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Chemicals in Skin Cream, Floss May Lower Fertility, Study Says
Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) — Chemicals found in a wide range of household products, including non-stick pans and skin creams, may make it harder for some women to get pregnant, a new study [see below] shows. Researchers led by Chunyuan Fei, from the University of California in Los Angeles, studied data on 1,240 women and found […]
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Storm may have affected Pottstown fluoride hearing turnout
POTTSTOWN — Officials believe the snow storm is probably responsible for the paltry turn out at a series of public hearings Wednesday on a proposal to stop adding fluoride to Pottstown’s public water supply. Another hearing will be scheduled; although, another date has not yet been set, said Brent Wagner, superintendent at the borough Wastewater […]
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Timberville: State House of Delegates proposes referendum on fluoridation
Excerpt: Fluoride Debate Also, in the House of Delegates, a proposed advisory referendum on fluoridation in Timberville made it through a subcommittee on a 3-2 vote. The bill, introduced by Lohr, would allow residents to weigh in on whether the town should continue to have fluoride in the water. The referendum, if approved, is to […]
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Southampton: ‘Nonsense’ talked over fluoride plan says Alan Johnson
HEALTH Secretary Alan Johnson has backed controversial plans to fluoridate Southampton’s water – revealing that he gave his own children fluoride tablets when they were younger. Mr Johnson believes a lot of “nonsense” is talked about fluoridation, which has been the subject of fierce debate since proposals were made last year. But anti-fluoride campaigners last […]
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Fluoride closer for Tapanui
Tapanui residents are one step away from having fluoride added to their water supply. The West Otago Community Board met for the first time this year yesterday and was asked to apply for a full subsidy from the Ministry of Health to install fluoridation equipment at the town’s water supply plant. A non-binding referendum of […]
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Fluoride: Now it can be added to our food
Fluoride can now be added to foods manufactured and supplied in Europe. It’s been classified as a safe supplement, according to Europe’s highest authority on food standards. The decision means that food manufacturers can include sodium monofluorophosphate, the common form of fluoride found in toothpaste and mouth washes, to their products. The decision, by the […]
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Russia: RUSAL converts Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Smelter to colloidal anode paste
UC RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium and alumina producer, announces that it has completed the conversion of one pot room at its Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Smelter to the colloidal anode paste technology. The economic effect from this innovation at one pot room alone can be up to USD 1 million annually. The aluminium production technology using […]
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Somerset hopes for well funding
PRINCESS ANNE — Local and state officials hope Somerset County gets a share of anticipated federal stimulus money to build wells and associated treatment processing equipment — funding needed to move forward with construction of major developments in and around the county seat of Princess Anne and overall area growth. The Somerset County Sanitary Commission […]
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McPherson: substantial fluoride increase in one well
Excerpt: … [The McPherson Board of Public Utilities general manager Rick Anderson] discussed a testing issue with one of BPU’s water wells. A routine test of all of the wells revealed a substantial increase in fluoride. Anderson said the increase is likely due to an error in the test because the increase is so significant […]
United States, Kansas -
Liberty County: Public Health: The Good News and the Bad News
The good news is that during 2008 there was not a single case of West Nile Virus identified in either man or beast in Liberty County. Haley Anderson can stop worrying for now. Hopefully this infectious disease will not reappear for a long time in this area. The bad news is that dental caries (cavities […]
United States, Kansas