TSMC [Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing] promotes the circular economy and strives to convert waste generated from manufacturing processes into products that can be used by other industries. In September 2021, the first hydrofluoric acid waste regeneration system, which can convert hydrofluoric acid waste into high-purity cryolite, was successfully launched in Fab 15B. As of November 2021, […]
LANSING — Even as community water systems are praised by the state for maintaining fluoride levels, others are still holding out. Fluoride strengthens teeth and reduces cavities by about 25% in children and adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Around 6.5 million people, or 89.2% of Michiganders, have access to fluoridated […]
Listen: Guest: Kieran Leavitt, Toronto Star politics reporter For decades, adding fluoride to the water supply of many Canadians towns and cities has been standard public health protocol. Fluoridation has proven to slow tooth decay,and the practice has widespread support among doctors and dentists, including the World Health Organization, Health Canada and the Canadian Association […]
Note from Fluoride Action Network: This author presents information about fluoride without any mention of the risks from exposure beyond dental fluorosis, such as neurotoxicity reported in the Mother-Offspring fluoride studies as well as the other IQ studies. (EC) The government recently announced the addition of fluoride to tap water in Britain which has been […]
On Monday the City of Calgary debated and approved the reintroduction of fluoride to their water treatment. This week it was revealed that once Calgary updates its fluoridation equipment, in the next 18 to 24 months, Strathmore’s drinking water will include fluoride within Health Canada’s Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality limits. Fluoride was removed […]
Council voted 13-2 in favour of resuming water fluoridation, with only councillors Andre Chabot and Dan McLean against City council voted Monday to restore fluoride to Calgary’s water supply, reversing course on a controversial decade-old decision to discontinue the practice which is widely acknowledged to prevent tooth decay. It will cost approximately $10 million to […]
Calgarians supported adding fluoride to drinking water in October plebiscite Calgary will reintroduce fluoride to its tap water after city council voted overwhelmingly in favour of the change Monday. The vote wasn’t close, as 13 members of council voted in favour. Two councillors voted against the motion to reinstate fluoride: Andre Chabot of Ward 10 and Dan McLean of Ward 13. […]
Fluoride won’t be added to Wildwood’s water supply after commissioners passed Monday on an opportunity to become the first Sumter County city to add it. For decades, fluoride has been valued for preventing dental cavities, especially in children. It is used in Ocala and has been used in Leesburg. Commissioners voted 3-2 not to invite […]
CALGARY – Calgary council has voted 13-2 in favour of returning fluoride to the city’s water supply. The move at Monday’s regular council meeting follows a ‘yes’ vote in a plebiscite held during the municipal election in October. Only Coun. Andre Chabot and Coun. Dan McLean voted against the measure on Monday. Calgary stopped adding […]
LANSING, Mich. (WLUC) – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced today that 89 Michigan water systems have been awarded a Water Fluoridation Quality Award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including thirteen systems in the Upper Peninsula. Fluoridation is the adjustment of fluoride in the water to […]
