VISAKHAPATNAM: A medical team comprising superintendent of Hospital for Mental Care, a neuro specialist and a physician rushed to Pentakota, a fishing village on East Godavari district study the mysterious disease wherein people of this village are said to suffer a sudden memory loss. “We are organising a free medical check up were our doctors […]
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Fluoride – A Kick in The Teeth?
Campaigners against the dangers of water fluoridation are taking their fight to Sheffield where 24 junior schools are considering adding fluoride to children’s milk. Jane Jones of the National Pure Water Association (NPWA) described the move as “wholesale fluoridation of the British water supply through the back door,” adding, “By showing that children are unharmed […]
Fluoride: Are Opinions Changing?
Andrew Rynne, a general medical practitioner from County Kildare, has mounted a legal challenge to the Irish government over its fluoridation policy. Here, DERRICK GARWOOD BDS reports from a fluoride awareness day in Coventry where Dr Rynne explained why he thinks his chances of success are very good … DR VYVYAN Howard, a toxicopathologist from […]
Fluoridated Bladen Experiencing Dental Problems
Bladen County Health Department has announced the availability of a new dental program aimed at early treatment and prevention of one of the most prevalent “diseases” among children-tooth decay. The program, sponsored by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, will provide dental screening and preventative fluoride varnish application for children from nine […]
Erie rejects fluoride in water
ERIE – The Colorado Department of Health and Environment isn’t smiling over Erie’s decision not to fluoridate the town’s drinking water. Town trustees voted 5-2 late Tuesday to not add fluoride to Erie’s water supply despite its use by every other major Boulder County community. Fluoride has been proven to prevent cavities, but too much […]
Fluoridated water appeals to many in Kennewick
Most parents of Kennewick elementary school students aren’t giving their children fluoride supplements, but they want fluoride added to the city’s water supply, according to a new survey. Parent-teacher groups at five public elementary schools and two private schools agreed to survey parents of students this month in a project started by the Tri-Cities Health […]
Fluoridation Forum. Defensive talk shop
By the time this goes to print we may well have the long promised report from the so called Forum on Fluoridation. Or we may not, there have been several missed deadlines already. But it hardly matters. My prediction for the outcome of this most biased of talk shops is that the status quo will […]
Fluoridated Kentucky Part of the Oral Health Crisis
WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. (AP) – Twelve-year-old Jordan Rickett nervously waited his turn in the Whitley County Central Elementary School gym, watching as a classmate seated in a dental chair got his teeth examined. “He’s sure been there a long time,” Jordan said, fidgeting. “I hope it doesn’t take that long for me.” For children in parts […]
DEP let phosphate waste flow into preserve
The state agency in charge of protecting Florida’s environment has allowed the dumping of millions of gallons of waste from a shuttered Manatee County phosphate plant into an aquatic preserve at the mouth of Tampa Bay. Since Oct. 22, the state Department of Environmental Protection has allowed the Piney Point Phosphates plant to pump 10-million […]
UH school wins out over Lanai fluoride
46 state lawmakers write a letter making their case for how to use tobacco money State legislators apparently believe funding a medical school is a healthier use of tobacco settlement funds than fluoridating Lanai’s drinking water to prevent tooth decay, according to their recent actions. The Legislature approved $150 million from the tobacco funds for […]