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Bill Proposed in Utah to Protect Water Companies from Fluoridation Liabilities
Some health department officials are suspicious of a new piece of legislation they say may serve as a roadblock to water fluoridation in Salt Lake and Davis counties. Senate Majority Leader Steve Poulton, R-Holladay, says he has a bill in the works that would create a task force to study the implementation of water fluoridation. […]
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Cavities not increasing – but decreasing – when fluoridation stops
The latest study to show that cavities do not increase when a community stops fluoridating its water, has been published in the February issue of the journal Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. According to the authors of the study, who compared the cavity rates of two communities in British Columbia, Canada: “The prevalence of caries […]
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Fluoridation & Arsenic: Implications of EPA’s New Regulations
As some of you may have heard, the EPA has just issued its ruling on the new Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for arsenic in drinking water. On Wednesday of this week, the EPA ruled that the new MCL for arsenic in drinking water be lowered from 50 parts per billion to 10 parts per billion. […]
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New Canadian report throws cold water on fluoridation
TORONTO – Putting fluoride in municipal drinking water may be more trouble than it is worth, according to a newly released government report. The report, commissioned by the federal and Ontario governments, suggests that fluoridation has minimal benefits and even some risk. The evidence suggests that tooth decay is less common in communities with fluoridated […]
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Fine Gael election promise to ban fluoride in drinking water
FINE GAEL has pledged to end the controversial compulsory practice of adding fluoride to all drinking water because of “serious health concerns”. And, if elected, the party will also order every health board to investigate existing levels of fluoride in groundwater supplies. “Fine Gael believes that there are sufficient grounds to point to serious health […]
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Hundreds of Children Poisoned by Tap Water
NIAMEY, Jan 14 (IPS) – The Societe Nigerienne des Eaux (SNE), Niger’s water company, is being sued because hundreds of children in Tibiri, 720 kilometres from Niger’s capital, Niamey, were poisoned by grossly elevated rates of fluoride in the town’s water. The children, ranging in age from 15 months to 14 years, contracted skeletal fluorosis, […]
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Excess fluoride in water wreaks havoc in Jharkhand village
Ranchi: Tragedy has struck many a family in the Bakhari village of Jharkhand’s Daltanganj district, where excess fluoride in water has left several with severe physical deformities and even paralyzed some. Bakhari village, situated about 20 km from the district headquarters, has a population of nearly 700, comprising mostly tribals and members of socially underprivileged […]
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Will Sulfuryl Fluoride be Used as Fumigant for Strawberries? Dow Chemical Hopes so
The proposed renovation and expansion of Dow’s sulfuryl flouride plant could also mean the end of a long downward trend in employment at the plant. Dow spokesman Scott Anderson said California Dow officials are seeking Pittsburg Planning Commission approval of the 4,000-square-foot combination renovation and expansion project in hopes of proving to Dow directors that […]
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Facing up to Fluoride
Since the 1940s, municipal water supplies across the United States have been routinely dosed with fluoride. Even if you don’t live in the half of America that adds fluoride to the water supply to help prevent tooth decay, low doses of fluoride occur naturally in virtually all water. It’s routinely added to toothpaste as well, […]
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The platinum age of dentistry
The economy remains reasonably good, more people than ever have dental insurance and cosmetic dentistry has caught on with the middle class. Most Alabama dentists are as busy as they want to be. “You can call this the platinum age of dentistry,” said Dr. Mary Lynne Capilouto, dean of the dental school at the University […]
United States, Alabama