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Full vetting of fluoride plan needed
The state Assembly health committee seems to be in an awful hurry to force municipalities in New Jersey to fluoridate their public water supplies. A bill to require the fluoridation of water was introduced on Feb. 5 and unanimously approved by the committee less than two business days later on Monday afternoon. Did we miss […]
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British Medical Association: Position on the fluoridation of water
BMA Policy The BMA remains committed to the fluoridation of mains water supplies, after appropriate public consultation, on the grounds of effectiveness, safety and equity [a]. The BMA believes that local authorities should be more proactive in helping to reduce the dental inequalities that exist across social groups in the United Kingdom (UK). Background Tooth […]
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Fluoride warning for preschoolers
A leading dentist recommends that many preschoolers in fluoridated areas should use low-fluoride toothpaste to avoid the risk of unsightly, mottled teeth. But Dr Callum Durward, formerly of Auckland University of Technology and the Auckland District Health Board, said this only applied to young children at low risk of dental decay because of factors like […]
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Residents rally against fluoride
SOUTH East Queensland residents rallied outside Parliament House on Tuesday to oppose the introduction of fluoridated and recycled water. The protest, organised by Queenslanders for Safe Water, Air and Food Inc, coincided with the first parliamentary session for the year. The State Government has been adding fluoride to drinking supplies in most parts of South […]
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Bligh puts house on the line for fluoride
Copy of the following statement signed by Anna Bligh on October 15, 2008, published with this article: I, Anna Bligh, as the instigator of forced fluoridation in Queensland, give my personal guarantee that water fluoridation causes no adverse health effects, and in the event that it does, I will accept full liability and will provide […]
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Timberville. Editorial: Is Fluoride Dangerous?
[F]luoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face. … It’s incredibly obvious, isn’t it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That’s the way your hard-core Commie works. Gen. Jack D. Ripper Strategic Air […]
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DuPont gets more time to test PFOA
DuPont Co. has been given a last-minute pass on a federal deadline to complete testing on products thought to be a source of a controversial chemical in the environment. The Environmental Appeals Board has given the company another three years to finish the testing, the second federal action taken in the waning days of the […]
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Chippewa Falls to revisit fluoride issue
The issue of adding fluoride to Chippewa Falls’ drinking water is back. Mayor Greg Hoffman has invited Jean Durch, Chippewa County’s public health director, to give a presentation at the City Council meeting Tuesday. The council in 2004 rejected a plan to add fluoride on a 6-1 vote. However, only one of those council members […]
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Fluoride measure advances
An extra 6 million people in New Jersey would get water treated with fluoride under a bill that cleared an Assembly committee yesterday. The measure, approved by the Assembly Health Committee, was strongly pushed by medical professionals but opposed by environmentalists and water companies. Committee chairman and bill sponsor Herb Conaway (D-Burlington) made it clear […]
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Skagit County Commissioners vote to halt fluoride program
Skagit County commissioners, acting as the county Board of Health, voted 2-1 today to reverse their 2007 order requiring the Skagit Public Utility District to fluoridate part of its water supply. Commissioners Ron Wesen and Sharon Dillon voted to rescind the order, effectively ending a fluoridation program the PUD had hardly begun in the 21 […]
United States, Washington State