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Help Educate the Boston Globe
Dear All, Over the past few days I have been thinking a lot about the outrageous editorial that appeared in the Boston Globe on November 1 ( see below). I am outraged for several reasons: 1) It is unprofessional. This paper has gone to the public on a serious public health issue and made pronouncements […]
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Boston Globe Editorial on Fluoridation
FLUORIDATION OF WATER is one of the great public health successes of the past 50 years. Voters in Worcester have an opportunity on Tuesday to bring this improvement in dental health to the residents of their community. Fifty-seven percent of the people in Massachusetts have access to fluoridated water, but many are reluctant to treat […]
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Erie residents say yes to fluoride
The majority of residents in Erie say they would support the town adding fluoride to the town’s water supply, according to a survey. In the poll, which was sent to residents along with their September water bill, 547 residents replied yes to fluoride, 273 said no and 51 said they had no opinion on the […]
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Kildare Doctor Challenges State over Fluoridation
High Court proceedings were issued on Friday challenging the government’s 40-year-old fluoridation policy. Dr Andrew Rynne, a Co Kildare family doctor, issued proceeding against the Minister for Health, Eastern Regional Health Authority, Kildare Co Council, the Attorney General and the state. Some dentists have also stepped up their opposition to fluoridation. The 15-member Irish Dentists […]
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Fluoride foes call rival’s claims misleading
WORCESTER– Fluoridation opponents yesterday said the Central Massachusetts Oral Health Initiative has been “disseminating misleading and false information” in an attempt to persuade voters to approve fluoridation of the city’s water supply. Fluoride proponents defended their positions and contend that the measure’s opponents are singling out individual studies instead of “the preponderance of scientific evidence.” […]
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Water in every other village unsafe in Karnataka
BANGALORE: Drinking water in nearly 50 per cent of Karnataka’s villages is unsafe for consumption: This is the shocking fact uncovered by the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) department following a survey submitted in June. Nearly 200,000 water samples from every water source in 56,682 rural habitations were collected over one year and examined […]
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Missoula Faces Fluoridation Push
It is long past time Missoula took advantage of one of the most significant advances in dental health by adding fluoride to our municipal water supply. Last week, the Missoula City-County Health Board, backed by dentists, recommended fluoridated water as part of the solution to the serious levels of dental health problems in the city. […]
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Fluoride Opponents Debate Videotape
WORCESTER– Worcester Citizens for Total Health, the group that is fighting a proposal to fluoridate the city’s water, wanted a debate. Its members wanted a debate because they have been frustrated by the refusal of fluoride proponents to engage them. So out of a sense of frustration, the group videotaped a recent presentation by the […]
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Dentists to sue over continued fluoridation of drinking water
A GROUP of Irish dentists are to sue the Minister for Health, Micheál Martin, for continuing to fluoridate drinking water. The dentists, who are breaking ranks with the Irish Dental Association, plan to lodge papers with the High Court after handing a letter of protest into the Dáil on Friday. The move comes as the […]
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Intel Fluoride Pollution in Ireland
INTEL Ireland has lodged an objection with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the terms of the proposed pollution control licence for its planned Fab 24 plant. There were no objections from any other parties when the deadline for those closed on Wednesday, 3 October for the public and 10 October for the company. A […]
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