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Rajasthan villagers show way to remove flouride from water
TONK (Rajasthan), Dec 23 — People living in fluorosis affected zones in Karbi Anglong and Nagaon districts of Assam can take a valuable tip from the rural folk in Rajasthan on how to purge the drinking water of excess fluoride at household level. Thanks to initiative taken by a couple of NGOs aided by the […]
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More good news for Piketon
WASHINGTON — President Bush’s new budget will include money to build a uranium waste processing center in Piketon that could bring hundreds of new jobs to the area, Sen. George Voinovich, R-Cleveland, said Wednesday. The uranium waste processing plant will hire up to 200 permanent workers and 300 construction workers, Voinovich said. “Together with Piketon […]
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Canton village board delays fluoridation decision, explores referendum
CANTON – The village Board of Trustees delayed a decision Monday on whether to fluoridate the water system and will investigate whether a public referendum is possible. “We’re not sitting on our heels on this one,” Mayor Robert N. Wells Jr. said. “We just need some time.” The village has fluoridated its water since the […]
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Water fluoridation – a thing of the past in Watsonville
Responding to Watsonville voters, the city turned down a grant Wednesday that would have been used to fluoridate the city’s water supply. In a letter to the California Dental Association Foundation (CDA), City Manager Carlos Palacios rejected a nearly $1 million grant that was going to be used to build fluoridation facilities for Watsonville’s water […]
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Watsonville stands behind fluoride vote
WATSONVILLE — City voters rejected fluoridating the city’s public water supply last month. Now, the City Council says it will stand behind the vote, despite the fact that could prompt a showdown with state officials. In a letter this week to Jon Roth, executive director of the California Dental Association Foundation, City Manager Carlos Palacios […]
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Group Of Residents Sues Chemical Firms
Nearly 340 people filed suit Wednesday in circuit court in Madison County against three major chemical companies, claiming that they suffered poisoning from lead and other chemicals discarded as waste by the companies’ plants in Southern Illinois. Several of the plaintiffs live in Ellis Grove, Ill., in Randolph County. Other plaintiffs include Charlene Mercurio of […]
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Sides of fluoride debate are vocal in Canton
CANTON – About 50 critics and advocates of a fluoridated water system packed the municipal building Thursday to try to persuade the Canton village Board of Trustees to adopt their position. The board is scheduled to vote Monday on whether the village will resume fluoridation, but a decision may be delayed because trustees David P. […]
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Human Rights Commission Calls for Fluoride Probe in Assam
GUWAHATI, Dec 12 — The Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has registered a case (No. 4306/2002) on the basis of a newspaper report regarding fluoride contamination of water at Kaliabor in Nagaon district, and issued notices to the Secretary and the Chief Engineer of the State Public Health Engineering Department (PHE), directing them to conduct […]
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Milton council refuses to support fluoridation of local water
Halton Region will have to take the lead in the fluoridation of Milton water after Town council refused to open the can of worms. Councillor Rick Malboeuf brought forward a motion Monday that would’ve seen council declare its support for fluoridation. But the motion was withdrawn after several councillors said they had no interest in […]
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Wichita Health Board will revisit fluoride
Physician Donna Sweet and dentist John Lewis will head efforts to revisit the idea of adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water, the Sedgwick County Advisory Board of Health decided today. Both are members of the board and will begin by talking about fluoridation with candidates for mayor and City Council. In 1999, the board […]
United States, Kansas