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Muskoka: Group forms to rid water systems of flouride
GRAVENHURST – Yes, there is in fact something in the water. Although essentially in every public water system in the province and nation, the use of fluoride in Muskoka’s water has a group of local citizens concerned and hoping to see the district end its use. “The concern we have is that we have more […]
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NYC Councilmember Vallone proposes legislation to warn against using fluoridated water in infant formula
A warning about mixing New York City’s drinking water with baby formula could end up on residents’ future water bills. Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr. proposed the legislation last month to include the message to caution parents and caregivers about using the city’s tap water, which contains fluoride, with baby formula. The notice would suggest […]
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Portland: Local Musicians Pick Sides in Fluoride Fight
Portland City Council’s approval September 12 of a measure to add fluoride to the city’s drinking water has provoked a torrent of criticism, both from those opposed to fluoridation, period, and from folks who think the question should at least go to a public vote. The odds are good that you’ve already encountered one of […]
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Fluoridated water looms for Mount Isa
Mount Isa residents will be drinking fluoridated water by December. The water board will today name the winner of a tender process to fluoridate the local supply. The board is legally obliged to proceed with plans to fluoridate the city’s water, despite concerns expressed by the local Member, Rob Katter, that fluoridation is risky. Chairwoman […]
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Portland: Fluoride opponents take fight to ballot
Without paid signature-gatherers, volunteers press on When Multnomah County commissioners legalized gay marriage in 2004 after only token public involvement, citizen outrage helped power a ballot measure campaign that wound up overturning the decision. Now anti-fluoride activists hope to tap similar anger at Portland City Council’s rushed decision on Sept. 12 to fluoridate the city […]
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issues the First 40-Year License for This First-of-its-Kind Depleted Uranium De-conversion Facility
International Isotopes Inc. is pleased to announce that the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC) has issued a Part 40 combined construction and operating license for the Company’s planned depleted uranium de-conversion and fluorine extraction processing facility. The license was signed and issued to the Company during a brief ceremony at NRC offices in Bethesda,Maryland on October 2, 2012. The Company originally […]
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Pine Island: Residents voice opinions about fluoride
The Greater Pine Island Water Association board of directors approved a $63,000 grant from the Florida Health Department on May 22 that would afford it the ability to add residual fluoride to the water system, a plan a group of residents continues to protest. The official announcement about the fluoride grant was made at the […]
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Cassadaga: Fighting tooth decay. Fluoride hearing draws crowd
Thirty-one members of the public attended a public meeting meant to provide information about fluoridation of water to customers of the Cassadaga water system. … Emmy Chetkin objected to the speakers that were present. “This is lopsided and biased,” she said. She loudly objected that the board should have gotten an expert who was opposed to […]
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Leading fluoridation opponent coming to Wichita
A leading opponent of drinking water fluoridation is coming to Wichita for a series of speeches leading up to the Nov. 6 election, when voters will decide on the issue. Dr. Paul Connett, Ph.D. is a toxicologist and chemist. He wrote a book called The Case Against Fluoride: How Hazardous Waste Ended Up in Our […]
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Two Carroll-Boone Water District board seats being contested
For the first time in anyone’s recollection, two seats on the Carroll-Boone Water District Board of Directors are being challenged in the upcoming general election… [The candidates] Matthews and Price-Backs have appeared at CBWD meetings over the last year, speaking out against fluoride and bringing information to the board about other communities across Europe and the […]
United States, Arkansas