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Fluoride backers tout thrift, kids
Proponents of fluoridating water are appealing to voters’ sympathy for underprivileged children as well as their pocketbooks, although some Davis County officials are questioning whether the cost of fluoridation would be as low as proponents have estimated. At a news conference with Salt Lake Valley board of health members, dentists and doctors Wednesday in Salt […]
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Woodside California rejects fluoridation
Residents in the wealthy town town of Woodside are apparently prepared to take care of their teeth themselves. Woodside’s Town Council, in a 6-1 vote on Tuesday, told San Francisco utilities officials that the town doesn’t want fluoride added to its water. Woodside, like many other Peninsula communities, buys its water from San Francisco. Fluoride […]
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Health boards want fluoride on ballot
Representatives of the Utah Association of Local Boards of Health are calling on commissioners of Utah and Davis counties to put the fluoride issue on the November ballot. Gayle Judd, Pleasant Grove, president-elect of the association and chairman of the Utah County Board of Health, said local health departments want the issue on the ballot. […]
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Fluoride question to be put to voters in Brattleboro
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — Residents here will be voting in a referendum Nov. 7 on whether the town should add fluoride to its drinking water. The select board voted unanimously Tuesday to put the issue to the voters in a referendum. The board also set two public forums on the issue — Sept. 27 and […]
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East Wenatchee to vote on fluoridation
EAST WENATCHEE — Eastside residents will vote on fluoridation of the regional water system in the Nov. 7 general election. It will be a non-binding, advisory vote. Neither proponents nor opponents are entirely happy. The East Wenatchee Water District’s three commissioners voted unanimously Monday to put the issue on the ballot. Only the district’s 13,000-plus […]
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Ithaca to Vote on Fluoridation in November
ITHACA — The Tompkins County Board of Health will be asked to take a stand today on the fluoridation of the City of Ithaca’s water supply. Public Health Director Alice Cole plans to put the question before the eight-member board, which is made up of local physicians; Tompkins County Rep. Charles Evans, R-Dryden; at-large member […]
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Civil lawsuit filed against recycling company
LYON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A metal recycling company accused by state and federal regulators of polluting the air, now faces a civil lawsuit in Wayne County. More than 110 residents in Wayne and Oakland counties are charging that Continental Aluminum Co. repeatedly polluted their communities with toxic smoke and are suing for damages. The civil […]
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Poisoned Workers & Poisoned Places: Part III. The Environment
Chapter 1: Contamination lingers on Private companies in dozens of communities across the country pumped radioactive and toxic waste into the local air, water and soil while doing secret work for the U.S. nuclear weapons program during the Cold War. In some cases, contamination risks persist even now, hidden from neighbors who’ve been left uninformed […]
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Minister Accused of Lying Over Tap Water Chemicals
Health Minister Micheal Martin has been accused of “truth decay” about our tap water. The claim comes from campaigners who want to stop fluoride being added to supplies. Fluoride is put in drinking water to help prevent tooth decay, but Fluoride Free Water claims there are several health risks associated with the chemicals used. A […]
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Poisoned Workers & Poisoned Places: Part II. The Workers
Chapter 1. Contamination lingers on CLEVELAND — In January 1948, Bernard Wolf came here to assure workers at Harshaw Chemical Co. that the uranium they secretly processed for the government’s nuclear weapons program posed no threat to their health. In fact, Wolf, a medical director with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, had evidence of serious […]
Nuclear Industry