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Timberville: Fluoride Fight Goes On
Following the General Assembly’s rejection of a bill that would have asked Timberville residents whether the town should continue adding fluoride to its water, a local group is taking a different tack in the battle over fluoridation. Instead of trying to stop fluoridation of the town’s water outright, those opposed to it are working on […]
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City of St. Johns considers fluoridation
COMMUNICATIONS [page 7] 1. Dentists’ Correspondence Mayor Beaman said the City received a letter from local dentists about fluoride in the water supply. He said City Manager LaForest will get back to us with information. He said it could be very costly to do this. City Manager LaForest said we have not done the research […]
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Assembly committee clears bill to add fluoride to N.J. drinking water
Supported by medical professionals but opposed by environmentalists and water companies, a plan to require all of New Jersey’s public water supplies be treated with fluoride cleared an Assembly committee today. Assembly Health Committee Chairman and bill sponsor Herb Conaway made it clear from the outset of today’s hearing that the bill would be approved […]
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Hobart: Water concern as fluoride level falls
ABOUT 20 per cent of Hobart’s water supply is not receiving the required amount of fluoride. A weak link in the supply of fluoride has been found at Lake Fenton, one of the three major catchments that supply drinking water to the greater Hobart area. The State Government is required by law to make sure […]
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Saudi Arabia: Say NO to fluoride in drinking water
Several months ago, Saudi Arabian Standard Organization (SASO) announced the fluoridation of public water to help reduce tooth decay. Well, at first I thought it was a good preventive measure, but then I discovered that even local bottled water is fluoridated at 0.80 mg per liter. I would not be writing this column if I […]
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Somerset lawsuit against MDE will go forward
PRINCESS ANNE — A lawsuit filed by the Somerset County Sanitary Commission against the Maryland Department of the Environment will proceed to trial after a judge refused to dismiss the case Friday. Although MDE’s attorney, Steve Johnson, called the case “a classic example of a dispute that has no business being in court,” Circuit Court […]
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Minnesota. Probe: Did 3M Firefighting Foam Contaminate Water
Minnesota health officials are launching a major investigation into whether drinking water in 15 Minnesota cities is contaminated with chemicals formerly manufactured by 3M Co. and used in municipal fire-fighting foam. The tests, set to begin next month, will be important to residents and fire officials in communities across the country where a 3M firefighting […]
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DuPont gets more time for C8 studies
DuPont Co. will have three additional years to complete key tests of whether the toxic chemical C8 is leaching out of consumer products, under a deal finalized during the final month of the Bush administration. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lawyers agreed to extend DuPont’s deadline – originally set for Dec. 27, 2008 – for three […]
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Bush Handed DuPont Goodbye Gift Over Toxic Teflon Chemical
WASHINGTON, February 6, 2009 – The Charleston Gazette reports today that in the last weeks of the Bush administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) quietly handed DuPont Co. a three-year extension to complete tests mandated by a 2005 legal settlement on a toxic DuPont product. In a December 2005 settlement with EPA, DuPont agreed to […]
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William Maas, former head of CDC’s Division of Oral Health, now advisor at Pew’s dental health initiative
EMAIL: Subj: [DPH] Good News from the Pew Children’s Dental Health Initiative Date: 2/6/2009 1:00:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time From: SGehshan@pewtrusts.org To: dental-public-health@list.pitt.edu Dear Colleague, The Pew Center on the States is pleased to announce that Dr. William Maas, retired assistant surgeon general and former director of the Division of Oral Health in the Centers […]
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