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Southampton: Campaigners launch new protest against fluoride plans today
CAMPAIGNERS are meeting today to launch the latest round of their battle against plans to put fluoride in Hampshire’s drinking water. Three years after health chiefs gave the scheme the green light, Hampshire Against fluoridation is using the anniversary to launch a new protest over the move. The group is staging an open meeting at […]
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Philomath: Fluoride forum draws crowd
… The event was organized by Ryan Weeks, director of Fluoride Free Philomath. The group is opposed to Measure 02-76. And while the meeting aimed to give audience members a chance to ask questions of opponents and proponents of fluoride, it was one-sided. Speaking against water fluoridation was dentist Bill Osmunson, who has practices in […]
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Southampton: Southern Water admits it is still trying to figure out where fluoridated water will be delivered
Water bosses have admitted fluoride might have to be added to the tap water of people who have never been asked their opinion on the controversial process if the scheme is to work, the Daily Echo can reveal. Campaigners believe the Hampshire project could become illegal if authorities attempt to introduce fluoridated water in areas […]
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Carroll Boone Water: Water district operator takes up anti-fluoride fight
It is possible that customers of Carroll Boone Water District may not have fluoride added to their water after all as a result a CBWD contract with Eureka Springs, Berryville, Green Forest and Harrison that forbids the introduction of any corrosive water into distribution systems. There are concerns that highly corrosive fluoride added to the […]
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The lost children: Dental issues plague northern families
After 29 years of peering in little mouths, Penny Griffith doesn’t wince anymore. The dental therapist with the Lac La Ronge Indian Band has become accustomed to seeing preschoolers’ teeth in a state most of us would find shocking — all four baby molars pocked with deep pits, and front teeth black and stumpy, literally […]
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Windsor: Researchers sink teeth into fluoride question
Epidemiological researchers with the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit have descended on Kingsville and Leamington to stare into the mouths of locals and figure out whether their teeth are fouler than those found in Windsor. The study, started last year, aims to measure the touted benefits of fighting cavities by adding fluoride into the municipal water […]
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EPA’s Final Rule: National Emission Standards for Coal Generating Units
Part II Environmental Protection Agency 40 CFR Parts 60 and 63 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units and Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Electric Utility, Industrial-Commercial-Institutional, and Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units; Final Rule Coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units = EGUs PAGE […]
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Texas tweens have high levels of perfluorinated chemicals
Synopsis on this article published in Environmental Health Perspectives – Polyfluoroalkyl compounds in Texas children from birth through 12 years of age By Schecter A, Malik-Bass N, Calafat AM, Kato K, Colacino JA, Gent TL, Hynan LS, Harris TR, Malla S, Birnbaum L. Older children have higher levels of chemicals called PFCs – used in […]
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Olivehurst Public Utility District keeps fluoride in drinking water
Fluoride will remain in Olivehurst Public Utility District drinking water after the board of directors on Thursday night rejected a resolution to stop adding the chemical compound. Each board member gave his own reasons for his particular vote on the issue, which drew dozens opposed to fluoride to previous meetings. The vote was 3-2 against […]
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Olivehurst Public Utility District keeps fluoride in drinking water
Fluoride will remain in Olivehurst Public Utility District drinking water after the board of directors on Thursday night rejected a resolution to stop adding the chemical compound. Each board member gave his own reasons for his particular vote on the issue, which drew dozens opposed to fluoride to previous meetings. The vote was 3-2 against […]
United States, California