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Brushing beats supplements – Belgium’s fluoride ban
02/09/02 – A ban on the sale of fluoride supplements passed by Belgium on 1 August provoked strong reactions, in particular from anti-fluoride campaigners who viewed the news as a sign of progress. Belgian health minister at the time Magda Aelvoet said she was now pressing for a Europe-wide ban, hinting that the removal of […]
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Oak Grove voices opposition to fluoridation
Opposition to fluoride has found a stronghold in Oak Grove, one of the 11 area wholesale buyers that depend on Independence for drinking water. Just west of Oak Grove, Grain Valley leaders passed a resolution in support of fluoride. Blue Springs Mayor Greg Grounds said he personally preferred adding the chemical, though his city and […]
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Narmada waters will reduce fluoride levels
GANDHINAGAR: At least 500 villages of North Gujarat’s Mehsana and Patan districts, where high content of fluoride in groundwater has posed health hazards, will get respite once Narmada waters were released in Saraswati, Rupen, Pushpavati, Khari and Banas rivers in next monsoon. The release is a part of Narmada Water Grid being created by the […]
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Update on Belgium
Dear All, On Monday night (Aug. 26) Belgium’s Minister of Health and the Environment, Magda Aelvoet, resigned from her post in government. Contrary to some reports, it had nothing to do at all with the fluoride ban, but because Belgium’s government had arranged for the sale of thousands of guns to Nepal. The controversial arms […]
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Texarkana plans joint fluoride hearing
Proponents and opponents of fluoridation will have one more chance to publicly express their views on adding fluoride to the city water supply. Texas-side city officials unanimously agreed at a meeting Monday night to conduct a citywide public hearing they will hold in conjunction with the Texarkana, Ark., Board of Directors from noon to 4 […]
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Fort Collins fluoride panel regroups
Fort Collins’ fluoride technical study group agreed Monday to hammer out its differences and write a new, consensus report on the risks and benefits of fluoridating the city’s water supply. “I think we were doing a disservice to the health board and the water board,” said Frank Vertucci, technical study group member. “We were inflaming […]
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Caution: Fluoride Can Be Hazardous to Your Health, Researchers Report
NEW YORK, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ — Research from India shows that fluoride can make people sick; but improved diet and complete fluoride withdrawal can relieve symptoms, according to the May-June, 2002, “Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry,”(a) reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF). Fluoride’s harmful health effects, except to teeth, are rarely studied […]
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Aluminium smelting plant should not be used to justify Bakun
SAM is extremely troubled by the revelation of the Sarawak State Government early this week that it is seriously considering to allow a Dubai-based company to set up an aluminium smelting plant in Sarawak to take advantage of the cheap hydroelectric power from Bakun. To use the development of such an energy-intensive, polluting industry to […]
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City won’t have fluoride shoved down its throat
CENTERVILLE — Steve Thacker, Centerville city manager, told the city council at Tuesday’s meeting he was assured there will be little punitive measures taken against the city for not complying with the county’s fluoridation mandate. Thacker’s news was greeted with sighs of relief from the council members and the mayor. The August 13 decision of […]
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Fluorosis haunts Pavagada taluk
TUMKUR: “I have been to all the big hospitals in Bangalore. But even the doctors have pleaded helplessness. What do I do? I have now resigned to my fate”, says Channakrishna, who has been literally paralysed in the limbs due to fluorosis affliction. The situation is no different in the other households of Pavagada taluk […]
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