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Chemical Might Pose Health Risk to Younger Women and Girls
A common industrial chemical used to produce Teflon might pose health risks for young girls and women of childbearing age, an internal report by the Environmental Protection Agency has found. Agency scientists are concerned because the chemical, ammonium perfluorooctanoate, accumulates in human blood and demonstrates toxic properties. In September, the agency initiated a priority review […]
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Panel to let residents decide on fluoride
The issue of whether to add fluoride to three Shelby County municipal water systems will be decided in a public survey the second in as many years. The Columbiana Water Board is asking its customers in a printed questionnaire to answer “yes” or “no” on whether they want fluoridated water to flow to area homes […]
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Maize Council rejects petition on fluoridation
The Maize City Council has rejected a petition seeking a referendum on whether the city should fluoridate its new water system. The council said that the matter was an administrative decision that had already been made and that it did not require a public vote. “It’s in the water, and, as far as we’re concerned, […]
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Fluoride question vexes Tigard
TIGARD — Beaverton’s plan to fluoridate its drinking water is creating ripples in neighboring cities. The Tigard City Council on Tuesday heard a presentation about how fluoridation may affect Tigard and the surrounding area. Tigard is negotiating to receive up to 4 million gallons of drinking water a day from the Joint Water Commission, which […]
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Piney Point: Phosphate Nightmare
Given the unfortunate options before them, Florida regulators probably have no choice but to use the Gulf of Mexico as a sewer for phosphate waste. But let no one in state government mark this off as unavoidable environmental fate. What is happening with this massive heap of phosphogypsum waste near Port Manatee was foreseeable and […]
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Thousands say no to fluoride in Scotland’s water
Opposition to the adding of fluoride to Scotland’s water is overwhelming, it emerged yesterday. Thousands have raised objections to any move by the Scottish Executive to introduce what has been described as mass medication. The possible introduction of fluoride into the water supply resulted in an almost unprecedented response to an executive consultation exercise, with […]
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Monterey supervisors won’t push fluoride
Monterey County supervisors Tuesday ruled out taking an advocacy role in the sharp, public health debate over water fluoridation. On a 5-0 vote, the supervisors rejected a recommendation from the 2002 civil grand jury that the county take the lead in getting local water systems to fluoridate. “The benefits are too vague … and the […]
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Monterey county rejects fluoridation plan
Monterey County supervisors agreed Tuesday that they don’t want to get involved in the swirl of controversy over fluoridation. “I don’t think we even have the authority,” said Supervisor Lou Calcagno. The issue arose in January when the county grand jury recommended the county become a “principal advocate” for the fluoridation of drinking water in […]
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Tie vote kills fluoride issue
An effort to have Independence voters decide in November whether to put fluoride in the city’s water died Monday on a tied City Council vote. With Council Member Charlie Rich absent, the final vote was 3-3 on an ordinance to put the issue on the ballot. Voting in favor were Jason White, Jim Schultz and […]
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Kids eat too much fluoride from foods, studies show
NEW YORK, March 17 /PRNewswire/ — Kids ingest excessive fluoride, studies show, not just from toothpaste, but from their foods, making water fluoridation unnecessary and unsafe, reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF). University of Indiana researchers analyzed foods typical three- to five-year-olds eat and found diet significantly contributes to children’s daily […]
United States, National USA