Dr. G. Robert Evans said he was always determined his kids wouldn’t have any cavities. As a dentist, he had his children use fluoride drops, fluoride tablets and fluoride gels, especially his son, a budding actor. “Then his permanent teeth came in,” said Dr. Evans, who runs a holistic medical and dental practice in Groton. […]
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Iran to import 950 tons of yellow cake, England getting in way
“We have sent a request for the import of 950 tons of yellow cake from Kazakhstan,” ISNA news agency quoted Ali Akbar Salehi as saying on Saturday. Yellow cake imports follow the 2015 nuclear deal that removed economic sanctions against Iran after it agreed to roll back its nuclear program. Imported yellow material will be […]
JAMES L. WHITE: Let voters speak on fluoridation
I don’t often agree with this group called “Secure Arkansas.” As far as I can tell, it grew out of the tea party movement and voices opinions on proposed legislation and other matters of political interest around the state In early February, Secure Arkansas had come out in strong opposition to House Bill 1376. That […]
Anti-flourosis drive launched in Hojai dist
GUWAHATI – The Anand-based research institution Indian Natural Resource Economics and Management (INREM) Foundation in Gujarat, which recorded the first success in curing skeletal flourosis among children at Jhabua village in Madhya Pradesh with the application of a low-cost, indigenous treatment procedure, has now launched the second phase of its anti-flourosis drive in the State’s […]
Peel health officials recommend continuing water fluoridation
Peel Public Health has recommended the region continue adding fluoride to the community’s drinking water system. For the last year now, councillors on Peel Region’s Community Water Fluoridation Committee have been conducting a review of the decades-old practice promoted as an effective oral health measure. The local health unit and Medical Officer of Health submitted […]
AK: The history of the water fluoride debate in Juneau
Earlier this year the Anchorage Assembly nixed a ballot initiative to cease fluoridating its water supply. Despite setbacks, activists there vow to keep the effort alive. Juneau grappled with the question over fluoridation a decade ago and people’s views remain the same today as they were 10 years ago. “We’re now in the United States […]
EPA Rejects Fluoride Ban But Details New TSCA Path To Revive Request
EPA is rejecting health groups’ petition seeking a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ban on drinking water fluoridation after finding it lacked adequate evidence of neurological risks to justify a ban, but the agency is also offering guidance on how to craft petitions to win reviews of potential bans under last year’s revised TSCA. In […]
Party set to hold debate on fluoride
WA’s Fluoride-Free political party is upping the stakes during this year’s election, with a community debate about fluoridation of public water supplies set for this weekend. The local leg of the “Great Fluoridation Debate” with fluoridation expert Professor Paul Connett takes place at Margaret River Community Centre on Sunday at 2pm. Dr Connett is a […]
Fluorosis haunts Nuapada as govt looks the other way
Over 50,000 villagers in Odisha district consume fluoride-laced groundwater Nearly two decades after the world came to know about a large population in Odisha’s Nuapadadistrict suffering from crippled backbones on account of consumption of high fluoride-laced water, the government is yet to provide a solution to the problem. Over 50,000 villagers in the district have […]
Brookhaven receives $195,000 grant for fluoridation equipment
Brookhaven will get a nearly $200,000 grant to replace fluoridation equipment that is already over 10 years old. The Brookhaven Board of Aldermen approved the $195,000 grant Tuesday for Mitchell Technical Services, the contractor for the Brookhaven Water Treatment Plant Replacing the fluoridation equipment will make it easier to provide fluoride for the city, said […]