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City dismisses concerns over fluoride in Ottawa drinking water
OTTAWA — The city’s chief medical officer of health is dismissing concerns from a fledgling Ottawa group that the presence of fluoride in the city’s water supply is harmful. A new group called Fluoridation Free Ottawa has started a campaign to rid the water supply of fluoride, which is added to prevent tooth decay, saying […]
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Lithgow City Council decides to fluoridate drinking water by December
The Lithgow City Council says it is aiming to improve dental health in the region by adding fluoride to drinking water. The fluoridation of the Farmers Creek Water Supply is set to begin in the coming weeks. The council says the fluoridation of drinking water remains the most significant dental public health program in the […]
Australia -
The Myth of “Surgical Strikes” on Iran
For all the years that the world has focused on the confrontation between Western nations and Iran, oceans of ink have been spilled over many aspects of its nuclear program — the quantity and quality of its enriched uranium, various UN Security Council resolutions, the number of Iranian centrifuges, IAEA safeguards, compliance with the Non-Proliferation […]
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Cassadaga board nixes fluoridation
After all the controversy and drama, the results were decisive Wednesday night. The Cassadaga Village Board voted four to one against fluoridation of the water system that serves the village, Lily Dale and the Cassadaga Job Corps Academy. Before the vote, the public once again had the opportunity to address the board. Most of the […]
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Pinellas County: An issue with teeth
Pinellas Commissioners’ 4-3 anti-fluoride vote has put a scare into voters. But there’s another development that’s even scarier. It was almost exactly a year ago (October 11, 2011) that the Pinellas County Commission voted 4-3 to stop adding fluoride to the county’s water supply. Although water fluoridation had long met resistance in Pinellas (one reason […]
United States, Florida -
Richmond: a petition against water fluoridation
English translation from Google: This is a petition of 1038 signatures the Coalition of citizen (ne) s for clean water in Richmond, through spokeswoman Mandy Demers, filed with the City Council meeting Monday night to ask stop the fluoridation of drinking water and a moratorium on the issue. The group, which has filed various technical […]
Canada, Quebec -
Roseville residents raise concerns about fluoride
Roseville resident Lynda Fioravanti bought her son a pricey Christmas gift that most teenage boys would likely consider boring. “My son said, ‘The only thing I want is a fluoride filter,’” Fioravanti said. Her son Gabe, now 15, had pitted teeth — or dental fluorosis — a condition caused by excessive fluoride exposure that leaves […]
United States, California -
Portland: Fluoridation Referendum Leaves Decision in Voters’ Hands
There is one main benefit of Clean Water Portland’s successful signature-gathering campaign to qualify for a city-wide referendum vote on fluoridation: It allows time for citizens to make an informed decision. Take the question of fluoridation’s effectiveness. Proponents often say there are “thousands” of studies showing this. The number itself is questionable but the quality […]
United States, Oregon -
Ormond Beach: City to put fluoridation to referendum
Ormond Beach voters will have a chance to vote, for the first time since 1957, whether or not to continue fluoridating the city’s water supply. The Ormond Beach City Commission moved, instead of discussing the draft of a letter to be sent to the city’s fluoride provider, to draft a referendum that could be put […]
United States, Florida -
Look, Ma, No Export License!
According to settlement documents released by the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”), New Jersey based Phibrochem agreed to pay $31,000 to settle charges that it exported $14,000 worth of sodium fluoride to Mexico without a license. Sodium fluoride, which is classified as ECCN 1C350 [controlled for reasons of chemical and biological weapons proliferation], can […]
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