New Delhi: The committee on restructuring the Central Water Commission and Central Ground Water Board in its final report has recommended a new National Water Commission (NWC) be established as the nation’s apex facilitation organisation dealing with water policy, data and governance. The report has recommended an urgent overhaul of the current water management systems. […]
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Belton, Fort Hood haven’t had fluoride in their water for years
BELTON — Fort Hood and several other Bell County communities that receive their water from Bell County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 have not had fluoride in their water for at least two years. During the County Commissioners’ workshop Monday morning, County Judge Jon Burrows asked, “Do we have any idea why they […]
Biometric machine fails to record 9-yr-old fluorosis patient’s fingerprints for Aadhar
INDORE: A nine-year-old boy suffering from juvenile skeletal fluorosis at a remote village of Jhabua district has found that the disease has made it difficult for him to get an Aadhar card [similar to a Social Security number in the U.S.]. For seven years, he has been crawling due to the deformity using his hands. […]
Harrisonburg: Leaky fluoride tank among council’s agenda items
Looking ahead, Harrisonburg City Council meets this Tuesday and they’ll discuss at least two noteworthy topics. One involves the fluoridation of the city’s water supply. The other might change the city’s rules on party gatherings. The city is mandated by code to put sodium fluoride in the public water supply; however, there’s a leak in […]
Phytecs preclinical data indicates its fluorinated CBD exhibits greater potency than CBD in models of psychiatric disorders
Phytecs is expanding its preclinical research program on its novel fluorinated cannabidiol, HUF-101, along with its family of related drug molecules developed by noted medicinal chemist and Phytecs Director of Global Research, Prof. Raphael Mechoulam of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A new preclinical study found HUF-101 effective in mice models predictive of anxiolytic, antidepressant, […]
Ethics complaint against Port Angeles mayor withdrawn
PORT ANGELES — Fluoridation opponent Marolee Smith dropped her ethics complaint Friday against Mayor Patrick Downie just as an ethics board was preparing to hear her allegations. The complaint was dropped three days after the City Council stopped fluoridation. Of four ethics complaint emanating from the City Council’s Dec. 15 decision to continue fluoridation — […]
Healdsburg sued over ballot description of fluoride ban
Fluoride opponents have filed a lawsuit against Healdsburg over the language of a November ballot initiative that asks voters to weigh in on the use of the additive in the city’s water supply. The lawsuit filed Thursday seeks to force the city to duplicate the language of the petitions that were circulated to place the […]
Mackay Regional Councillors to vote on Fluoride this month
COUNCILLORS are staying very tight-lipped about how they will vote when regional water fluoridation comes before Mackay Regional Council at the end of the month. “I want to bring the debate to council for a resolution this month, most likely at the monthly ordinary council meeting at the end of August,” Mayor Greg Williamson said. […]
Elemental Fluorine Market: Global Industry Analysis and Forecast 2016 – 2026
New York, NY — (SBWIRE) — Fluorine, an almost colorless gas with characteristic odor, is one the most abundantly present and lightest element in the halogen group. Fluorine is found in nature only in the form of a compound except in trace amounts of free elements in fluorspar. Elemental fluorine is prepared by Moissan’s process– […]
Hong Kong preschoolers still have bad teeth: Study urges government action and parent awareness
The lack of progress in tackling tooth decay among preschool children in Hong Kong has raised concerns about government policy and public awareness of dental services for the young, a study has found. The article, published in the May edition of the Hong Kong Medical Journal, also pointed out that oral health of children remains […]