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Chuckatuck: Electrodialysis reversal is used to remove fluoride at water treatment plant
Excerpt from article titled: Water plant’s expansion almost done … When completed later this year, the plant [G. Robert House Water Treatment Plant in Chuckatuck] will be the largest municipal water-treatment facility in the country that uses EDR – electrodialysis reversal – to cleanse its water. EDR uses an electrochemical separation process to remove ions […]
United States, Virginia -
Children from poor areas twice as likely to need dental treatment
Nearly 30,000 children a year attend hospital to have teeth pulled or be treated for decay, research has shown. Researchers who analysed hospital data said it was “worrying” that the number of under-17s hospitalised for dental treatment had been rising since 1997. They found children from poor areas were twice as likely to need treatment […]
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Study finds dental health varies in different socioeconomic areas
New research has emerged that suggests children being brought up in the more deprived areas of society may have poorer dental health when compared to children in other sectors of the community. The study, which will be published tomorrow in the British Dental Journal, states that twice as many dental care treatments were provided to […]
United Kingdom, England -
Hundreds of Sussex children being treated for tooth decay
One in ten children admitted to hospitals in Sussex for an operation are being treated for tooth decay. Figures released to The Argus reveal hundreds of youngsters a year are being kept in hospital to deal with serious cavities and other dental work. An average of 10% of the total admissions to Sussex’s main hospitals […]
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There will be opposition, but widespread fluoridation is the answer
Simple measures can prevent the need for a child’s teeth to be extracted in hospital. The rise in the number of admissions may result, in part, from a change in regulations, such that general anaesthetics in dental treatment are carried out only in hospital. But it does suggest that children face risky general anaesthetics in […]
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Poynette residents favor fluoride in water
POYNETTE — Residents here urged their board by a more than a 2-1 margin Tuesday to restore fluoride to their water. Village President Steve Tomlinson said the vote — Columbia County’s only municipal non-binding referendum — will dictate how he votes when the matter comes before the board at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. “If they […]
United States, Wisconsin -
YEMEN: Spotlight on water contamination
Excerpt: … Mohammed Abdul-Salam, an official with the Sanaa Basin Management Project, said in parts of the Sanaa basin the concentration of nitrates was over 50 milligrams per litre, a dangerously high level. “Pesticides contain highly concentrated elements designed to kill pests… and could cause cancer [in humans],” he said. Fluoride is another contaminant in […]
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Fluoride is toxic, ineffective and unethical
Drs. Tom Noseworthy and Tom Feasby in their article promoting fluoridation make some comparisons between fluoridation and other measures which cloud the issue. Iodide, B vitamins and iron are natural nutritional requirements, the effects of which have been extensively and competently investigated. Fluoride in any form is not a required nutrient. The fluoride added to […]
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Ballina: Move to overturn fluoride vote fails
BALLINA Shire Council is going ahead with fluoridation of the shire’s water supply. Last night, at an extraordinary meeting, the council rejected a bid to overturn a decision two weeks ago to fluoridate the water. The rescission motion had called on the council to create a community panel of seven to fully examine the available […]
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Regulation Govererning Fluoridation of Community Water Supplies
Title 15 – Mississippi State Department of Health Part IV – Office of Health Protection” Subpart 15 – “Bureau of Public Water Supply” CHAPTER 01 REGULATION GOVERNING [sic] FLUORIDATION OF COMMUNITY WATER SUPPLIES 100 GENERAL PROVISIONS 100.01 Coverage. 1. This regulation shall only apply to community water systems (CWS) serving a population of at least […]
United States, Mississippi