MANATEE COUNTY — Florida taxpayers continue to pay thousands of dollars a day to prevent an environmental disaster at two bankrupt fertilizer plants, a report released this week shows. And the bills continue to mount as the state looks for ways to clean up the mess that Mulberry Corp. left behind when financial ruin forced […]
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Marchers demand ban on fluoride in water
A group concerned with the effects of fluoride in water has demanded the Government stop fluoridation immediately. The Fluoride Free Water group marched to the Department of Health this afternoon and called on the Minister Mr Martin, to carry out health studies into the effects of fluoride in water. They also want the Minister to […]
Public bare teeth over fluoridation
ANGRY members of the public marched on the Department of Health yesterday demanding an end to fluoridation of drinking water. More than 100 Fluoride Free Water campaigners handed in scientific studies which link fluoridation with serious health impacts such as cancer and irritable bowel syndrome. They also claim that the chemical used to fluoridate tap […]
Boulder fluoride debate continues
Boulder’s water board probably will reconsider keeping fluoride in the city’s water supply after Environmental Advisory Board heard more than a dozen residents debate its value Thursday. There was no consensus about keeping or rejecting fluoride in drinking water, but everyone agreed the time is ripe for more public debate. “It’s obvious that a lot […]
Eureka Springs Vote Keeps Water Fluoride-Free
EUREKA SPRINGS – City officials followed water customers’ advice and rejected fluoridation, again playing the spoiler for nearby towns that want it added to their drinking water. “The citizens of Eureka Springs don’t want to be medicated against their will,” Mayor Beau Satori said Tuesday. “They just want fine-tasting water.” The Eureka Springs City Council […]
Truth Decay eroding confidence in fluoridation – Part II
In the US, 1500 scientist, lawyers and other professionals from the Environmental Protection Agency have called for an end to water fluoridation. As far back as 1997, their union stated: “Our review of the body of evidence over the last eleven years, including animal and human epidemiology studies, indicate a causal link between fluoride/fluoridation and […]
Virginia Water Utilities to Reduce Fluoride in Water
Most utilities in Virginia add fluoride to drinking water to help prevent tooth decay. But in much of western Tidewater — unlike anywhere else in the mid-Atlantic — groundwater tapped by thousands of homes and businesses contains so much fluoride that it can stain teeth brown. To combat this unflattering condition, called fluorosis, and to […]
Bill offers 2nd chance for fluoridation
The dental community for decades has told Americans that fluoride is key to keeping children’s choppers in top shape. But in a handful of Ohio communities, residents tapped into municipal sources are swallowing fluoride-free water. “If you come to Springfield and you talk to most of our residents, they’ll say, ‘What, we don’t have fluoride […]
Mom leads anti-fluoride effort
Thursday, June 07, 2001 – COLORADO SPRINGS – Lisa McLaughlin was reading the newspaper a few months ago when she saw a small notice about the city’s intent to add fluoride to the water in northern and eastern Colorado Springs to prevent tooth decay. McLaughlin, a former high school teacher who is now a stay-at-home […]
Quimica Fluor Speaks About Safety Issues and April Matamoros Acid Spill
Javier Martínez, head of Human Resources at Quimica Fluor, said that the April 16 escape of hydrofluoric acid never put human health at risk but did affect agricultural land. Quimica Fluor, owned by the Carso Group and E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. Inc, is a Matamoros producer of anhydrous hydrofluoric acid. Martínez said that […]