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Ethics Journal Reports: Fluoridation – Unethical, Risky, Benefits Doubtful, Poor Most Harmed
Fluoridation is an “unacceptable risk,” says Public Health Professor Niyi Awofeso in the Journal Public Health Ethics, August 2012. He writes, “There is insufficient ethical justification for artificial water fluoridation,” reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF). Awofeso, a University professor in Australia, who published over 70 peer-reviewed academic papers in […]
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Fluoride and children’s IQ – response to meta-analysis by Choi et al.
The recent article by Choi et al1 has generated much interest among those following the perennially controversial debate surrounding community water fluoridation (CWF) in New Zealand. The renown of the paper is that the meta-analysis suggests that exposure to fluoride decreases the IQ of children. The validity of that finding has been reinforced by the […]
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Hear Me Out: Should there be fluoride in our water supply?
PHOENIX – Each Sunday, ABC15.com debuts an Arizona issue – along with two opposing sides on the topic. Don’t worry, you always have the opportunity to make comments at the bottom of the page. Yeah, your opinion matters, too. This weekend, we’re taking a look at the debate over fluoridation in our water supply. Carol […]
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Water Fluoridation Affects Children’s IQ
Why, in 1974, didn’t authorities learn from this terrible tragedy? A 3-year-old Brooklyn boy, during his first dental checkup, had fluoride paste applied to his teeth. He was then handed a glass of water, but the hygienist failed to inform him to swish the solution around in his mouth, and then spit it out. Instead, […]
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Ormond Beach City Commission discuss fluoride chemicals
Excerpt from article titled, Commission adopts tax rate, budget for 2012-13 … However, Commissioner Kent wasn’t so agreeable on the city’s contracts for fluoride supply. He raised a number of concerns concerning the purchase of certain chemicals, including those used in the fluoridation of the city’s water supply. It was ultimately decided to retain an outside […]
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Crescent City: Fluoride foes planning event for Saturday
Registered voters will make a lot of choices by Nov. 6. For one, residents of Crescent City will choose whether or not the city should continue fluoridating its water. First, anyone interested in the issue can choose a cookie, and get more information about the ballot initiative to ban fluoride at an event from 1 […]
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Fluoride to be removed from Waipukurau water
Fluoride will no longer be added to the water supply at Waipukurau – against district health board recommendations. A Central Hawke’s Bay District Council special meeting has voted six to two in favour of ending fluoridation of the town’s water after considering 149 public submissions. Only 14 asked to keep the chemical in the water […]
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Design faulted in Gilbert fluoride flap. City officials: Workers were at risk
The fluoridation system that was shut down last year at a Gilbert water-treatment plant likely failed because of faulty engineering that posed a possible health hazard to employees, according to town documents and statements from two former water division employees. When Gilbert voters approved fluoridation in 2000, the town’s only treatment plant wasn’t properly suited […]
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Palo Alto County. Letter: Community Water Fluoridation
To the Editor The Palo Alto County Board of Health is encouraging all communities in the county to fluorinate their city water supply. What do you know about water fluoridation? Fluoride Facts: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recognized water fluoridation as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the […]
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What 371 metric tons of uranium hexafluoride could mean to Iranians
Lost in the debate on Iran is the human cost of a strike against the country’s nuclear sites, according to a new report published by an Iranian-American with a background in industrial nuclear waste and chemicals. Khosrow Semnani argues in “The Ayatollah’s Nuclear Gamble,” that striking Iran’s nuclear facilities, where the IAEA has verified an […]
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