Ministers were yesterday urged to scrap plans for the fluoridation of Scotland’s water supplies in favour of ‘less risky’ schemes to cut tooth decay. Watchdog body the Scottish Consumer Council (SCC) warned that pressing ahead with the proposals could expose the public to ‘adverse health effects’. The Scottish Executive is currently carrying out a consultation […]
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Fort Collins group formed to weigh pros and cons of fluoridation
Nearly eight months after the city’s water board unanimously recommended that Fort Collins stop fluoridating its water supply, a nine-member study group is in place to help sort through the pros and cons and science of fluoridation. The “technical study” group includes individuals on both sides of the issue, as well as technical expertise in […]
Spotlight turns to Maui County in fluoride battle
WAILUKU, Maui – With fluoridation of drinking water a hot issue on Lana’i and Moloka’i in recent months, a member of the Maui County Council hopes to settle the issue and circumvent further debate. Jo Anne Johnson is proposing a ban on fluoridation in private water systems used for public purposes. In addition, she’s offering […]
Probe urged into fluoride in water link to cancer
THE Government has been urged to investigate the link between bone cancer and fluoridated drinking water after a study found 40% more people in the Republic contract the disease than in the North. Research carried out at Boston University of School of Public Health, using data from the Irish National Cancer Registry and its northern […]
Fluoride bill draws spirited testimony
CONCORD — A bill before the state House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee to establish a study committee to reevaluate the benefits and risks of fluoridated water drew spirited testimony yesterday, most of it opposing fluoridation. But the bulk of testimony was in favor of the idea of forming a study committee that […]
Bennington Dental Health Committee Recommends No Fluoridation
BENNINGTON — The Committee on Community Dental Health does not recommend fluoridation of the Bennington water system, it said in a recently released report. The one-page document includes the unanimous conclusions of the committee. It is signed by the committee’s chairman Ted Doucette. “We can not recommend fluoridation of the public water system of the […]
Salmon producers, doctors, environmentalists, criticize Noranda’s proposed Aluminum plant in Chile
The Association of Salmon and Trout Producers said they reject the Region XI Alumysa project because of a number of problems detected in the Environmental Impact Study (EIA) carried out by Environmental Management Consulting for the salmon farmers. Victor Hugo Puchi, president of the association, said the project could devastate the salmon sector in southern […]
Potable water supply problem addressed in northern China
YINCHUAN, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) — More farmers in northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region are drinking potable water due to the efforts of the regional government. One year after the People and Livestock Drinking Water Project was launched, about 457,000 farmers in northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region have gained access to potable water. The […]
Fluorosis in Yavatmal
In mid-2000, as incidents of severe fluorosis in a village in Yavatmal district came to light, the Maharashtra government declared a special Rs 200 crore package for safe drinking water in tribal-dominated areas. The incidents had sparked off a major uproar and in an unprecedented move, the National Human Rights Commission too had passed strictures […]
Cross Border Fluoride Cancer Link?
New research of bone cancer figures has shown a 40% elevated rate in Republic of Ireland (fluoridated) compared to Northern Ireland (unfluoridated).(1) The bone cancer in question called osteosarcoma is one of the most prevalent cancers in young males, aged 9-20. There are both animal and human studies linking osteosarcoma and water fluoridation/fluoride.(2,3) One study […]