracy which side of the road children came from by the state of their teeth. Invariably if we […]
United Kingdom, England -
Cowra Council to look at replacing fluoride system
Title: Cowra Council to look at replacing flouride [sic] system Cowra Shire Council will consider replacing the fluoride dosing system at the Cowra Water Treatment Plant when it meets later this month. A new system would cost ratepayers $70,000. Cowra Shire Operations Director Wayne Bennett told a meeting of the Cowra Shire Operations committee this […]
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Parents: Bottled Water Trend Poses Threat to Dental Health
CHICAGO, April 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Five billion gallons of bottled water were consumed in 2000, an increase of more than 200 percent from a decade earlier. Whether consumers drink more bottled water because it is an alternative to soda, or because it is convenient to do so is unclear, but one thing is certain: they […]
United States, National USA -
Lebanon: Health Council asks why no fluoridation in water?
Wilson County Health Council members discussed the lack of fluoride in county water systems during their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday. The panel, which is made up of Wilson County and Lebanon Special School District health employees, Tennessee Department of Health employees and several members of the community, held a discussion about the lack of […]
United States, Tennessee -
Alarmed at councillor’s questioning of fluoridation
I was alarmed to read recently that a councillor in Tottenham has questioned the benefits of fluoridation of public water supplies and is advocating its removal. The councillor has gone on record with media suggesting that fluoride is ineffective and negatively affects human health. As president of the Ontario Dental Association, I want to set […]
Canada, Ontario -
Ballina: Fluoride rescission motion defeated 6-4
BALLINA residents will have fluoride in the water. An extraordinary meeting held last week voted down a rescission motion to overturn a previous decision to add fluoride to the shire’s water supply. The vote on the rescission motion was 6-4 against, with councillors Keith Johnson, David Wright, Jeff Johnson and Alan Brown voting in favour […]
Australia